Greatest guitar track in a song?

[Billo_Really]

10 webpages in and no Mark Farner.

This is a good thing!

 

[Trajan]

What a great thread - gonna be a lot of revisits to catch up on excellent suggestions. And I forgot Albert King was lefthanded.

+1 to the posters who brought up Alvin Lee, Clapton's "Crossroads", Duane, Steve Howe and Kottke. The Jimis Page and Hendrix... I dunno, a lot of ability there but too sloppy for my taste. When my jug band wanted to get on my violin playing they'd start telling me I was sounding like Jimmy Page.

Not enough recognition for Dave Gilmour though-- only saw Comfortably Numb cited, which has always left me in that very state, musically. I much prefer Free Four and, even though overplayed, Time...


So much for Rock; but for sheer string pyrotechnics it's hard to beat Roy Smeck's Laughing Rag (OK it's an Octachorda but I didn't see an Octachorda solo thread):



Interesting to remember since it's 1928 he had to do it live in one take. I think he rehearsed it for something like two months in order to play it.

you're right, I am a huge Floyophile too


echoes is alllllll gilmour.....


[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=646KtkEcPm8]Pink Floyd - Echoes Part 1 (Live At Pompeii) [HD & Remastered Version] - YouTube[/ame]


plus

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDSi2RJpJfM]David Gilmour - Marooned - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Billo_Really]

I never thought he was this good, until I saw him do this live.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t2TdQ-d5OA]Bruce Springsteen - Prove It All Night (Live In Phoenix '78) [The Promise] - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Billo_Really]

This guy can really stretch those strings and just when you think
he can't push any farther, he kicks it up another notch!


[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5YD6bzK8Jk]Gary Moore - Story Of The Blues - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Billo_Really]

Here's a guy no ones brought up yet...

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWubhw8SoBE]Jethro Tull - Locomotive Breath - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Pogo]

Here's a guy no ones brought up yet...

Jethro Tull - Locomotive Breath - YouTube

He's a flautist.

Good stuff though

 

[eots]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMItO1KFtmM]Gee Wizz Suzi Lovers Grave/ ..eots - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Billo_Really]

He's a flautist.

Good stuff though

I was referring to Martin Barre, not Ian Anderson.

 

[mjollnir]

Having played jazz most of my life, there's an old saying that you hear when still very young:

"It's harder to play slow than it is to play fast"

Barney Kessel and Herb Ellis didn't necessarily agree on this particular take of "The Flintstones" theme. If you play guitar, or just love it, listen and be amazed.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMrv9aXOCnA&feature=share&list=FLaJj9762kEIBDA1wgs0C_qw]Barney Kessel & Herb Ellis - Flintstones Theme - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Harry Dresden]

10 webpages in and no Mark Farner.

This is a good thing!

Farner was no great player.....but Grand Funk sure made an impact in the early 70's....

 

[tinydancer]

Here's a guy no ones brought up yet...

Jethro Tull - Locomotive Breath - YouTube

hehehe I thought I did way way back in this thread.

I'm a Tull freak from way back. Give me Ian or give me no one. I love them. Boy that doesnt sound right does it?

ETA: tried to clean up my post, but I hope you get the drift. Super performers.

 

[Billo_Really]

hehehe I thought I did way way back in this thread.

I'm a Tull freak from way back. Give me Ian or give me no one. I love Them. Boy that doesnt sound right does it?

My first ex husband was a flautist. It doesnt come off well does it. Hey it's your problem because when you work it out with all my stories about Tim Weisberg does it?

I saw Tull 4 times and every concert was a good one.

You just gave me an idea for another thread.

How does this sound?

The "Master Showman Thread", for those certain
performers who really knew how to "bring it!"

For example:

• Ian Anderson
• Alice Cooper
• Freddy Mercury
• Michael Jackson
• Melissa Ethridge

And one of my all-time favorites, Peter Wolf.

 

[tinydancer]

hehehe I thought I did way way back in this thread.

I'm a Tull freak from way back. Give me Ian or give me no one. I love Them. Boy that doesnt sound right does it?

My first ex husband was a flautist. It doesnt come off well does it. Hey it's your problem because when you work it out with all my stories about Tim Weisberg does it?

I saw Tull 4 times and every concert was a good one.

You just gave me an idea for another thread.

How does this sound?

The "Master Showman Thread", for those certain
performers who really knew how to "bring it!"

For example:

• Ian Anderson
• Alice Cooper
• Freddy Mercury
• Michael Jackson
• Melissa Ethridge

And one of my all-time favorites, Peter Wolf.

Two threads.

One for big name concerts and then another for local bars with great acts. I have seen so many fight weather conditions and sabatog by the mainliner.

From Toronto, we had the best bar band circuit on the planet I swear. I only took a couple of bands to CBGB's to get their taste.

 

[PredFan]

It would be just too hard to pick out a "best", imo.