What are your favorite rock insturmentals?

[Oddball]

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Horns a-plenty...

 

[bluzman61]

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Some great ones there! Thanks for an interesting thread idea. I'll be back shortly after I give this some thinking over.

 

[bluzman61]

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My favorites are - 1) Jessica, by The Allman Brothers Band 2) Fire on High, by ELO 3) Sleepwalk, by Santo and Johnny 4) Surfing With The Alien, by Joe Satriani, and 5) Satch Boogie, by Joe Satriani

 

[fncceo]

 

[bluzman61]

Dick Dale was cool, the "King of Surf Guitar".

 

[Muhammed]

 

[bluzman61]

"Frankenstein", of course! This one just misses my top 5, I'd put it at #6. Thanks very much for your post.

 

[bluzman61]

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"Discipline" and "Fracture", by King Crimson, are outstanding instrumentals.

 

[bluzman61]

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"Beck's Bolero" and "Freeway Jam", by Jeff Beck, are also very fine.

 

[Ridgerunner]

 

[LuckyDuck]

It jut depends upon my mood. For some good old head-banging metal, it's Nightwish or Rammstein. For bombastic orchestral music, it's Two Steps From Hell. For Folk-Rock, it's the Lumineers or Of Monsters and Men. For Pop-Rock, it's Lady Gaga, Shakira or, Florence and he Machine. For R&B/Jazz, its Emily Sande, Macy Gray and Aretha Franklin. For Classical, its Mozart. For Opera, its Sarah Brightman. For Bluegrass/Country Blues, its Mean Mary James, The Dead South and Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band.

 

[westwall]

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Horns a-plenty...

Some great ones already listed, so I will add Classical Gas by Mason Williams, and Little Wing by SRV.

 

[westwall]

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Some great ones already listed, so I will add Classical Gas by Mason Williams, and Little Wing by SRV.

Oh Yeah, Oh Well Pt. 2. By Peter Greens Fleetwood Mac

 

[bluzman61]

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Horns a-plenty...

Honorable Mention - "Shake That Rat", by Nick Lowe. It's a very fun song!

 

[BULLDOG]

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Watermelon in Easter Hay - Frank Zappa
Hoedown - ELP
Goldberg Variations - JS Bach
Suite for Cello #1 JS Bach

and a billion others

 

[Thunk]

This isn't an instrumental...but pink floyd has these black ladies singing background vocals who are just fantastic.

On their live album "delicate sound of thunder" the ladies sing a part alone by themselves (I thunk the song is dogs of war)...it's just phenomenal! I need to pull out the old vinyl & listen to that again.

 

[bluzman61]

Watermelon in Easter Hay - Frank Zappa
Hoedown - ELP
Goldberg Variations - JS Bach
Suite for Cello #1 JS Bach

and a billion others

Wow, the Zappa song is my favorite song by him! The song is elegant, and achingly beautiful. Great choice.

 

[Borillar]

I remember listening to this as a teenager cruising down in Honolulu back in the early 70's.

 

[BULLDOG]

Technically, most of what has been listed can't be described as rock instrumentals (Bach?),
They are, however, examples of how a person would be unfair to himself to limit his listening to only one style.