Epic Solo's

[The Dread Pirate]

Yes I know it's the Musical equivalent of having a nice tommy-tank and should not be performed in public but I've had a couple of epic listening sessions this morning and I'm curious as to what you guys may think are the best Solo's of all time my list is as Follows:

1. Wishbone Ash ~ Throw Down the Sword 3:40 - > end(Ok more of a duet but still in the same epic vein)

2. Lynyrd Skynyrd ~ Freebird goes without saying.

3. The Eagle's ~ Hotel California ~ it has a sort of sinister vibe to it.

There are more but these three just hit me!

 

[The Dread Pirate]

Frank Zappa and Stevie Vai , Stevie's Spanking, You Cant Do That On Stage Anymore Vol 3.

A damn good shout!

 

[The Dread Pirate]

As epic as they come:

Spoiler

I donno I think Jaina tops him!

 

[The Dread Pirate]

I'm gonna have to go with november rain.

All alone?

 

[The Dread Pirate]

I bet I saw these live at least 20 times in the early 70s.
Thin Lizzy got the idea of twin harmony solo's off them.

Good Man! We need to hear more of them I reckon!

 

[The Dread Pirate]

Back to the subject of Solo's Machinme heads Decend the SShades of night 4:13 ->

 

[The Dread Pirate]

Fairplay not sure if it qualifies in my opinion but suit yourself... however...

+anything that gave me cramp on Rock band.

I'm not so sure you can use this as a good measure for example Dragonforce Through the fire and the flames will definitely give you cramp trying to play it but I don't find it that epic sure they can solo really really fast but it doesn't sound that great + if they didn't have the guitars there and were making motions like that in public they'd probably be arrested for lewd behavior!

 

[The Dread Pirate]

For guitar solos Yngwie Malmsteen deserves a mention

*sigh*

Vai > Malmsteen