RonJonSurfer Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 Jimmy Page's 'Stairway' Tops Guitar Solo Survey His performance on "Stairway to Heaven" topped the survey by AboutGuitars.com. Rocker Jimmy Page's guitar solo on the Led Zeppelin classic "Stairway to Heaven" has been voted the greatest of all time in a new online poll. Page's performance on the 1971 track topped the survey by music website AboutGuitars.com, beating out competition from Eddie Van Halen's solo on the 1978 Van Halen track "Eruption." In third place is the dual guitar solo by Allen Collins and Gary Rossington on Lynyrd Skynyrd's 1973 epic "Freebird." The Top 10 Greatest Guitar Solos are: 1. "Stairway to Heaven" - Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin) 2. "Eruption" - Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen) 3. "Freebird" - Allen Collins and Gary Rossington (Lynyrd Skynyrd) 4. "Comfortably Numb" - David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) 5. "All Along The Watchtower" - Jimi Hendrix 6. "November Rain" - Slash (Guns N' Roses) 7. "One" - Kirk Hammett (Metallica) 8. "Hotel California" - Don Felder and Joe Walsh (The Eagles) 9. "Crazy Train" - Randy Rhoads (Ozzy Osbourne) 10. "Crossroads" - Eric Clapton (Cream) Copyright World Entertainment News Network 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 "Highway Star", Deep Purple. Ritchie Blackmore? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 "Highway Star"...... Love It Edna! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtstuff Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 Ths Star Spangled Banner at Woodstock by Jimmy Hendrix I am not sure of the musician: Pipeline by the Safaris rtstuff Marshall University, 1971 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Seeker Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 1. "Stairway to Heaven" - Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin) Surprise, surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jman14141414 Posted January 22, 2006 Report Share Posted January 22, 2006 1. "Stairway to Heaven" - Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin) 3. "Freebird" - Allen Collins and Gary Rossington (Lynyrd Skynyrd) Is it just me, or is anyone else sick of seeing those two songs at the top of EVERY "best of" song list? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted January 23, 2006 Report Share Posted January 23, 2006 I'm getting tired of all 10 of those being at the top of every list. I'm not saying there should be different ones at the top, I'm just saying there should be different lists. More specific lists. I've seen this exact list a million times by now. Anyways, Edna, I agree, "Highway Star" rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted January 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2006 I guess the "greatest" doesn't change until it's knocked off by something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted January 23, 2006 Report Share Posted January 23, 2006 Ron's right, Ron's always right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted January 23, 2006 Report Share Posted January 23, 2006 well, they're still the greatest, but they're so overdone, they're no fun to listen to anymore. Here's my personal list (favorites, not greatest) 1. Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child (live or studio, but preferably from "Live At The Filmore East") 2. Eddie Hazel (Funkadelic) - Maggot Brain 3. Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower 4. Frank Zappa - Willie The Pimp 5. Dave Gilmour (Pink Floyd) - Time 6. Jimi Hendrix - Machine Gun 7. Ritchie Blackmore (Rainbow) - Kill The King (Live) 8. Brian May (Queen) - Bohemian Rhapsody 9. Brian May (Queen) - Procession 10. John Mclaughlin (Mahavishnu Orchestra) - Meeting of the Spirits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonelyday Posted January 23, 2006 Report Share Posted January 23, 2006 8. Brian May (Queen) - Bohemian Rhapsody Yes! I love that solo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted January 23, 2006 Report Share Posted January 23, 2006 Any Mick Taylor solo with the Rolling Stones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bella Posted January 23, 2006 Report Share Posted January 23, 2006 6. "November Rain" - Slash (Guns N' Roses) 8. "Hotel California" - Don Felder and Joe Walsh (The Eagles) Love these solo's! Joe Walsh and Don Felder are awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadillac_coffin Posted January 23, 2006 Report Share Posted January 23, 2006 4. Frank Zappa - Willie The Pimp Are you kidding? I had no idea Zappa did this song! Awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted January 23, 2006 Report Share Posted January 23, 2006 Hey cadillac coffin...Victor NY here, right around the corner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyguitar Posted January 23, 2006 Report Share Posted January 23, 2006 If it's Zappa we're after...I prefer 'Black Napkins' but, hey...it's all subjective...personally I'd have 'Adventures in a Yorkshire Landscape' by Bill Nelson (Be Bop Deluxe) and something...probably 'Always With You' by Joe Satriani.... :guitar: :guitar: :guitar: ...if more people knew these tunes they'd love them...Joe is going to be played at my funeral....awesome stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 Watermelon in Easter Hay is another Zappa classic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy1104 Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 Edna....Highway Star has always been my favorite Deep Purple song. I spoke alot about it on another post last year. What amazes me about that list is where is Smoke On The Water? Now while it doesn't have a long solo, it is known as the greatest guitar riff in rock history and I would think that deserves some credit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 I´m sure somebody posted it on the "Best intro" thread... that riff is a classic, I remember when it came out, everybody was learning that riff on their first electric guitars... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazooka Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 The Messiah Will Come Again - Roy Buchanan Down By The River - Neil Young Darkness, Darkness - The Youngbloods Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted January 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 The Messiah Will Come Again - Roy Buchanan Down By The River - Neil Young Darkness, Darkness - The Youngbloods I was just listening to Roy Buchanan's "Roy's Bluz" and that's a hot hot solo too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanAm Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 There are SOOOOOOOOO many to choose from. Here are a few of my favourites: Johnny Winter - Mean Town Blues and It's All Over Now Alvin Lee - his smokin' solo from his Woodstock performance of I"m Going Home or any of his solos from Keep On Rockin'. Link Wray - The Way I Walk Collins and Rossington on the aforementioned Freebird. The guitarist responsible for the solo on Steely Dan's "Do It Again" I also love Duane Allman's slide work on Statesboro Blues :guitar: :guitar: :guitar: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyguitar Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 The guitarist responsible for the solo on Steely Dan's "Do It Again" Denny Dias I do believe. :guitar: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel2Velvet Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 Knophler's guitar throughout "Sultan's of Swing" The ending solo is some of the best individual-note speed work without missing or muffing a string, I have ever heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jman14141414 Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 I was just listening to Roy Buchanan's "Roy's Bluz" and that's a hot hot solo too. Have you heard Pete's Blues by Buchanan? Knophler's guitar throughout "Sultan's of Swing" The ending solo is some of the best individual-note speed work without missing or muffing a string, I have ever heard. So true. :guitar: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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