"Stairway To Heaven" tops solo guitar survey

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[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)

[RedStateRocker]

"Cult of Personality"
- Living Colour

[Betis70]

Like Paco, he bridges the Flamenco/Jazz categories, though I think it would most likely be listed under Flamenco.

Well if they even carry it. Amazon says it is out of print, but you can listen to some samples there (I used tinyurl because the Amazon one is huge, as usual):

http://tinyurl.com/d8l4t

I don't have any of his recent stuff, but some of that available there at least.

[Semper Paratus]

Crossroads from Wheels of Fire.

I got the Cream reunion concert on DVR and after 35 years is better than anything I heard for last 30!

[mrsmel]

>>I LOVE Paco de Luca's "Stella By Starlight" I've been listening to it over and over for at least a week,just entranced.

>>>Sorry don't know that one. If you like Paco de Lucia, another awesome guitarist is Vicente Amigo. His track "El Mandaito" on Vivencias Imaginadas is just sterling.

Sorry,that may be because I got my songs confused-it's played by Joe Pass,John Mclaughlin,Jim Hall,and Al Di Meola. The Paco De Lucia song I've been listening to is his version of Malaguena.

[TEEHEE]

David Navarro - "Three Days"

[mrsmel]

I'll go there,and I'll look for it on Ares.

[Mr. Mojo]

I'll put in a vote for "Machine Gun" on Jimi Hendrix's live Band of Gypsies album. Best (rock) guitar work I've ever heard by a wide margin.

And an honorable mention to Michael Schenker's solo on "Rock Bottom" (on UFO's Strangers in the Night live LP) and Jimmy Page's "Since I've been Loving You" (on Zeppelin III).

[Tolkien]

Robin Trower

One of my top 5 guitarists of all time.... as I sit here wearing my "Bridge of Sighs" t-shirt.

[baker_girl]

I think the best guitar playing I've seen in person,is by Indigenous.

What do you think?

[Betis70]

Off that same album I like "Trademark" as well.

I saw a training video from the Guitar One magazine. Wow, he is just so fluid it is unbelievable.

Man this thread has me skipping around on my iPod ...

[PzLdr]

For an obscurity: Mike Pender, The Searchers, "Saints and Searchers", second solo break.

[centexan]

Saw Frank do Muffin Man on two different occasions at Armadillo World Headquarters here in Austin. The second time was the last show at the Dillo. The song on the record called Captain Beefheart was recorded live at the Dillo and it ranks way above the top ten

I thank God the Armadillo was around when I was in college. You never knew who might show up.

[UglyinLA]

Kick ass selections !!!

[joesnuffy]

Duane Allman 'Elizabeth Reed'

[kas2591]

Roy Buchanan- The Messiah will come again.

Steely Dan (Jeff Baxter)- Reeling in the Years, Pretzel logic, Rikki don't loose that number.

Aerosmith (Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner)- Same old Song and Dance, Train kept a Rollin.

Ted Nugent- Stranglehold.

[Mr. Mojo]

Duane Allman on "You Don't Love Me" (on Live at the Fillmore East).

[UglyinLA]

Any votes for Ingwe Malmsteen ??

[Mr. Mojo]

Aerosmith ......Train kept a Rollin.

I'll second that nomination. Joe Perry at his peak.

[Diva Betsy Ross]

I am listening t John Denver-Thank God I m a Country Boy right now- We should have the top fiddling tunes too :] Rock on Betis!

[Tolkien]

Insomnia - Wishbone Ash