Great job Rhett! The Edge is one of the greatest of all time. A master of sound and parts. Also one of the most accurate players I’ve seen live and a first rate singers.
I finally saw The Edge from extremely close at a concert a few years ago. Accuracy, precision and rhythm were three words that came to mind watching him. Even on the seemingly "simple" chord parts during Sunday Bloody Sunday, he played like he had hands of a surgeon.
One of his big guitar influences was Stuart Adamson of Big Country/the Skids. Listen to the solo at the end of the Skids' "Hurry On Boys" and the debt is obvious.
I've not played the solo to "Time" for - I'd say - 16 years. Yet after Rhett played the first bar, I hit pause and picked up my guitar and played the whole thing from memory. After 16 years of not playing it. Yeah, I'd say the "Time" solo left an impression on me.
10) Still Got The Blues from Gary Moore, taught me vibrato 9) Hotel California from the Eagles, master class in soloing 8) Sails Of Charon from Uli Roth, taught me through composing 7) Burn from Ritchie Blackmore, taught me shred 6) Cliffs Of Dover from Eric Johnson, taught me tone as compositional tool 5) Checking Out from Allan Holdsworth, taught me to play lines instead of licks 4) Cause We've Ended As Lovers from Jeff Beck, taught me taste 3) S.A.T.O. from Randy Rhoads, taught me question and answer 2) Comfortably Numb from David Gilmour, taught me right note right place 1) Eruption from Ed, taught me stunt guitar
I played Time at my high school talent show with a few guys in my class. When I played the end of the first part of the solo (at 2:30 here), the audience roared. I'll never forget that.
"Comfortably Numb" is my number one all time, it's truly epic, but "Time" is really, really, close, it's an astounding solo in it's own right. When I listen to it it makes me question how somebody could have actually created it in the first place, it's mind boggling.
@@TheHumbuckerboy They're both great, although I'm with you on leaning towards "Time" mostly because, although I haven't played in a long time, I remember just how deceptively complex it is. "Eruption," say, is a technical virtuosity, but even with that I could see how I could lock myself in a room for a few weeks and at least get the gist of the technique. With "Time" however, there's just something about it that no amount of practice would ever allow me to pull off.
@@CCNYMacGuy I love the fact that the solo sounds so raw ( you can hear the string bend almost choking-out at one point) and yet so poised and majestic whilst being very expressive . Plus the context within the song also frames the solo brilliantly ... " No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun" !
I remember learning the something solo, it was a moment for me. Such a mysterious genius sound that I was able to somewhat replicate. Really felt like I wasn't a total beginner when I finally got that.
@@drdre4397 McCartney’s bass on “Something” is also great, and combined with Harrison’s solo, might be the best one-two punch ever. Also, Harrison’s solo on Let it Be (album version) is incredible!
10º) 01:43 - Time (Pink Floyd) 9º) 04:00 - Let Me Get By (Tedeschi Trucks Band) 8º) 05:33 - Wind Cries Mary (Jimi Hendrix) 7º) 07:01 - Since I've been Loving You (Led Zeppelin) 6º) 09:06 - New Year's Day (U2) 5º) 11:00 - Help The Poor (Roben Ford) 4º) 12:53 - Kid Charlemagne (Steely Dan) 3º) 14:50 - Gravity (John Mayer) 2º) 16:31 - Statesboro Blues (Allman Brothers) 1º) 18:40 - Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd)
@@keplerarpeggios3215 Thanks! I've never heard of this band but they have a channel and share official audio of their songs. Listened to two tracks so far and I'm all in. Stone Mirrors is the killer track for me so far, but I want to know more. Do you know anything about this band?
This was an incredibly courageous video to make. To put yourself out there with this range of iconic guitar performances is one part. To commit to doing so with live players in your studio with top notch production values is another. And to model your love of these players and your devotion to learning from them is the best of all. Well done, Rhett!
Okay here are half a dozen of mine: 1. The Ventures- "Walk Don't Run". This is the song that made we want to play guitar. It dates me, I know. 2. Jimi Hendrix- "Hey Joe". Or just about anything else on his first album. What else needs to be said? 3. Pete Townshend- "Sparks" from Live at Leeds. This album probably influenced my rock style more than any other. 4. George Harrison- intro to "Octopus's Garden". I love love LOVE that solo. It's criminally overlooked. 5. Denny Dias- "Bodhisattva" from Steely Dan's Countdown to Ecstasy. The first time I had heard jazz guitar licks in a rock format. My jaw was on the floor. Dias is another absolutely brilliant unsung guitarist. 6. David Gilmour- "Money". It's hard to pick just one because he's so damn good. This is the one that really grabbed me early on.
Since I've been loving you is my favorite solo and my favorite song of all time. Achilles Last Stand solo made a huge impact on my life, It was the first time I felt a tight feeling in my chest because of a song, that changed my life forever.
Time is a real beauty. In my opinion, it contains the greatest note in rock history. I think you'll know the one I mean. A chill up the spine every time.
@@plefevre Yep. That note. To me Time is the best because it's JUST the right length (I'll spare putting in a Time-related pun, here) and has that beautiful change in feel, where each half is as good as the other. It also fits the song perfectly, as during the second part where notes seem to hang, it feels like the passage of time has slowed. It's a beautiful piece of music.
@@mantashaft The "Another Brick in the Wall" was my guitar project while stuck at home. So awesome!! I never grow tired of hearing DG guitar and solos. My playing was heavily influenced by him.
Ikr! Gilmour is so amazing at conveying emotion through everything he plays. The very first Pink Floyd song I heard was Comfortably Numb. The two solos were what got me hooked. The Pulse version is my fav.
1. The Trooper 2. Sweet Child O' Mine 3. Freebird 4. Dancing in The Moonlight (Thin Lizzy) 5. Slow Dancing In A Burning Room 6. Sloe Gin (Joe Bonamassa) 7. Midnight In Harlem 8. Hotel California 9. Knockin' On Heavens Door (GNR) 10. The Sky Is Cryin' (Tedeschi Trucks Band live at Red Rocks 2012. Absolute face melter.)
I'm happy someone is as obsessed with pink Floyd as I am. That band is everything to me and without comfortably numb's second solo I don't think I'd have the urge to play guitar everyday ❤️
I don't understand why there would be any controversy over The Edge. Do people take issue with his heavy use of delay? Look, he has an instantly recognizable sound, and it's been imitated countless times and has inspired countless other players. He has timing, feel, a good sense of melody, great tone, and has been the melodic core of a power trio of instrumentalists for decades, and he's still going!... and still entertaining arenas full of fans! He's not my favorite player but his talent and impact is undeniable.
I think it's because he's not a heavy rocker or a shredder and so many equate heavy distortion and speed with great guitar playing. As if guys like Chet Atkins or Jerry Garcia aren't great.
I actually agree with the delay objection but that’s a personal preference. I like the physical acrobatics as a player and feel massive delay repeats places too many limitations. Again as a player, not thinking like a songwriter/melody maker. The intro to “welcome to the jungle” comes to mind. I don’t like notes I didn’t pick, even if it’s a slow burn kind of song (i.e. not shredding)
I used to be a real jerk, I used to hate Oasis and was personally offended that other people liked them. I lightened up, got my head out my butt, and decided that I don't care what other people like.
Thanks for this. What I especially respect and appreciate is how you actually played them in a live setting. That was a risk you took but really shows how much true influence these players have had on you. It takes a lot of humility to say, these are iconic solos that inspired me, I can’t play them exactly how they did but it’s worth the shot. You truly honored these players while inspiring the rest of us. Nice work!
Nicely done, Rhett! I'm a 62 year old pro and I related to quite a bit of what your experience has been and agree with your choices! The tune that I transcribed as a teenager that got my confidence going was 'Cause We've Ended As Lovers. I told myself I was going to stay in my room till I got something and I did. I ended with something that I could play along with the record-it was probably 60-70% correct at best and did not include Jeff's solo, but I was elated and very proud of myself! This was one of many moments that led the way to my lifelong career as a guitarist.
I sat down and listened to Led Zeppelin II when I was 15. When the solo for Whole Lotta Love kicked in it was like an explosion of color sound and emotion and I knew that there was no turning back from that point.
You have great selectins there Rhett and excellent renditions! One of my favorites is the guitar lead in, "Dark Eyed Cajun Woman" by the Doobie Brothers. :)
Great. No solo and no artist changed my life but I remember being speechless when I hear the solo in the song called Nutshell by Jerry Cantrell. I play mainly jazz but as a kid I loved Alice in Chain
I never got into U2 and I'm still not. However, I had an opportunity to play "Streets Have No Name" in a little group I was in, which meant I had to learn it in its entirety. I have a new respect for the Edge and his ability and creativity.
It doesn't get on anyone's list, but I find the guitar solo at the end of "Shout" by Tears for Fears to be tremendously effective in the song and quite memorable. It's so melodic.
The intro to "The Calvary Cross" on Richard and Linda Thompson's I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight always does something unexplainable to my nervous system.
The most melodic, dynamic, and passionate player I can think of. When I first heard of him in the late 90,s I went who is this guy - he sounded like a blend of Santana meets Eddie Van Halen! I bought all his albums. Everyone probably thinks John McLaughlin is the fastest player of all time, and I did too until I heard an obscure album by Gary Moore called Frontier - I have never heard faster playing - including all the finger tapping players we have all heard.
I remember it like it was yesterday and not many decades ago... Dire Straits: Sultans of Swing - the middle solo. Mark Knopfler set the scene for me for what a solo, and music in general, could be. He started my journey on the guitar.
The Edge is a legend. A guitarists guitarist. Dave Gilmour almost every solo. My life changer....Alex Lifeson. His emotive stuff is superb: Limelight, Chemistry, The Garden etc. His technical stuff mind boggling: La Villa Strangiato, Freewill.
Alex Lifeson ss a really underrated guitar player - those solos are all brilliant. I remember buying Permanent Waves in 1980 and marvelling at his seemingly impossible scales. I got to grips with his style and it set me up for understanding that not everything is blues. Rush were really forward thinking
Exactly, no other player has an effect that prominent EXCLUSIVELY associated with them, besides, playing u2 songs is not what I would call an easy task.....
I'm not even joking when I say that Rhett is the only Guitarist I've ever heard come close to that sound.. and even then it's not quite there. Brilliant musician.
I know when the solo being played is by The Edge. I can also tell when I'm listening to the late James Honeyman Scott of The Pretenders. They're both immediately recognizable to me.
Comfortably Numb probably has to top my list. It’s just a perfect chord progression to play over, and the emotional weight the original carries makes Floyd one of my favorites to this day.
Literally had the same experience with "wish you were here". Hendrix got me interested, Gilmore gave me the sound. And I've been butchering their stuff everyday since.
Wind Cries Mary is the song that made me start playing guitar and the first solo I ever learned. I love that you appreciate the greatness of this song. It’s underrated for sure
This could have been my list! I play each of these songs as practice, and because each has meant so much to me. Incredible insight. I'm 68 years old, and have been playing 57 years. All of these songs had such a big influence. There was 1 major turning point for me. I was taking lessons, on acoustic, at 11 when an older kid came into class early, plugged in his electric guitar and started wailing on Gloria, by Them. I quit lessons, and started a band. Those were the days. Great video!
All of these are on my list too. I started right when Clapton unplugged came out. So He and the Beatles, the crowes, and everyone else on this list was on mine plus I have so many more I have to hear a lot.
for me it was Marc Ford's solos with the Black Crowes, All of Clapton's unplugged, Gilmour, Page. Knopfler, Buddy Guy, Lynsey Buckingham, and of course, Mike Campbell.
Fantastic video. Thank you Rhett. Although most of these are my favourites as well, Carlos Santana's Black Magic Woman did it for me because of it's simplicity and power.
Great list! Two of my favourite solos that I think are often overlooked are Hit me with your best shot and Little Miss can't be wrong. Hidden gems both of them. Have another listen.
Allan Holdsworth with UK. In The Dark Of Night. Bill Bruford was quoted as saying that Allan’s solo was the best 90 seconds of guitar playing he had ever heard.
Absolutely! I wish Harrison's songwriting prowess had been better-used in the early days of the Beatles. His solo album All Things Must Pass is a masterpiece and one of my favorite albums.
Gravity was the song that made me pick up the guitar at 19 years old. First heard Bold as Love by John Mayor, but once I heard the original, I knew I’ll never stop playing. Could take me while life, but I will play that magic.
People really underestimate how insanely hard it is to nail the Edge's sounds. Lots of people just use a Vox & delay, but it always sounds like a bad imitation. Edge uses so many things to get his sounds, and has waaaay more sounds than he's given credit for. Amazing player that totally deserves the recognition.
Rory Gallagher on the Irish Tour album - particularly Million Miles Away. Otherwise grew up on Clapton and Santana, who definitely deserve multiple mentions!
"Time" is my go to if someone wants to hear me play a solo, or if I'm playing with fellow Floyd fans. So fun to play, and the back half that starts on the Dmaj7 part is so nice and fluid. Its simple yet refined. Nice gold hardware on that strat too.
Trey Anastasio (with Phish) - Fast Enough for You Santana - Oye Como Va (first solo I ever learned) David Gilmour - Comfortably Numb Elliott Randall (Steely Dan) - Reeling in the Years Wes Montgomery - Polka Dots and Moonbeams (yeah, I know it's jazz, and yeah - lots of octaves) I'll think of more...
A honorable list of solo's that stay in one's head. I'm older than you (65) but I started at 12 yrs. in 1968 and was a hard core listener since I was 8 in 1964 after seeing The Beatles on Ed Sullivan. Your an old school player and that's what makes you stand out and matter... Don't Ever Change. We share the same "wheelhouse" with many others who know the truth about something to say, feel and TONE.
The solo that caused me to learn guitar was Brick in the Wall, David Gimour. Phil Keaggy and Dann Huff never make these lists, but I think they would if more people knew who they were. Everyone has a favorite song that Dann Huff played on, they just don’t know it.
Phil Keaggy’s Further Adventures Of is one of my all time favorite guitar pieces. So many amazing parts in that jam. What crazy is I don’t know how many people even know about it. -P
First solo I ever learned by ear: Slash's first solo on Knocking on Heaven's Door. New Year's Day could have made its way on my list, too :D gamechangers for me: Randy Rhoads on Crazy Train, Mr Crowley and Goodbye to Romance. Angus taught me how to use double stops on Hells Bells. Gary Moore, Still got the blues.... I never really played the solo, but played along to the recording a lot, and that told me a whole lotta stuff (XD). Stairway, of course. The guitar solo on No Doubt's Don't speak. Sultans of Swing. Lately I found some really cool small solos in small songs that inspired me a lot, like Rhett Miller's Our Love, The Coral's Dreaming of You.
Out of all those solos,....and they were all excellent,...?...but your Derek Trucks rendition was jawdroppingly good Rhett. Whole new respect for you man. I know that took FOREVER. Well done brother 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
So far, I’ve only really got two. War Pigs and One. War pigs because I was impressed at how much of it I could play first try, One because it was when I first used pick tapping.
I learned how to play Smells like teen spirit solo when that song came out. I was just starting, the solo is really easy but looking back i thought it was hard and felt on top of the world when I learned it. The rest is history.
The solo from Shine by Collective Soul was a good early one for me. A simple very early one was Van Halen’s Running with the Devil solo. Great for a beginner trying to solo. It’s short and simple to focus on perfecting.
I am 60 and started playing at 9 so this will skew 70's. 10. Folsom Prison Blues Luther Perkins with Johnny Cash. This was the song that made me want to learn guitar. 9. Terraplane Blues Robert Johnson. First time I heard this I was enraptured with bottleneck and alternate tunings. 8. Good Times Bad Times. Jimmy Page with Led Zeppelin 7. Dogs. David Gilmour with Pink Floyd. I thought I had heard everything until I heard this. The structure, the melodic, the tension just blew the top of my head off. 6. My Old School. Jeff Baxter with Steely Dan 5. Jessica. Les Dudek and Dickey Betts with The Allman Brothers. The first time we played the whole song through as a band was a spiritual experience. 4. Maggot Brain Eddie Hazel with Funkadelic. 12 year old white boy in North Dakota hears this and realizes that their is an entire universe to explore. 3. Billion Dollar Babies and Intro/Sweet Jane. Dick Wagner and Steve Hunter with Alice Cooper and Lou Reed. I had too put both on here so sue me. 2. Time Was. Andy Powell and Ted Turner with Wishbone Ash. This took me from obsession to fanaticism. 1. Comfortably Numb. David Gilmore with Pink Floyd. 42 years later and this will still bring tears.
I'm pleased you mentioned Dogs from Pink Floyd - Animals, (for those who don't know). I love that track, I'm always playing it - all 17 minutes of it, and I agree, its a great solo by him and I love the guitar tone. Whatever happened to the concept album? Died with Pink Floyd probably :(
Jerry Garcia - I Know You Rider (Europe '72) and Scarlet Begonias (Cornell '77) Jeff "Skunk" Baxter - Rikki Don't Lose That Number Randy Rhoads - Diary of a Madman Eddie Van Halen - Jamie's Cryin Carlos Santana - Black Magic Woman
Rhett, thank you for this! This beat the pants off of any other video of this kind I've seen. As a guitarist it was really helpful to see you actually play each of these yourself as well as giving it an extremely personal touch
Elliott Randall on Steely Dan's Reelin' in the Years. Especially the intro solo, which basically starts as a recapitulation of the chorus vocals -- but the phrasing and movement around the fretboard blows me away. One of these days I'll actually play it well, and at tempo (I can dream, anyway)
I haven’t seen the whole video, but here are some of mine • Kid Charlemagne - Larry Carlton • Manhattan - Eric Johnson • Europa - Santana • Race With The Devil On Spanish Highway - Al Di Meola • Money - David Gilmour • Eruption Live 1983 - EVH • ALL ZZ Top solos - Billy Gibbons • Rosanna - Steve Lukather
Kid Charlemagne is deservedly in there and I am total agreement about Billy Gibbons - I never understand why so few guitar channels look at songs like Apologies to Pearly everything about the tune is fantastic, lead, rhythm bass drums it's perfection
@@peterreeves6825 Apologies to Pearly might be my fave ZZTop tune of all time, and certainly the one that I spent the most time trying learn to play as perfectly as I could
Hi Rhett from down Under! Some great solos to be inspired by. There is a couple solos that still give me goose bumps listening and playing... 1: still got the blues, Gary Moore 2: hitch a ride, Boston 3: comfortably numb, Pink Floyd 4: coming back to life, Pink Floyd Cheers for the sweet playing!
The solo in "comfortably numb" changes how I view solos. I personally can't stand "tapping" or fast hands. It's not about being flashy. It's about how it feels
@@hellodumplings8564 Yeah... Tapping isn't flashy... Not since VH1 lol. Also you can play something fast and have feel. Less notes does not equal more feel.
Love this. Wish You Were Here is one of my first as well. Right now the biggest one for me is "Sultans of Swing", really not just the solo but all the fills in that lead part. Still don't have it well (and cant do it finger-picking) but i have learned so much learning it. I feel like i will always find new things in that song.
Great job Rhett! The Edge is one of the greatest of all time. A master of sound and parts. Also one of the most accurate players I’ve seen live and a first rate singers.
I finally saw The Edge from extremely close at a concert a few years ago. Accuracy, precision and rhythm were three words that came to mind watching him. Even on the seemingly "simple" chord parts during Sunday Bloody Sunday, he played like he had hands of a surgeon.
One of his big guitar influences was Stuart Adamson of Big Country/the Skids. Listen to the solo at the end of the Skids' "Hurry On Boys" and the debt is obvious.
Et tu, Rick?
Thanks Rick!
That anyone doubts The Edge is so incredibly stupid. He's the Dave Gilmour of a different era.
I've not played the solo to "Time" for - I'd say - 16 years. Yet after Rhett played the first bar, I hit pause and picked up my guitar and played the whole thing from memory. After 16 years of not playing it. Yeah, I'd say the "Time" solo left an impression on me.
10) Still Got The Blues from Gary Moore, taught me vibrato
9) Hotel California from the Eagles, master class in soloing
8) Sails Of Charon from Uli Roth, taught me through composing
7) Burn from Ritchie Blackmore, taught me shred
6) Cliffs Of Dover from Eric Johnson, taught me tone as compositional tool
5) Checking Out from Allan Holdsworth, taught me to play lines instead of licks
4) Cause We've Ended As Lovers from Jeff Beck, taught me taste
3) S.A.T.O. from Randy Rhoads, taught me question and answer
2) Comfortably Numb from David Gilmour, taught me right note right place
1) Eruption from Ed, taught me stunt guitar
Nice list. Can you play them all? :)
Great list, Great musicians & Great spectrum of lessons! Things that are missing in published music today.
Good stuff here.
great list, add SRV for all out energy!
@@ahall3823 I could at one time yes, unfortunately not anymore, but some of them I still can.
I played Time at my high school talent show with a few guys in my class. When I played the end of the first part of the solo (at 2:30 here), the audience roared. I'll never forget that.
You probably get goosebumps thinking about it. Rad, Man!
"Comfortably Numb" is my number one all time, it's truly epic, but "Time" is really, really, close, it's an astounding solo in it's own right. When I listen to it it makes me question
how somebody could have actually created it in the first place, it's mind boggling.
I much prefer Time
@@TheHumbuckerboy I'm not going to debate you, that's totally fair!
Same. Comfortably Numb is God tier.
@@TheHumbuckerboy They're both great, although I'm with you on leaning towards "Time" mostly because, although I haven't played in a long time, I remember just how deceptively complex it is. "Eruption," say, is a technical virtuosity, but even with that I could see how I could lock myself in a room for a few weeks and at least get the gist of the technique. With "Time" however, there's just something about it that no amount of practice would ever allow me to pull off.
@@CCNYMacGuy I love the fact that the solo sounds so raw ( you can hear the string bend almost choking-out at one point) and yet so poised and majestic whilst being very expressive . Plus the context within the song also frames the solo brilliantly ... " No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun" !
the greatest part of this is that music is being played live, thank you Rhett
Yeah man. This is great. Great playing, great solo choices, great band. ALL OF IT.
Hey you and Rhett are the best ever
Goosebumps 10 out of 10 - out of the park! Everyone's playing is solid!
Thanks man!!
@@RhettShull yeah buddy!
Winf Cries Mary is my favorite Hendrix song and I love The Edge. We’re totally best friends now!
Jimi on “Little Wing” and Gorge Harrison on “Something” is what came to mind for me for life changing solos
I remember learning the something solo, it was a moment for me. Such a mysterious genius sound that I was able to somewhat replicate. Really felt like I wasn't a total beginner when I finally got that.
'Something' is an amazing solo. A song within a song.
@@drdre4397 McCartney’s bass on “Something” is also great, and combined with Harrison’s solo, might be the best one-two punch ever. Also, Harrison’s solo on Let it Be (album version) is incredible!
totally agree with "Since I've Been Loving You", one of my all time favs. Great playing btw!!
anything from Thin Lizzy
Naaaah, great that you love it but no.
Yes! Personally, Since I've Been Loving You was the main reason why I picked up guitar
Basically taught myself guitar learning it note for note
working on that one....im not much of a shredder but that ones worth the effort
10º) 01:43 - Time (Pink Floyd)
9º) 04:00 - Let Me Get By (Tedeschi Trucks Band)
8º) 05:33 - Wind Cries Mary (Jimi Hendrix)
7º) 07:01 - Since I've been Loving You (Led Zeppelin)
6º) 09:06 - New Year's Day (U2)
5º) 11:00 - Help The Poor (Roben Ford)
4º) 12:53 - Kid Charlemagne (Steely Dan)
3º) 14:50 - Gravity (John Mayer)
2º) 16:31 - Statesboro Blues (Allman Brothers)
1º) 18:40 - Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd)
The solo in Time has such a haunting vibe just like the lyrics....IMO one of the best written solos ever written.
listen to the solo in fire fly, sailor light by The Silver Thinkers. Frickin Epic !
Thanks for posting this.
Thank you lincoln tube... What Rhett has to / should do.
@@keplerarpeggios3215 Thanks! I've never heard of this band but they have a channel and share official audio of their songs. Listened to two tracks so far and I'm all in. Stone Mirrors is the killer track for me so far, but I want to know more. Do you know anything about this band?
This was an incredibly courageous video to make. To put yourself out there with this range of iconic guitar performances is one part. To commit to doing so with live players in your studio with top notch production values is another. And to model your love of these players and your devotion to learning from them is the best of all. Well done, Rhett!
Okay here are half a dozen of mine:
1. The Ventures- "Walk Don't Run". This is the song that made we want to play guitar. It dates me, I know.
2. Jimi Hendrix- "Hey Joe". Or just about anything else on his first album. What else needs to be said?
3. Pete Townshend- "Sparks" from Live at Leeds. This album probably influenced my rock style more than any other.
4. George Harrison- intro to "Octopus's Garden". I love love LOVE that solo. It's criminally overlooked.
5. Denny Dias- "Bodhisattva" from Steely Dan's Countdown to Ecstasy. The first time I had heard jazz guitar licks in a rock format. My jaw was on the floor. Dias is another absolutely brilliant unsung guitarist.
6. David Gilmour- "Money". It's hard to pick just one because he's so damn good. This is the one that really grabbed me early on.
Since I've been loving you is my favorite solo and my favorite song of all time. Achilles Last Stand solo made a huge impact on my life, It was the first time I felt a tight feeling in my chest because of a song, that changed my life forever.
It’s refreshing to see someone recognise Time. Most would just insert Comfortably Numb. My favourite guitar work of Gilmour is Dogs.
Time is a real beauty. In my opinion, it contains the greatest note in rock history. I think you'll know the one I mean. A chill up the spine every time.
@@plefevre Yep. That note. To me Time is the best because it's JUST the right length (I'll spare putting in a Time-related pun, here) and has that beautiful change in feel, where each half is as good as the other. It also fits the song perfectly, as during the second part where notes seem to hang, it feels like the passage of time has slowed. It's a beautiful piece of music.
Comfortably Numb is the ONE solo that did it for me. I'm a lifelong Floyd fan. David Gilmour is, in my opinion, the absolute master of solos.
The solos from Comfortably numb and another brick in the wall part 2 are perfection
Comfortably numb live in Gdansk is an absolute masterpiece!
@@mantashaft The "Another Brick in the Wall" was my guitar project while stuck at home. So awesome!! I never grow tired of hearing DG guitar and solos. My playing was heavily influenced by him.
Ikr! Gilmour is so amazing at conveying emotion through everything he plays. The very first Pink Floyd song I heard was Comfortably Numb. The two solos were what got me hooked. The Pulse version is my fav.
Which one? There are two.
Steve Hackett..firfth of fifth almost 3min solo with an amazing sustain..a true classic
Good choice!
Solos of all kinds are timeless, and are probably what made us pick up the guitar in the first place! Always a pleasure to tune in!
1. The Trooper
2. Sweet Child O' Mine
3. Freebird
4. Dancing in The Moonlight (Thin Lizzy)
5. Slow Dancing In A Burning Room
6. Sloe Gin (Joe Bonamassa)
7. Midnight In Harlem
8. Hotel California
9. Knockin' On Heavens Door (GNR)
10. The Sky Is Cryin' (Tedeschi Trucks Band live at Red Rocks 2012. Absolute face melter.)
Very cool, diverse list
Oh hey Ross! I would probably put Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door probably at the top of the list but now I’m trying to think of what my first solo was. 🤘🎸🤔
I easily agree with at least 5 of these. Well done.
Some recognition for dancing in the moonlight, one of my all time favorite solos. Nah, favorite songs!
Just spot on! Great choices!
I'm happy someone is as obsessed with pink Floyd as I am. That band is everything to me and without comfortably numb's second solo I don't think I'd have the urge to play guitar everyday ❤️
I love that you bracketed this whole list with Gilmore. He is the beginning and the end in my book as well.
That this is bookended by Pink Floyd is so very appropriate
I noticed that too AND I like it
Arguably the most memorable guitarist around. Every note sticks in your mind like there's a lyric attached to it
I was expecting comfortably numb in here somewhere lol
@@BobJones-bh9qz it’s a great solo, but Gilmour has done better than that with songs like Money, Time, & Dogs
Gilmour’s solos were independent melodies!
I don't understand why there would be any controversy over The Edge. Do people take issue with his heavy use of delay? Look, he has an instantly recognizable sound, and it's been imitated countless times and has inspired countless other players. He has timing, feel, a good sense of melody, great tone, and has been the melodic core of a power trio of instrumentalists for decades, and he's still going!... and still entertaining arenas full of fans!
He's not my favorite player but his talent and impact is undeniable.
I think it's because he's not a heavy rocker or a shredder and so many equate heavy distortion and speed with great guitar playing. As if guys like Chet Atkins or Jerry Garcia aren't great.
Do we all have to like the same things?
I actually agree with the delay objection but that’s a personal preference. I like the physical acrobatics as a player and feel massive delay repeats places too many limitations. Again as a player, not thinking like a songwriter/melody maker. The intro to “welcome to the jungle” comes to mind. I don’t like notes I didn’t pick, even if it’s a slow burn kind of song (i.e. not shredding)
They do, and their criticisms are valid. His impact may be negligible to folks in different circles. It’s all good.
I used to be a real jerk, I used to hate Oasis and was personally offended that other people liked them.
I lightened up, got my head out my butt, and decided that I don't care what other people like.
Martin Barre's solo in Aqualung; forever changed my taste in music...
Martin Barre and Barriemore Barlow are two of the most criminally underated musicians ever.
@@cletusbeauregard1972 AGREE!
@@cletusbeauregard1972 Barrie was maybe the best drummer in rock, ever.
Absolutely! Whatever he played ist great.
@@cletusbeauregard1972 So true. I agonized to put this on my list.
Thanks for this. What I especially respect and appreciate is how you actually played them in a live setting. That was a risk you took but really shows how much true influence these players have had on you. It takes a lot of humility to say, these are iconic solos that inspired me, I can’t play them exactly how they did but it’s worth the shot. You truly honored these players while inspiring the rest of us. Nice work!
Nicely done, Rhett! I'm a 62 year old pro and I related to quite a bit of what your experience has been and agree with your choices! The tune that I transcribed as a teenager that got my confidence going was 'Cause We've Ended As Lovers. I told myself I was going to stay in my room till I got something and I did. I ended with something that I could play along with the record-it was probably 60-70% correct at best and did not include Jeff's solo, but I was elated and very proud of myself! This was one of many moments that led the way to my lifelong career as a guitarist.
That really is an amazing track. Jeff Beck is criminally underrated.
One of my favorites. I can so relate. Cheers
I sat down and listened to Led Zeppelin II when I was 15. When the solo for Whole Lotta Love kicked in it was like an explosion of color sound and emotion and I knew that there was no turning back from that point.
Mad respect for putting (and playing) derek trucks on the list. The dude is generational.
listen to the solo in fire fly, sailor light by The Silver Thinkers. Frickin Epic !
The intro solo to Johnny B good from back to the future. Made me want to play guitar.
Eruption changed my life, Cliffs of Dover stunned me, and Comfortably Numb is the most hypnotizing solo I’ve ever heard.
You have great selectins there Rhett and excellent renditions! One of my favorites is the guitar lead in, "Dark Eyed Cajun Woman" by the Doobie Brothers. :)
Great. No solo and no artist changed my life but I remember being speechless when I hear the solo in the song called Nutshell by Jerry Cantrell. I play mainly jazz but as a kid I loved Alice in Chain
I’m not a huge U2 fan but I respect the Edge and what he does. Very unique.
For me, Brian May on "We will rock you" hooked me on guitar when I was ten. Far and away the most important solo for me still 27 years later.
Only one solo in my mind, what got me into guitar - Sultans of Swing
+1
You just gave me goosebumps!
Precisely, the whole song ... remarkable .. :-)
@@BassGoBomb shure, especially beginning, this sound... so sweet...
Oh yeah! Great!
I never got into U2 and I'm still not. However, I had an opportunity to play "Streets Have No Name" in a little group I was in, which meant I had to learn it in its entirety. I have a new respect for the Edge and his ability and creativity.
It doesn't get on anyone's list, but I find the guitar solo at the end of "Shout" by Tears for Fears to be tremendously effective in the song and quite memorable. It's so melodic.
Texas flood was the guitar solo that changed my life.
Kevin R..that and Lenny are a toss up
EXCUSE ME...KERIN
And the SRV version of Little Wing....magic
@@greganders1 🔥🔥
The intro of Texas flood is like the perfect calm before the storm ⛈
The intro to "The Calvary Cross" on Richard and Linda Thompson's I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight always does something unexplainable to my nervous system.
Gary Moore Empty Rooms 1st solo and still got the blues. Taught me how right sound and phrasing can make people cry
The most melodic, dynamic, and passionate player I can think of. When I first heard of him in the late 90,s I went who is this guy - he sounded like a blend of Santana meets Eddie Van Halen! I bought all his albums. Everyone probably thinks John McLaughlin is the fastest player of all time, and I did too until I heard an obscure album by Gary Moore called Frontier - I have never heard faster playing - including all the finger tapping players we have all heard.
I was thinking his cover of 'The Messiah will come again' but basically anything Gary did.
@@calderwd1965 RIP Gary, Saw him with Thin Lizzy in Melbourne 78 Unbelieveable
Rhett has great tone and ears. Totally love his playing.
Zeppelin had so many great solos but that one you picked is truly a piece of art.
The one that always gives me goosebumps..Steve Hackett's Firth of Fifth
Good call. I think Supernatural Anesthetist is his benchmark at least in Genesis
I remember it like it was yesterday and not many decades ago... Dire Straits: Sultans of Swing - the middle solo. Mark Knopfler set the scene for me for what a solo, and music in general, could be. He started my journey on the guitar.
The Edge is a legend. A guitarists guitarist.
Dave Gilmour almost every solo.
My life changer....Alex Lifeson. His emotive stuff is superb: Limelight, Chemistry, The Garden etc. His technical stuff mind boggling: La Villa Strangiato, Freewill.
listen to the solo in fire fly, sailor light by The Silver Thinkers. Frickin Epic !
Alex Lifeson ss a really underrated guitar player - those solos are all brilliant. I remember buying Permanent Waves in 1980 and marvelling at his seemingly impossible scales. I got to grips with his style and it set me up for understanding that not everything is blues. Rush were really forward thinking
Randy Rhoads made me pick up the guitar and teach myself how to play back in the 80’s. Still hitting the stage today. Excellent video.
Long live Randy Rhoads!
@@che2335 Still my all-time favorite guitarist...
Why, Since I've Been Loving You? Words no one ever spoke, ever.
I don't play a ton of solos well, but I play most of these. Fantastic list, Rhett.
In defense of The Edge, no one has ever sounded like him, and there are very few guitarists you can say that about.
Exactly, no other player has an effect that prominent EXCLUSIVELY associated with them, besides, playing u2 songs is not what I would call an easy task.....
@@powdershredder1136 its fcking Hard,...
I'm not even joking when I say that Rhett is the only Guitarist I've ever heard come close to that sound.. and even then it's not quite there. Brilliant musician.
I know when the solo being played is by The Edge. I can also tell when I'm listening to the late James Honeyman Scott of The Pretenders. They're both immediately recognizable to me.
Beginning guitarists also need achievable goals, which is important
Could not agree more with you about 'New Year's Day". The Edge deserves the credit, sound and feel exactly!
Love and respect his playing, but can’t take him seriously for asking people to call him The Edge. What are you Sting? No, Gordon.
Comfortably Numb probably has to top my list. It’s just a perfect chord progression to play over, and the emotional weight the original carries makes Floyd one of my favorites to this day.
Love the Page, Gilmore and Hendrix choices. One huge solo for me is Peter Green's into to Need Your Love So Bad. It still blows my mind every time.
1.Nothing else matters
2.The Unforgiven
3.Floods (outro solo)
4.Kockin' on heaven's door
These four helped me a lot in learning to play the guitar.
Literally had the same experience with "wish you were here". Hendrix got me interested, Gilmore gave me the sound.
And I've been butchering their stuff everyday since.
Yeah...I've buggered up most of their stuff too! Happy days
The last line made me laugh so hard...😅
I can dig! Larry Carlton's "Kid Charlemagne" solo is c.razy. Sounds great as always
Wind Cries Mary is the song that made me start playing guitar and the first solo I ever learned. I love that you appreciate the greatness of this song. It’s underrated for sure
For me, my favorite Hendrix solo is from Hey Joe! LOVE the feel of that song... but its hard to argue anything from Hendrix...
This could have been my list! I play each of these songs as practice, and because each has meant so much to me. Incredible insight. I'm 68 years old, and have been playing 57 years. All of these songs had such a big influence. There was 1 major turning point for me. I was taking lessons, on acoustic, at 11 when an older kid came into class early, plugged in his electric guitar and started wailing on Gloria, by Them. I quit lessons, and started a band. Those were the days. Great video!
All of these are on my list too. I started right when Clapton unplugged came out. So He and the Beatles, the crowes, and everyone else on this list was on mine plus I have so many more I have to hear a lot.
for me it was Marc Ford's solos with the Black Crowes, All of Clapton's unplugged, Gilmour, Page. Knopfler, Buddy Guy, Lynsey Buckingham, and of course, Mike Campbell.
November Rain 🌧️☔ , Comfortably Numb and Still got the blues changed my life.
listen to the solo in fire fly, sailor light by The Silver Thinkers. Frickin Epic !
@@keplerarpeggios3215yeah sure 👍
Totally with you on “Wind Cries Mary”. That solo has so much feel it gives me second hand guitar face
David Gilmour, a guitarist so nice
Hes gotta be on the list twice.
Fantastic video. Thank you Rhett. Although most of these are my favourites as well, Carlos Santana's Black Magic Woman did it for me because of it's simplicity and power.
Great list!
Two of my favourite solos that I think are often overlooked are Hit me with your best shot and Little Miss can't be wrong. Hidden gems both of them. Have another listen.
Allan Holdsworth with UK. In The Dark Of Night. Bill Bruford was quoted as saying that Allan’s solo was the best 90 seconds of guitar playing he had ever heard.
George Harrison’s solo in “Something”.
Yes
Definitely! Studying Harrison's guitar work is a great lesson in all the fine qualities Rhett mentioned about his choices on this video.
Absolutely! I wish Harrison's songwriting prowess had been better-used in the early days of the Beatles. His solo album All Things Must Pass is a masterpiece and one of my favorite albums.
Really nice job on "Since I've Been Loving You"
They did a cover for that song on the second Backstage Live show, if you remember, with Good Trouble/Deacon Knight
Thanks Rhett! I agree. One of your best. Cheers!
Gravity was the song that made me pick up the guitar at 19 years old. First heard Bold as Love by John Mayor, but once I heard the original, I knew I’ll never stop playing. Could take me while life, but I will play that magic.
People really underestimate how insanely hard it is to nail the Edge's sounds. Lots of people just use a Vox & delay, but it always sounds like a bad imitation. Edge uses so many things to get his sounds, and has waaaay more sounds than he's given credit for. Amazing player that totally deserves the recognition.
Agreed. The Edge is great. End of story. Haters, suck it up: you should be as talented.
@@johnvcougar I was in a U2 tribute band and the guitarist needed four guitars, a Vox and a Helix to cover all of The Edge's sounds.
@@jonclarke1266 not surprised! I recall reading about how he is seldom seen without a bag of pedals he carries around, bit of a mad professor.
The Edge is pure genius. Not terribly hard stuff to play, but nothing else on planet earth sounds like it. That’s what is impressive
Plus, the Edge’s rhythms are still being utilized today in Alt, Indie and pop music.
Rory Gallagher on the Irish Tour album - particularly Million Miles Away.
Otherwise grew up on Clapton and Santana, who definitely deserve multiple mentions!
Trying to learn bad penny solo as we speak. Love Rory
Yes, glad someone mentions Rory, and in particular that piece. Such an underrated/underappreciated player.
That album should be required listening for all guitarists.
"Time" is my go to if someone wants to hear me play a solo, or if I'm playing with fellow Floyd fans. So fun to play, and the back half that starts on the Dmaj7 part is so nice and fluid. Its simple yet refined. Nice gold hardware on that strat too.
Fantastic choice of solos and really phenomenal playing. I look forward to your videos each week. Thanks for all the awesome content, Rhett!
Duane Allman was *so* good. And he died *so* young.
David Gilmour is in my opinion, the greatest guitar player alive today.
Or ever ever ever
Derek Trucks is far better than Gilmour right now. You could make an argument about Gilmour at his peak though.
no Clapton or Lifeson. or Rhett....
I agree Derek trucks is a one of a kind. But the amount of albums sold has got to count for something. Gilmour stands above all of them.
Don’t jinx it yo
Trey Anastasio (with Phish) - Fast Enough for You
Santana - Oye Como Va (first solo I ever learned)
David Gilmour - Comfortably Numb
Elliott Randall (Steely Dan) - Reeling in the Years
Wes Montgomery - Polka Dots and Moonbeams (yeah, I know it's jazz, and yeah - lots of octaves)
I'll think of more...
I love Wes Montgomery. Very underrated guitarist.
This list introduced me to Derek trucks band, and the outro lead on down in the flood almost brought me to tears, so thank you for that!
A honorable list of solo's that stay in one's head. I'm older than you (65) but I started at 12 yrs. in 1968 and was a hard core listener since I was 8 in 1964 after seeing The Beatles on Ed Sullivan. Your an old school player and that's what makes you stand out and matter... Don't Ever Change. We share the same "wheelhouse" with many others who know the truth about something to say, feel and TONE.
It's bold to play a cover of pretty much everything Derek Trucks has recorded.
The solo that caused me to learn guitar was Brick in the Wall, David Gimour. Phil Keaggy and Dann Huff never make these lists, but I think they would if more people knew who they were. Everyone has a favorite song that Dann Huff played on, they just don’t know it.
Phil Keaggy’s Further Adventures Of is one of my all time favorite guitar pieces. So many amazing parts in that jam. What crazy is I don’t know how many people even know about it. -P
First solo I ever learned by ear: Slash's first solo on Knocking on Heaven's Door. New Year's Day could have made its way on my list, too :D gamechangers for me: Randy Rhoads on Crazy Train, Mr Crowley and Goodbye to Romance. Angus taught me how to use double stops on Hells Bells. Gary Moore, Still got the blues.... I never really played the solo, but played along to the recording a lot, and that told me a whole lotta stuff (XD). Stairway, of course. The guitar solo on No Doubt's Don't speak. Sultans of Swing. Lately I found some really cool small solos in small songs that inspired me a lot, like Rhett Miller's Our Love, The Coral's Dreaming of You.
Thank you for playing these for us, wonderful and a lot of new stuff for me to dive into
Out of all those solos,....and they were all excellent,...?...but your Derek Trucks rendition was jawdroppingly good Rhett. Whole new respect for you man. I know that took FOREVER. Well done brother 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
It's sympathetic, that you have chosen very melodic and musical solos, these are all no show-off solos, they all support the song and nothing more.
So far, I’ve only really got two. War Pigs and One. War pigs because I was impressed at how much of it I could play first try, One because it was when I first used pick tapping.
Tony Peluso's solo in The Carpenters' "Goodby to love" and pretty much everything from Wishbone Ash's first album
This!
Guitar solo from the song: 'Water', by guitarist Nick Barrett from the band Pendragon.
I learned how to play Smells like teen spirit solo when that song came out. I was just starting, the solo is really easy but looking back i thought it was hard and felt on top of the world when I learned it. The rest is history.
The solo from Shine by Collective Soul was a good early one for me. A simple very early one was Van Halen’s Running with the Devil solo. Great for a beginner trying to solo. It’s short and simple to focus on perfecting.
I am 60 and started playing at 9 so this will skew 70's.
10. Folsom Prison Blues Luther Perkins with Johnny Cash. This was the song that made me want to learn guitar.
9. Terraplane Blues Robert Johnson. First time I heard this I was enraptured with bottleneck and alternate tunings.
8. Good Times Bad Times. Jimmy Page with Led Zeppelin
7. Dogs. David Gilmour with Pink Floyd. I thought I had heard everything until I heard this. The structure, the melodic, the tension just blew the top of my head off.
6. My Old School. Jeff Baxter with Steely Dan
5. Jessica. Les Dudek and Dickey Betts with The Allman Brothers. The first time we played the whole song through as a band was a spiritual experience.
4. Maggot Brain Eddie Hazel with Funkadelic. 12 year old white boy in North Dakota hears this and realizes that their is an entire universe to explore.
3. Billion Dollar Babies and Intro/Sweet Jane. Dick Wagner and Steve Hunter with Alice Cooper and Lou Reed. I had too put both on here so sue me.
2. Time Was. Andy Powell and Ted Turner with Wishbone Ash. This took me from obsession to fanaticism.
1. Comfortably Numb. David Gilmore with Pink Floyd. 42 years later and this will still bring tears.
Wishbone Ash Argus. Best guitar album ever.
@@dickati Oh hell to the yes. Just think of how many players were influenced by Andy Powell
Your number #3 "Sweet Jane" is the same song as Mott The Hoople?
@@michaelcrawley5211 Yes. It is a Lou Reed song from his time in the Velvet Underground. Mott covered it on All the Young Dudes.
I'm pleased you mentioned Dogs from Pink Floyd - Animals, (for those who don't know). I love that track, I'm always playing it - all 17 minutes of it, and I agree, its a great solo by him and I love the guitar tone. Whatever happened to the concept album? Died with Pink Floyd probably :(
Jerry Garcia - I Know You Rider (Europe '72) and Scarlet Begonias (Cornell '77)
Jeff "Skunk" Baxter - Rikki Don't Lose That Number
Randy Rhoads - Diary of a Madman
Eddie Van Halen - Jamie's Cryin
Carlos Santana - Black Magic Woman
Rhett, thank you for this! This beat the pants off of any other video of this kind I've seen. As a guitarist it was really helpful to see you actually play each of these yourself as well as giving it an extremely personal touch
Wow, you put so much work into your videos! Thank you so much for your generous contribution to the guitar community...
Elliott Randall on Steely Dan's Reelin' in the Years. Especially the intro solo, which basically starts as a recapitulation of the chorus vocals -- but the phrasing and movement around the fretboard blows me away. One of these days I'll actually play it well, and at tempo (I can dream, anyway)
Jimmy Page's favourite solo as far as I know !
The opening solo for Dinosaur Jr's "Out
There" and the solo from "The Lung" changed my life. Gotta agree with Gilmour too. Sometime less is more.
This list could be all mascis solos
I haven’t seen the whole video, but here are some of mine
• Kid Charlemagne - Larry Carlton
• Manhattan - Eric Johnson
• Europa - Santana
• Race With The Devil On Spanish Highway - Al Di Meola
• Money - David Gilmour
• Eruption Live 1983 - EVH
• ALL ZZ Top solos - Billy Gibbons
• Rosanna - Steve Lukather
Those are all great.
The solo from sharp dressed man. That slide solo is just....
"ALL ZZ Top solos - Billy Gibbons" +1!
Kid Charlemagne is deservedly in there and I am total agreement about Billy Gibbons - I never understand why so few guitar channels look at songs like Apologies to Pearly everything about the tune is fantastic, lead, rhythm bass drums it's perfection
@@peterreeves6825 Apologies to Pearly might be my fave ZZTop tune of all time, and certainly the one that I spent the most time trying learn to play as perfectly as I could
Hi Rhett from down Under! Some great solos to be inspired by.
There is a couple solos that still give me goose bumps listening and playing...
1: still got the blues, Gary Moore
2: hitch a ride, Boston
3: comfortably numb, Pink Floyd
4: coming back to life, Pink Floyd
Cheers for the sweet playing!
Wind cries Mary is just glorious. Great video Rhett!
The solo on Blue Sky is way up there for me. Talk about melodic.
listen to the solo in fire fly, sailor light by The Silver Thinkers. Frickin Epic !
Glad the Edge got a spot. Underrated pioneer for sure.
The solo in "comfortably numb" changes how I view solos. I personally can't stand "tapping" or fast hands. It's not about being flashy. It's about how it feels
Pretty much all the guys that don't Like virtuoso playing, Like david gilmour, what's new
Ok, boomer.
@@hellodumplings8564 Imagine thinking Plini doesn't have feel. The boomer syndrome is one of a kind
@@rottenpotato4399 ikr, there’s plenty of modern, really talented players. These people are just stuck in the past, they’re kinda sad honestly.
@@hellodumplings8564 Yeah... Tapping isn't flashy... Not since VH1 lol. Also you can play something fast and have feel. Less notes does not equal more feel.
Love this. Wish You Were Here is one of my first as well. Right now the biggest one for me is "Sultans of Swing", really not just the solo but all the fills in that lead part. Still don't have it well (and cant do it finger-picking) but i have learned so much learning it. I feel like i will always find new things in that song.
What total fun. That would me my list! Great job. Those are some tuff licks, and you pulled it off with your standard level of humility and grace!