[quote]SteelyD wrote:
Blacksnake wrote:
George “Mr.Scary” Lynch and some of his equipment…
Good call with Lynch-- some of the smoothest legato and melodic solos ever. A definite top 5 favorite of mine.
Incidentally, he’s debuting his new band: Souls of We
http://www.soulsofwe.com/
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Whoa’!! Thanks for the info, didnt know Scary was into a new project, he’s up there in my book also, made me throw a guitar against a wall & drink heavily in dispair on more than one occasion /;-D
(If you have ever seen that clip of him “warming up” prior to a seminar he did in Japan years ago, It will bring tears to your eyes…of frustration!..I’m amazed his guitar and equipment didnt self-combust!..Heheheh)
I think someone mentioned Blues Saraceno earlier. This is one of my favorites:
I don’t know if you guys like Nuno, but I’ve always liked watching this even though he’s just screwing around:
Ok, so this is one of the best songs ever created. Sorry for the sketchy sound, but as far as I know there are no “official” LTE videos available.
LTE is a side project by Petrucci and Portnoy of Dream Theater. Absolutely sick solos. And the greatest part is the fact that the rhythm parts would make my face melt. Also face melting harmony runs between keys and guitar. Check out Petrucci’s part just past 2 minutes.
Acid Rain. Check it out.
Do you guys like any of the solos Synyster Gates of Avenged Sevenfold plays?
Don’t know about best but my favorite is Beyound the Realms of Death by Judas Priest.
never heard much from Blues, but ‘Tommy Gun’ is great stuff. not sure if anyone remembers Armored Saint, but IMO David Prichard’s solo on ‘Book of Blood’ is still my all-time fave. on the ‘Trip through Red Times’ dvd he does an extended solo that is probably the most tasteful solo and melding of styles i’ve ever heard. what it makes it even more meaningful is that less than two months later he was dead from leukemia at 26. this was the last show he played before entering the hospital because of headaches, which led to the diagnosis. simply awesome…
Like everyone has said before, what criteria do you go for? Anything Clapton has ever done? Randi Rhodes or Joe Satriani or George Lynch? Stevie Ray Vaughn or one of my favorites Slash? There are far too many people to single out one. One person you might want to check out though would be Eric Johnson. Cliffs of Dover or Righteous will blow you away…
Zakk has one of the sweetest vibratos ever.
So did the now deceased (and blind) Jeff Healey:
[quote]SteelyD wrote:
Zakk has one of the sweetest vibratos ever.
So did the now deceased (and blind) Jeff Healey:
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That guy was genuine freak of nature. How could anybody do so many things right while doing them all wrong? He reinvented the fingering of a fretboard for his own use while having never seen one in his life.
That’s it. I give up. I quit guitar. Anybody want to buy my gear?
I’m surprised at the eclectic mix on this thread.
I’m a classical guitarist, so I’ll post some of my favorites.
Tango en Skai - Roland Dyens (played by the composer)
Koyunbaba - Carlo Domeniconi (played by “li Jie”)
Asturias (Leyenda) - Isaac Albenzi (played by Jason Vieaux)
This is the stereotypical classical guitar piece.
Recuerdos de la Alhambra - Francisco Tarrega (played by Pepe Romero–best tremolo ever, by the way)
More:
In a fingerstyle vein…
Airtap by Erik Mongrain
Four hands guitar
All this fingerstyle talk and no Michael Hedges? I’m disappointed…
Ragamuffin
More of this mysterious Li Jie person. She’s very good.
Sunburst - Andrew York (very accessible for you non-art music folks)
Paganini Action
Caprics no. 24. Rock guys like to “cover” this, it works well on the guitar.
(by “well” I mean stupid hard)
Finally, my vote for the best guitar solo ever. The rest of the stuff I posted was very good, and a major part of the modern guitar rep.
El Decameron Negro by Leo Brouwer (three mvts)
I. Jason Vieaux - El Decameron Negro - YouTube
II. Decameron Negro II - Leo Brouwer - YouTube
III. Ricardo Cobo Plays Brouwer's Black Decameron, Mvt 3 - YouTube
This piece is program music, or more closely, a tone poem. Each movement’s music is meant to evoke the imagery set forth in the title.
The titles:
I. The Harp of the Warrior
II. Flight of the lovers through the valley of echos
III. the Ballad of the love-sick maiden
The title of the whole piece comes from a book of the same name. Its a collection of African folk tales centering around a warrior who wants to be a musician–the composer was inspired and wrote the piece.
Leo Brouwer is an Afro-Cuban composer, and uses a ton of “ostinato” (repeating rhythmic patterns) rhythms from his folk music heritage. He also does a lot of weird polytonal (two or more key areas) stuff, and is one of the few modern guitar composers who makes really creative use of open strings.
All in all, interesting stuff. The second movement recording doesn’t do it justice, but I couldn’t find a better one. Its a crazy fun piece to play as well.
There was Live Aid and Band Aid.
Then, there was Hear 'n Aid. A collection of who’s who in the Metal Golden Age to help the poor kiddies.
Some of the premier soloists of the era:
Highlight around 3:00 where “Nigel” from “Spinal Tap” is talking about Yngwie Malmsteen. LMFAO!
I have to give that French Fry Mattrach another boost here:
Then 16 years old
I’m a big fan of Dimes solo on “This Love”. And you just can’t discount Metallica’s Orion. The second half of the song is basically one long solo.
