Best guitar solo EVER!

lindsmuse · 2009-10-27T19:28:31+00:00

Love Trevor Rabin's - 'Owner of a lonely heart'. That really kicked butt at the time! Read somewhere he was Steven Seagal's guitar teacher for a while ...

singemonkey

Two solos on the same record will have my conversation trundle to a halt if they're on in the background.

Tales of Brave Ulysses when the heavily wa'd guitar just suddenly screams a couple of times has sent shivers down my spine since I was 13, and Outside Woman Blues which just has one of the tightest, punchiest, most tasteful solos ever - with all these nifty surprises.

Both on Cream's Disraeli Gears.

Weirdly, I suddenly thought of John Lennon's solo on the single version of Let It Be. I actually prefer it to George's one on the album. Not a technician, to say the least, ol' Lennon. But his melodic sense got poured into a great solo that's almost like a song within the song. I wonder if he used his Epiphone Casino on it.

arjunmenon

Guy Onraet wrote
Alan Ratcliffe wrote Arjun Menon and Andrew Bryson are the two to watch out for around these parts.
Indeed, i can think of 2 world class solos from each ?

ha ha Thanks bru ?

Conrad wrote One of my favourites: Steve Vai on Touching Tongues.

+ 1 Conrad. The whammy'd notes are just beautiful.

sepheritoh

singemonkey wrote Tales of Brave Ulysses

Conrad

Another 1 of my absolute favourites: Borislav Mitic's solo on his neo classical interpretation of La Campagnella

You can listen to it here: http://www.myspace.com/borislavmitic it's the 1st rtack in the playlist.

C

lindsmuse

Anywhere we can hear Arjun online?

AlanRatcliffe

lindsmuse wrote Anywhere we can hear Arjun online?

I can't remember if his tracks are online. If they are not, and he gives his permission, I'll post them.

Manfred-Klose

hint towards arjun to get a myspace profile ?

Joop

One of my favourites/best has always been Private Investigations by Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits). Maybe because of the semi-acoustic nylon guitar.

arjunmenon

Alan Ratcliffe wrote
lindsmuse wrote Anywhere we can hear Arjun online?
I can't remember if his tracks are online. If they are not, and he gives his permission, I'll post them.

Apologies for seeing this post so late.
Alan, you most definitely have my permission to post my stuff here. ?
Or you can check Out of India and Flying underwater out at
http://www.supload.com/listen?s=CBQM6P45D378
http://www.supload.com/listen?s=RWU7LF1UFCAL
And they're free to download ?

Manfred Klose wrote hint towards arjun to get a myspace profile ?

? Funny enough, i actually have a myspace profile..i just keep forgetting the password ?

arjunmenon

Sorry, my bad. Those links don't work anymore :-[

Will post the new link as soon as i'm done uploading it to Box.net

arjunmenon

Ok, managed to sort myself out ? Much ado about nothing...

Here's the link for Flying under water (My attempt at eletronica+jazz)

http://www.box.net/shared/5bp355k102

And here's the link for Out of India (A bit of a tribute to home)

http://www.box.net/shared/vqkrfuubah

Hope you like it Linds.
Criticism more than welcome.

AlanRatcliffe

Those are the two I would have uploaded - I also have Eat This!.

lindsmuse

Many thanks! I have listened to both tracks quickly and as I am a Shakti and Ali Khan fan I am now a keen follower of yours before even getting to your actual amazing talent. Really incredible. Makes me so happy to know that this is right here on our doorstep ...But what I really love is the originality - the blend of jazz and eastern. I have not heard anything like this before so it means I now have somethng totally new to listen to ... ? Are those local vocalists by the way - recorded locally? I will be enjoying this!

Banditman

Arjun that's some lovely stuff there!

What makes a great solo for me, irrespective of the style, is the way that it works with the song that it's an integral part of. As I see it your role as guitarist is to take over the singing of the emotion of the song from the vocalists for a time, and then to bring the listener seamlessly back into the song.

Solos that demonstrate the prowess of the guitarist and then end, leaving you hanging while the band seems to come back from a different direction do nothing for me. It's one of the things I like about some of Thin Lizzy's work where (whoever the particular lineup was) both guitarist share the load, making it more about the piece than the individual musician.

aubs1

lindsmuse wrote .............. Are those local vocalists by the way - recorded locally? I will be enjoying this!

Was going to ask exactly the same question.........wow, Arjun, that's really amazing stuff. What more can I say? Brilliant!!!!

vic

There are so many great solos around....but those which come up immediately in my mind are the solos in * Something (George Harrison) and *Brothers in Arms (Mark Knopfler). Both are hauntingly melodic and inspiring.

evolucian

The "best" solo's is a hard one. I can give my absolute favourites though. Two songs from Jeff Beck's 'Live at Ronnie Scotts' would be: "Cause we've ended as lovers" and the absolutely brilliant "A day in the life"... that was goosebumps for me.

After that would be Dann Huff as Giant with "I'm a believer"... my word, bonk me sideways in a banana shaped coffin and call me susanna... that is AWESOME. His intro is spectacular... but his little 8 bar solo (or thereabouts) in the bridge is just, to me, the perfect addition to the perfect song.

Gilmour and Steve Stevens are right up there too... but not as high as Jeff and Dann. But its my pick for me, so its all good ?

Renesongs

Just finished listening to Arjun's Flying Underwater, well not just now more like 15 minutes ago. I had go to the medicine cabinet first to get a bandage to stop my jaw from dragging on the floor I was so gob-smacked. That has to be some of the best guitar work I have heard in a very long time, sensitive, melodic technically and musically brilliant... nah I'm not even going to try and analise it. All I can say is give me more... 8) 8) 8)

Conrad

Yes. Wow Arjun that is really insightful composition. Very Intelligent and very mature (for lack of a better word) guitar work.

C

AlanRatcliffe

Told y'all. ?

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