Posted on 05/28/2023 3:13:13 AM PDT by mabarker1
I'm going to pick 4 for starters that are in different decades but for the time frame were the best in My opinion/era/Genre. I don't care what type of music but this Thread is (hopefully) going to be about Stringed Instrument Solo, meaning only 1 person on the Instrument.
1) Eddie Van Halen born Edward Lodewijk Van Halen Van Halen Eruption (Live)
Trivia note: Eddie made his Guitars one of these was named Frankenstrat
2) James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix) National Anthem U.S.A (Woodstock 1969) I know this one may offend/upset some FReepers due to the song being played and if so I apologize.
Many including Myself aren't aware that Jimmie was in the 101st Airborne "Screaming Eagles".
3) Aleksandar Živojinović, known professionally as Alex Lifeson* La Villa Strangiato
4) Stephen Ray Vaughan aka Stevie Ray Vaughn Voodoo Child ~ Live From Austin, TX
BTW- 3 of the 4 of My picks are playing for God in Heaven, very impressive Roster being assembled...
*Still with Us.
Tommy was a genius:
https://youtu.be/Mj3xQrGQmek
Though it sounds like two guitars, it's actually a solo.
The Allman Brothers Band “At Fillmore East”, the first guitar solo from “Whipping Post”.
Samantha Fish is pretty good, too.
Eddie Hazel - Maggot Brain
That 12th Street rag is awesome.
Anything by Tommy Emmanuel is the greatest solo in the history of stringed instruments. And the guy can’t read music.
That one is incredible!
Guest star Charlie Daniels fiddle on “24 Hours at a Time” from “Where We All Belong” by The Marshall Tucker Band.
Not so well apparently.
https://www.wearethemighty.com/popular/jimi-hendrix-kicked-out-of-army/
Thanks!!
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I was lucky enough to see him perform 5 different times.
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Noam Pikelny & Steve Martin play Dueling Banjos on Letterman Nov 5 2010
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VuZ0SVc8uI
Guitar Bass pinglist? I don’t have it anymore.
Robert Johnson top of my list. Skydog #2.
Skunk was awesome My Old School.
My bud Eddie Shaver ( may he rest in peace)
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=tj3PG3FSgfY&feature=share
The cats meow. He was young and clean then.
Then I came to town,lol.
Seriously Ed could play metal,country,blues,classical, anything.just a natural.
We would get stoned and drink beer and cruise Valley Mills and chunk our empties at the David Koresh Gang by the Whataburger. True story.
There’s always the zither ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oEsWi88Qv0
The Third Man - Anton Karas
I’m gonna toot my horn:
My last gig was at the Peppermill Lounge in Ft. Worth in 1990. Leroy Parnell ( knew his kid] , TBone Burnett and Rodney Crowel
showed up. I was floored. Then I moved to Bellmead/Waco.
Some honorable mentions:
The solo on Steely Dan’s Peg and Gerry Rafferty’s Right Down the Line.
Peter E. Kleinow’s “Sneaky Pete” pedal steel solo on Zappa’s It Just Might be a One Shot Deal.
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