I agree for the multiple-layered solo from Sir Jimmy Page on "In My Time Of Dying": it blows a lot!

J. Mascis is a master on a couple of songs
(Out There, Get Me)

Slash, for "Sweet Child O'Mine"...

i feel out of place here, i probably should ave gone to "heavy metal", because my favorite of all time would have to be somewhere in the vaults of Judas Priest. maybe "hell bent for leather", "ram it down", or "electric eye". sorry if im intruding on the wrong crowd, but the forum caught my eye. i like the previous choices so far though. I also like some solo's from the bob marley and the like.

I'll give another vote to The Edge's solo on "The Fly" - totally classic.

Dean Ween had a few great ones on the last Ween album - "Transdermal Celebration" and "I Don't Want It" (think that's what it's called).

Man, excellent question and I have alot of them.
Not in any order just what comes to mind:
1) chicago's "25 or 6 2 4" not the greatest hits version, but from the original album version
2) sweet child of mine
3) "let it be" not flashy but played with great feeling
4) lennon, mccartney, and harrison on "carry that weight"
5) Clapton on "let it rain"
6) not sure who the guitarist was, but on Rod's stewart's " I was only joking"
I think what makes for a great guitar solo is the build up towards it...how the others musicians set up the solo and then the guitarist must flow the same musical path.
That is one reason I never like eddie van halen's guitar work. It was all flash and speed but it never seemed to be saying anything other than "hey look at me." It has to make sense musically.

redavenger, love 'em all. but anyone for Stevie Ray Vaughan? i love his blues stuff, and also nothing like George Harrison's solo work. But i'd have to say that my fav solos are done ny CCR - i love how the rhythm and lead guitars switch places and have you heard the 11-minute "I Heard it Through the Grapevine"? that's some great stuff.

Yeah it is a shame I never even mentioned Stevie Ray. He really is one of the best that ever was. His "austin city limits" DVD show how truly amazing he is.

Jimmy Page on "Since I've Been Loving You"

I love the dueling guitar work on the Allman Brothers "Blue Sky". It ranks high among my favorites.

Jerry Garcia on an earlier live "Dark Star" or something. If I had to go with an album recording, then probably something by David Gilmour. Ira Kaplan is insane to watch live though... really exciting. J. Mascis is exciting as well.

Television's Richard Lloyd and Tom Verlaine in Marquee Moon (Two Guitar Solos)!

Almost all of the solos on siamese dream by billy "flower child" corgan. oh, high school. Notables:

geek usa
soma
quiet
hummer

i think people give Stairway to heaven too much credit.It's just as good as others so here are my top favorite guitar solos

5.piece of my heart-janis joplin
4.baby please do go-ac/dc
3.purple haze-hendrix
2.money-pink floyd
1.comfotably numb-pink floyd

"Key to Love" from the Bluesbreakers album. The first time I'd ever heard the guitar used as a lead instrument. 28 seconds that literally changed the sort of music I listened to.

"Black Dog" - LZ 4

"Moon Tears" - Nils Lofgren (from "1+1")

Mick Taylor's solo on the Ya Yas version of "Sympathy for the Devil"

Peter Green's playing on "A Fool No More"

David Gilmour/Pink Floyd - Fletcher Memorial Home

this site needs to have more love for blues guitarists. top solo is most definitely mike Bloomfield's solo on work song by the Paul Butterfield blues band.

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Originally posted by GUITAR_FREAK_93:
i think people give Stairway to heaven too much credit.It's just as good as others so here are my top favorite guitar solos

5.piece of my heart-janis joplin
4.baby please do go-ac/dc
3.purple haze-hendrix
2.money-pink floyd
1.comfotably numb-pink floyd

wait you mean baby please dont go right the muddy waters song

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Originally posted by blazinsaddles:
this site needs to have more love for blues guitarists. top solo is most definitely mike Bloomfield's solo on work song by the Paul Butterfield blues band.

Most black players I've heard would have Bloomfield for breakfast (and Bloomfield's no mug - for a white player)

Santana's rolling guitar solo in 'Se a Cabo' from the awesome 1970 Abraxas album.

Too many to name one. Here's some of mine:

Led Zep - Heartbreaker
(Can't believe this hasn't been mentioned) Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall Part II.
I love Nels Cline's solo on the live version of Muzzle of Bees.
Another one that's not been mentioned is Eddie Van Halen on Eruption. That shit is wild.

My last and probably my current fave is Steely Dan's PEG. It's a very short solo, but it is wild, all over the place and sounds so strange and good.

Phil Manzanera of Roxy Music was an awesome guitar player. I love his work, especially on Country Life ("The Thrill of It All", "All I Want is You", "Prairie Rose", etc.), but Stranded's "Amazona" might contain his most intensely original guitar solo, something which Jonny Greenwood might have been taking to heart before he recorded "Paranoid Android".