re: Top 10 guitar solos of all time

It may not be top 10, but David Grissom's work with Joe Ely is really good, his solo on "Letter to L.A." from Live at Liberty Lunch is excellent:

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OK, you are right, Beck is a complete rip off artist.

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OK, you are right, Beck is a complete rip off artist.

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I never said that Beck ripped off Roy Buchanan. I said the his playing on Cause We Ended As Lovers was inspired by Roy Buchanan, and I provided some links to Roy Buchanan playing live for comparison. Beck is a legendary guitarist who is secure enough in his abilities to acknowledge others for things he learned from them.

There is not a musician alive who has never been inspired by, or even copied, those who have come before. Even those who create wholly new techniques will usually acknowledge that they were inspired by other innovators.

If anyone ripped off Roy Buchanan it was Eric Clapton.

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While mixing the album, Reich ran into Eric Clapton in the lobby of a New York hotel and pressed a tape of Live Stock mixes on him. Shortly afterward, Reich noticed Clapton had added Buchanan’s arrangement of “Further On Up the Road” to his own repertoire.

“I knew he’d gotten that from Roy, from that tape, because he leaves out the same verses Price left out on Live Stock,” Reich said. “It wasn’t Roy’s song and it wasn’t the most obscure song in the world. But [he should have acknowledged Roy] in some way.”

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Great job and lead by Beck.

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No question. It is why Cause We Ended As Lovers is a staple of Beck's live performances. I don't think I criticized Beck's play on Cause We Ended As Lovers. If I was trying to disrespect Beck I would have been specific about the shortcomings, and I never mentioned any.

If you want specific comparisons, I think Beck's use of the tremolo arm allows him to achieve some of the same tones and effects more efficiently than Buchanan bending the strings with his fingers. The tones and effects both produce are gripping. However, Beck using the tremolo arm results in more distortion which is not as sonically pleasing to me.

My original purpose was not to disparage Jeff Beck, but to promote Roy Buchanan.

The White Stripes - "Ball and Biscuit" for the win

Anything by Tommy Emmanuel. HE is the best pure guitar player who doesn't need a bunch of electronics to make his sound.

Jimmy Page, Jan 9, 1970. Royal albert music hall

Solo on We're gonna groove- which I don't think he ever duplicated again on the bootlegs I've listened too. He was on fire that night. He had some riffs that night on how many more times that were unbelievable too. More stuff I think he just came up with as he was going. May be his best night playing ever?

This is a 2-for-1:

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The song contains, to me, two of the greatest solos of all-time by two of the greatest guitarists of all-time: Derek Trucks and Warren Haynes. Their performance in this song alone pushed me to go buy a Paul Reed Smith at 16 using all of my part-time job money. I've had it for 10 years and still play it every day

Jimmie Page - Big Log, Whole Lotta Love
Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child (Slight Return), All Along the Watchtower
Stevie Ray Vaughn - Texas Flood
Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode
Mark Knophler - Sultans of Swing
David Gilmore - Time, Comfortably Numb
B.B. King - The Thrill is Gone


Ok...one that probably isn't on anyone's list...but the first guitar solo I learned...Commander Cody (Bill Kirchen lead guitar) - Hot Rod Lincoln

Most underrated...Junior Brown - Broke Down South of Dallas

Broke Down South of Dallas