extended guitar solos with great 'feeling'

Phil_aka_Pip

axisus said:

I fancy making up a compilation album of tracks with great emotional solos, so I'm looking for nominations. Not so much blazing fast madness, more the slow, meaningful stuff. Also, decent length, not just a 10 second solo on some hit.

Anything you recommend?

For starters I'm going with:

Dire Straits - Brothers in arms
Camel - For today

good call. try also

Camel - Stationary Traveller, Long Goodbyes, Ice
Ritchie Blackmore - Wasted Sunsets, Vielleicht das Nächster Zeit

Freebird

MagicPigDetective said:

Dinosaur Jr - Get me. The final solo (of three) lasts for a minute and a half, possibly one of my favourite solos ever. 

https://youtu.be/aQIPJqvFrIc

This is one of my all-time favourites, which brings me onto my new favourite song!

Great melody, fantastic harmonies, a fine bit of whistling, and two tasteful solos by Neil Finn. These fellas sure know how to write a good tune!

Phil_aka_Pip

Has anyone suggested Snowy White on Bird of Paradise from White Flames?

tone1

Rocker said:

Looking for an extended guitar solo, try 'Heard it through the grapevine' by Creedence Clearwater Revisited

That’s one of my favourites.....But Freebird by Sknyrd springs to mind 

rustneversleeps

olafgarten said:

Listening to Down By The River now, you can add that to your list. 

Good call.May I add SRV (Little wing) showing my age now and an old be Bop deluxe track called “adventures of a Yorkshire paradise “by Bill nelson.Never really liked the band but that solo I can’t forget after all these years check it out.This definitely is extended you won’t get much change out of 10 minutes.albums is “Live in air age”.

KDS

Telegraph road: dire straits

Lodious

Live always loved this solo, really melodic and great feel....

telestratjazz

Allman Brothers Band-Desdemona
Gary Clark Jr.-When my train pulls in
Albert Collins-If trouble was money

OnTheRopes

For extended solo's Rory Gallagher at Rockpalast 1979 version of Tattoed lady

dogload

'Like A Hurricane' and 'Powderfinger' from Live Rust by Neil Young and Crazy Horse. 

bingefeller

For me, it has to be this version of Still In Love With You by Gary Moore & Phil Lynott. 

blobb

End of page 2, on a thread about emotional solo's, and Andy Latimer only gets one mention so far!

equalsql

Andy Powell's sublime solo on Wishbone Ash's 'Throw Down The Sword' from their 'Live Dates' album. It really is a beautiful, melodic solo which is all about the feel. As a young player back in the 70s it was probably the first extended solo that I learnt to play proper-like

Danny1969

John Osbourne's  solo from Stay a little longer, epic country solo that builds really well 

Phil_aka_Pip

@equalsql good call. I am reminded of the solo on Living Proof (Live Dates vol II). On the studio album (Just Testing) this was an "obbligato" played behind the last verse, but live, they strung it out and played it as a solo after the last verse. I don't know whether it was played by Laurie Wisefield or Andy Powell, but whoever did it deserves huge street cred for making the guitar sing.

jdbwales

End solo from Fleetwood Mac’s I’m So Afraid, live version from The Dance Album. Buckingham at his best!

Placidcasual79

Funkadelic - Maggot Brain [HQ] - YouTube

RHCP - Don't Forget Me LIVE (Frusciante is incredible !) - YouTube

These - that is all. 

fandango

Frank Zappa's Watermelon in Easter Hay.

Several versions abound, and live he played this with either the SG, a Strat or even a Les Paul, though I reckon he nails it best on the studio album:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZS-QuMBZdk


Here's a live Strat version, just so you can watch the master guitarist at work in close-up:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9DqykUsqRY 

fandango

And as a bonus, I'll throw in Hubert Sumlin's "Come Home Baby"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGnsYPf2wN4

There's also plenty by the Allman Brothers Band, especially "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed". You could even plunder Duane Allman's Mussel Shoals recordings.

frank1985

Frank Zappa - Willie the pimp 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKYGaEafv4g

Funkadelic -Maggot Brain 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOKn33-q4Ao