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"Stairway To Heaven" tops solo guitar survey
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Posted on 01/17/2006 1:52:36 PM PST by lunarbicep

Guitarist Jimmy Page of the band Led Zeppelin has been voted the top guitar soloist of all time for the song Stairway to heaven.

According to contactmusic.com, Page's performance topped the survey held by the website aboutguitars.com and beat out the likes of Eddie Van Halen for the track Eruption.

The third place was occupied by the dual guitar solo by Allen Collins and Gary Rossington on Lynyrd Skynyrd's Freebird.

The top 10 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)


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: guitar; guitars; guitarsolo; music; rockandroll
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To: munchtipq
Anything from Hot Rats is better than 90% of that "list."
141 posted on 01/17/2006 2:24:26 PM PST by wireman
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To: lunarbicep

Zap - Eric Johnson


142 posted on 01/17/2006 2:24:48 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Clemenza; Pukin Dog

Ping to my #137


143 posted on 01/17/2006 2:25:00 PM PST by BibChr ("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
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To: lunarbicep
Layla... Clapton
144 posted on 01/17/2006 2:25:06 PM PST by johnny7 (“Iuventus stultorum magister”)
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To: Element187; Phantom Lord
I was totally with you until the part about Metallica. Fade to Black and Sanitarium are the very definitions of what solos should be. Kirk Hammett is a master.
145 posted on 01/17/2006 2:25:12 PM PST by T.Smith
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To: freedom1st

Sadly, the thread has gone to pot with mentions of Steely Dan, Santana, and a pic of Tiny Tim. I'm going to go burn one of my Stratocasters now. FLANK2


146 posted on 01/17/2006 2:25:28 PM PST by advance_copy (Stand for life, or nothing at all)
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To: lunarbicep

I'd put "Black Napkins" or "Watermelon in Easter Hay" in that list by FZ.


147 posted on 01/17/2006 2:26:19 PM PST by Central Scrutiniser (What would Jesus do......for a Klondike bar?)
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To: FunkyZero

Vai does do a lot of "emoting" when he plays(unless you're referring to something else,I'm not a guitar player),but I listen with my eyes shut. If you had a stricter definition,please explain if you feel like it,I'm always interested in understanding guitar technique.


148 posted on 01/17/2006 2:26:25 PM PST by mrsmel
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To: lunarbicep

Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top) - Just Got Paid


149 posted on 01/17/2006 2:26:26 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: DallasMike
"No Stevie Ray Vaughan?"

My thoughts, exactly. "Texas Flood" about sums it up, or his take on "Little Wing"

And I might throw in some Jeff Beck for good measure. Something recent, like "Brush with the Blues"

But glad to see Pagey still topping the charts, although I would've chosen "Tea for One" or "The Rover" if I wanted to hear him stretch it out.

150 posted on 01/17/2006 2:26:36 PM PST by Senator Goldwater
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To: InsureAmerica; Clemenza

25 or 6 to 4? "Lots of slop"? Dude... listen again. We are talking about the studio, version, right? Tight, chilling building of a crescendo from start to finish.

Dan


151 posted on 01/17/2006 2:26:40 PM PST by BibChr ("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
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To: lunarbicep
Haitian Divorce -- Dean Parks (Steely Dan)
152 posted on 01/17/2006 2:26:51 PM PST by Physicist
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To: lunarbicep

My fave is Hotel California, I love it when Felder and Walsh rip into the solos. I was so disappointed in their Hell Freezes Over tour when they played it acoustic. They got it right their last tour, truly epic. Also, a little known dueling solos song is East/West by the Butterfield Blues Band, Mike Bloomfield and Elvin Bishop trading licks, a 13 minute marathon. Also, Robbie Robertson does some nice guitar work on Dylan's Blonde on Blonde album, particularly on Brand New Leopardskin Pillbox Hat.


153 posted on 01/17/2006 2:27:06 PM PST by drew
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

"The Core" from Slowhand is a real good song, with great guitar work by EC.


154 posted on 01/17/2006 2:27:06 PM PST by Reagan Man (Secure our borders;punish employers who hire illegals;stop all welfare to illegals)
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To: mrsmel

Ah. those were the days. My problem is, once a taste for YES was acquired, nothing else was listenable to me.. I played keyboards in a couple of bands, started playing when I was 5, and can't tell you how difficult life was when the likes of Wakeman was the standard below which I couldn't go. What a group. Tales of Topographic Oceans.


155 posted on 01/17/2006 2:27:10 PM PST by InsureAmerica (Evil? I have many words for it. We are as dust, to them. - v v putin)
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To: muir_redwoods

"Crossroads from Wheels of Fire."

that's my pick as well


156 posted on 01/17/2006 2:27:45 PM PST by don'tbedenied ( D)
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To: trillabodilla

Yes, I forgot that one. Great solo. I've alwyas wanted my band to play that one but, the solo!


157 posted on 01/17/2006 2:28:03 PM PST by drew
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To: lunarbicep

What the heck is a "dual guitar solo"?


158 posted on 01/17/2006 2:28:09 PM PST by LexBaird ("I'm not questioning your patriotism, I'm answering your treason."--JennysCool)
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To: dfwgator

Or "Fool For Your Stockings", love the bending.


159 posted on 01/17/2006 2:28:29 PM PST by mrsmel
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To: don'tbedenied

Pulled it out, listening to it right now.


160 posted on 01/17/2006 2:29:17 PM PST by Cheburashka
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