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)
Only went to SUNYA in 76-77. Lived in Albany area until 1980. Lived on Western Ave in 76 and downtown in Washington (?) park area 77-1980. Can't remember the name of the park. I think it was Washington. I lived on Willett Ave.
He's playing the exact same blues-rock licks and chord progressions he played back then. That's fine - it's what his fans want - but he's no innovator. More of a high profile lounge act. Contrast him to guys like Alex Lifeson, Steve Hackett, or Steve Howe, whose music is still growing, advancing and changing thirty years later.
I'll second all those guys! Older people have more guitar heroes to pick from than the younger people. And songwriters and great songs. The amount is just staggering. I can never quite figure out what my favorite song is or who the best guitar player is. Boils down to your own opinion and what you happen to be listening to at the moment, I guess.
Trower is good, but does not hold a candle to Jimi.
Frampton has BEAUTIFUL technique.......
What I appreciate the most in his playing is the melodic nature of his work. He is very clean.........but SOOOOOOOOO melodic. That happens to be my style as well, and I only wish I was good at it. Far too many dismiss Frampton as 'fluff' or some-such due to his commercial success (and utterly pathetic follow-on albums by suits seeking to capitalize on his pretty-boy image).......but he is to this day and has always been (from his Humble Pie days on) one HELL of a guitar player.
No, my friend, you have excellent taste, and you are not alone in admiring Frampton's work.
FYI.....he came out with a 'new' album in the last year or so that has a version of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" that truly will make you cry.
Seen him at the Hollywood Palladium with Wishbone Ash and I believe it Joe Walsh or Mott the Hoople. Gettin old I guess.
Ty. The memory fades.
I never graduated. Had 115 credits, Math, Conp-Sci, Psych, but was offered a computer job making more money than I ever thought I'd make, so I took it.
Had multiple professors urging me to finish, a couple were ready to write recommendations to MIT for post grad, but I never thought the educational environment really encouraged people to think and create.
I find Lifeson's playing intriguing.
I confess to being unfamiliar w/ Howe's or Hackett's recent musical releases. I will have to check them out.
The CD you sent me is truly awesome. Roy at his best! Told you he is one of the guys who is better live than in the studio. Your CD goes a long ways to proving it. Great work using fine equipment. Like you said, "Master Disk" recording. A real piece of history and I'm very glad to have it. I can't thank you enough. I'm a big fan of Roy's and I was so stunned when I heard of his untimely death.
He was great with Steely Dan too. Seen them at Long Beach Auditorium.
It's funny.....you mention Peluso's (BRILLIANT) guitar work on that Carpenter's number......somehow reminded me
Y'all just go download/listen to the original, full version of Three Dog Night's "Never Been to Spain"....and just savor one of the prettiest guitar solos ever recorded. The name of the guitarist escapes me at this moment (I had researched it a while back to find out just WHO did this)......but it is truly a remarkable piece of work.
I would agree with that one. Maybe Here He Comes at #2, Pall Gap at #3 (from South Saturn Delta). In fact Hendrix should be all the top ten solos.
It is sad that Leo Kottke, Sonny Landreth, Roy Rogers, Joe Satriani, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Johnny Winter, Steve Vai, and Gurf Morlix didn't even get a mention...
Not to mention broken hearts and booze...
;-)
Hell, I never made it through the 1st year.
Spent several years going to community college and finally finished up at UMd.
I saw Frampton with Humble Pie at Long Beach Auditorium. His solo during I don't need no doctor was awesome!!
I agree with that,Mr Clapton's albums for a while have sounded like,how did you put it,high-profile lounge music.I would say maybe it goes with the territiry of getting older,but I've heard recent music by a few of his contemporaries who have kept their edge and fire.
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