Legendary guitar solos!

Propyro · Post by **Propyro** » Sun May 18, 2003 1:22 am

long songs?

jethro tull - Thick as a brick ... one album, one song .. 43 minuites? i think its 43 at least ...

TaranT · Post by **TaranT** » Sun May 18, 2003 2:39 am

Forgotten legends...

Al DiMeola, first few solo albums and with Chick Corea's Return To Forever.
e.g. "Flight Over Rio", "Race With Devil on Spanish Highway", "Dark Eye Tango"

Steve Hackett, ex-Genesis
e.g. "Firth of Fifth" or "Time Lapse at Milton Keynes"

Carlos Santana, maybe Steve Howe, are other possibilities for "legend" status.

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Sun May 18, 2003 12:36 pm

Oh, not forgotten!

Santana, Howe, Hackett and DiMeola all get a nod from me. Generally though, I find Howe and Hackett's work was much better with their respective Legendary Bands than on their own. Same, from my point of view, is the case with Floyd's Gilmour.

Santana and Dimeola, on the other hand, I do find lots better on their own.

Another influential player not to be forgotten is Ritchie Blackmore. Did I mention him yet? Certianly, in the rock stream, one of the most influential figures ever.

Jace Tsunami · Post by **Jace Tsunami** » Sun May 18, 2003 7:02 pm

Senses Fail - Bloody Romance
Rufio - Above Me

Flint the Dwarf · Post by **Flint the Dwarf** » Sun May 18, 2003 9:14 pm

Ah yes, I forgot Ritchie Blackmore. Have you heard his Blackmore's Night stuff? I like it quite a bit.

nailz · Post by **nailz** » Sun May 18, 2003 11:49 pm

Nightwish - Over the Hills and Far Away - 2:55-3:10

Sonata Artica - Wolf and Raven - 2:40 - 3:04

Blind Guardian - Welcome to Dying - 2:23 - 3:10

Tuatha De Danann - Battle Song - 3:05-3:31

Live - Shit Town - 3:04 - 3:18

Mp3 of said solos.

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Mon May 19, 2003 1:25 pm

flint_the_dwarf wrote:Ah yes, I forgot Ritchie Blackmore. Have you heard his Blackmore's Night stuff? I like it quite a bit.

No, haven't heard Night I think... I've heard a bit of his solo stuff which was, in some respect, bad, and some that's not so bad.
In general, Blackmore is just massively influential. You have whole generations of guys, from Brian May to Joe Satriani who definitely were directly influenced by his playing.
In terms of influential guitarists, the three top ones I'd have to name off would be Jimi, Blackmore, and John McLaughlin.

yuppa · Post by **yuppa** » Thu May 22, 2003 6:14 pm

What about Eric Clapton? Or About Angus Young? And Slash,and also Peter frampton! All of these guys are World Class guitar players. You can't forget your roots

Keaton · Post by **Keaton** » Thu May 22, 2003 11:26 pm

what about AC/DC

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Fri May 23, 2003 5:22 pm

yuppa wrote:You can't forget your roots

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Anyways, moving on...

well, sure, I'm not gonna argue with the above-mentioned influences. Just that, since most people went up with their favorites, I put up mine too. There's really more world-class guitarists out there than you can shake a stick at...