best single rock guitar performance?

[Braddman]

Just a few:

Neil Young - the angry and defiant tone of Ohio

Eric Clapton and Duane Allman - doesn't matter who played what Layla

Peter Green - the spanish flavored guitar in Oh Well part 2

Jimi Hendryx - no comment necessary Voodoo Chile Slight Return

[ryberg]

Originally Posted by Manitou

Been giving this thread some thought this evening, going through my playlists, downloading some new stuff from previous posts, etc.

I keep coming back to how impossible it really is to evaluate solely the guitar from a song...

Yeah, but ain't it fun to try, anyway? And you know, you can in fact take the context of the song into account -- I did in my very first post in talking about Gilmour, and many others have.

And with that in mind...

Originally Posted by thecuz

...pretty good "for a Canadian".....uusshhhhhh

Ya left out Daniel Lanois, there, amigo! Let me just get that board for ya, though, shall I? I was just listening to the title track from his


For the Beauty of Wynona

and would like to nominate that. Lots of good guitar stuff all over that album.

Another one from my man Adrian Belew, as well, this time The Great Divide off Talking Heads' oh so excelente effort


Remain In Light

On a tangent off Manitou's comment, I've been thinking what is needed is different categories, something like

technical wizardry (maybe that Van Halen track)
atmospheric (Daniel Lanois would be good at that)
what jazz guys call playing "out" (Belew would be good there)
melodic (many of the most typical solos we think of: Gilmour, Page...)
unusual effects/sound (probably Hendrix is the king here)
etc.

Dunno -- just thinkin'.

Steve

[sideways]

Hey Ami!!!! Did you go last night??????
2007-08-03 - Verizon Wireless - Houston, TX

1. Constant Motion
2. Panic Attack
3. Endless Sacrifice
4. Surrounded (extended)
5. The Dark Eternal Night
Keyboard Solo
6. Lines In The Sand
7. Scarred
8. In The Presence of Enemies
-------------------------------------------
9. Shmedley Wilcox:
I.Trial Of Tears
II. Finally Free
III. Learning To Live
IV. In The Name Of God
V. Octavarium (Razor's Edge)

[ami]

Originally Posted by sideways

Hey Ami!!!! Did you go last night??????
2007-08-03 - Verizon Wireless - Houston, TX

1. Constant Motion
2. Panic Attack
3. Endless Sacrifice
4. Surrounded (extended)
5. The Dark Eternal Night
Keyboard Solo
6. Lines In The Sand
7. Scarred
8. In The Presence of Enemies
-------------------------------------------
9. Shmedley Wilcox:
I.Trial Of Tears
II. Finally Free
III. Learning To Live
IV. In The Name Of God
V. Octavarium (Razor's Edge)

Sadly, no. Too much other stuff going on. That would've been a great show I always enjoy seeing Learning to Live done live too.

[Sol]

Originally Posted by ryberg

Yeah, but ain't it fun to try, anyway? And you know, you can in fact take the context of the song into account -- I did in my very first post in talking about Gilmour, and many others have.

And with that in mind...

Ya left out Daniel Lanois, there, amigo! Let me just get that board for ya, though, shall I? I was just listening to the title track from his


For the Beauty of Wynona

and would like to nominate that. Lots of good guitar stuff all over that album.

Another one from my man Adrian Belew, as well, this time The Great Divide off Talking Heads' oh so excelente effort


Remain In Light

On a tangent off Manitou's comment, I've been thinking what is needed is different categories, something like

technical wizardry (maybe that Van Halen track)

atmospheric (Daniel Lanois would be good at that)

what jazz guys call playing "out" (Belew would be good there)

melodic (many of the most typical solos we think of: Gilmour, Page...)

unusual effects/sound (probably Hendrix is the king here)

etc.

Dunno -- just thinkin'.

Steve

Blues is missing from this list.

[ryberg]

Originally Posted by Sol

Blues is missing from this list.

I laugh because I specifically thought of putting it in -- think I'd already written it, in fact -- when I thought I'd be violating my own call for specifically rock genre performance.

Steve

[cpfstich]

Originally Posted by ryberg

I laugh because I specifically thought of putting it in -- think I'd already written it, in fact -- when I thought I'd be violating my own call for specifically rock genre performance.

Steve

I still love the camarones de playa maya.

[roni]

[blueton]

Originally Posted by Cosmo

Well, I didn't get to see Jimi do Wild Thing but it's right up there. I have seen Pink Floyd a bunch of times and just about all of the great guitar players and as far as I'm concerned it's Jimmy Paige doing Dazed and Confused. Not only does he slay you with his finger work but then he gets out the violin bow and blows you away. The only person that actually played both necks of a double neck guitar....

.. and at about 2 minutes 29 is just freaky and 4:42

[StephenB]

Well, this probably doesn't qualify, cause technically it's not really a solo, and there was a lot of studio magic performed, but for suaveness, staying power and technical awesomeness, the lick in Hotel California ranks right up there. Walsh and Felder turned some heads when that came out. Other favs....
I know a little-Skynard
anything-Stevie Ray
stuff by Ray Flack

Aw hell, there's too many!!!!