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This page contains a compilation of the Best Guitar Solos of All Time. Guitar solos have been around since the dawn of the guitar itself. Sometimes melodic, sometimes raucous, slow or fast, and always passionate, the best solos are those that stand the test of time with listeners and players alike.
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Classic Solos
- Lynyrd Skynyrd: "Freebird"
- Guns N' Roses: "November Rain" and "Sweet Child O Mine"
- Jimi Hendrix: "Machine Gun", "All Along the Watchtower" and "Voodoo Child"
- Led Zeppelin: "Stairway to Heaven"
- The Eagles: "Hotel California"
- Pink Floyd: "Comfortably Numb" and "Time"
- Dire Straits: "Sultans of Swing"
- Stevie Ray Vaughn: "Texas Flood"
- ACDC: "You Shook Me All Night Long"
- Eric Johnson: "Cliffs of Dover"
- Van Halen: "Eruption"
- Cream: "Crossroads"
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Guitar Solo Quotes
From Spinal Tap:- Marty DiBergi: "Do you feel that in collaboration with David, that you are afforded the opportunity to express yourself musically the way you would like to?"
- Nigel Tufnel: "Well I think I do. In my solos. My solos are my trademark"
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Best Guitar Solos Lists and Articles
- USATODAY.com: "Best guitar solos ever? - Listen Up" (2006)
- Rolling Stone: "Weekend Rock List: Coolest Guitar Solos" (2007)
- Rolling Stone: "The 25 Coolest Guitar Solos" (2007)
- Times Online: "The top 10 guitar solos" (2007)
- The Q Daily: "The 20 Greatest Guitar Solos" (2007)
- cityrag: "20 Greatest Guitar Solos Ever, With Videos" (2007)
- About.com: "100 Greatest Guitar Solos"
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YouTube: Van Halen - "Eruption" (Live '83) (Solo Only)
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YouTube: Metallica - "One" (Live, 1988, Hammersmith, London] (Full Song)
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YouTube: Led Zeppelin - "Stairway To Heaven" (Live) (Solo Only)
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YouTube: Jimi Hendrix - "Machine Gun" (Live at Berkeley, 1970) (Full Song)
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YouTube: Jeff Beck - '"Cause Weve Ended as Lovers" (Live) (Full Song)
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YouTube: Pearl Jam - "Alive" (Live in Dublin) (Solo Only)
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YouTube: Lynyrd Skynyrd - "Free Bird" (Live 1975) (Full Song)
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YouTube: Pink Floyd - "Comfortably Numb" (Live at Hammersmith '84) (Full Song)
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YouTube: Eagles - "Hotel California" (Live, 1976) (Full Song)
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YouTube: Eric Johnson - "Cliffs of Dover" (Live, ''Austin City Limits'') (Full Song)
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YouTube: The Beatles - "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (Studio Version) (Full Song)
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YouTube: Stevie Ray Vaughan - "Texas Flood" (Rockpalast 1984) (Part 1)
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YouTube: Guns N' Roses - "November Rain" (Live in Tokyo)] (Full Song)
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YouTube: Van Halen - "Eruption" (Live '83) (Solo Only)
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The Fountain of Lamneth has one of the best-composed guitar solos I've heard in a long time. Just noticing after all this time.
@Rocinante | July 04, 2009 12:05 AM -
Listening to the guitar solo in "For All Eternity" from Fight's War Of Words (Remastered) - one of the best solos of all time in my book.
@MetalMikeC | June 30, 2009 10:28 PM -
RIP MJ. I just found out that eddie van halen did the solo on Beat It. Definitely one of the best guitar solos of all time.
@lmacken | June 26, 2009 12:15 AM
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