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Best live non-metal guitar solos ever

Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2024 2:40 pm
by Turner Coates
Albert Lee - Sweet Little Lisa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyZtaxWf9lg

Re: Best live non-metal guitar solos ever

Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2024 2:49 pm
by Gibsonite
Richard Thompson - Hard On Me (live) 5:27 - 11:00
https://youtu.be/_2LYEZeUcpY?si=eAcgN_mkFq8GEgQN

Re: Best live non-metal guitar solos ever

Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2024 4:33 pm
by Turner Coates
Gibsonite wrote: Thu Oct 10, 2024 2:49 pm Richard Thompson - Hard On Me (live) 5:27 - 11:00
https://youtu.be/_2LYEZeUcpY?si=eAcgN_mkFq8GEgQN
Wow. That was pretty damn sweet.
I'd never heard it before. I essentially avoided listening to him because a promoter I knew told me that he was an extreme asshole.
Whether that's true or not, he's amazing.

Re: Best live non-metal guitar solos ever

Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2024 4:57 pm
by HottKarl777
Pretty much SRV's entire catalog. The guy was so good it was absurd.

Re: Best live non-metal guitar solos ever

Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2024 4:58 pm
by aznsquirt
HottKarl777 wrote: Thu Oct 10, 2024 4:57 pm Pretty much SRV's entire catalog. The guy was so good it was absurd.
Lmao right before I got to your post I was thinking of posting "Every SRV solo".

Re: Best live non-metal guitar solos ever

Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2024 6:49 pm
by NineteenEightyFour
Frampton's solo at the end of "Do You Feel Like We Do" was pretty epic.

Also, "Freewill" by Rush.

Re: Best live non-metal guitar solos ever

Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2024 7:12 pm
by Turner Coates
NineteenEightyFour wrote: Thu Oct 10, 2024 6:49 pm Frampton's solo at the end of "Do You Feel Like We Do" was pretty epic.
I just happen to be reading his autobio right now. Sometimes, he's egotistical, but he admits it. He's also very humble because of the way his career peaked, then crumbled.
I've always thought he was a great player, with some interesting jazz leanings.
Have you ever heard him play this Thelonious Monk song with Chris Spedding?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=663z6fNkomo

Re: Best live non-metal guitar solos ever

Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2024 8:04 pm
by NineteenEightyFour
Turner Coates wrote: Thu Oct 10, 2024 7:12 pm
NineteenEightyFour wrote: Thu Oct 10, 2024 6:49 pm Frampton's solo at the end of "Do You Feel Like We Do" was pretty epic.
I just happen to be reading his autobio right now. Sometimes, he's egotistical, but he admits it. He's also very humble because of the way his career peaked, then crumbled.
I've always thought he was a great player, with some interesting jazz leanings.
Have you ever heard him play this Thelonious Monk song with Chris Spedding?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=663z6fNkomo
He always has clever phrasing, enjoyed that.

Re: Best live non-metal guitar solos ever

Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2024 6:18 am
by Anthrax442
Is Pink Floyd too "metal" for you? Because the answer is anytime David Gilmour plays Comfortably Numb.

Re: Best live non-metal guitar solos ever

Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2024 1:13 pm
by Turner Coates
Bo Ramsey lead guitar on "Mose Allison Played Here" - by Greg Brown.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A7eSdofBJ0

Re: Best live non-metal guitar solos ever

Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2024 4:13 pm
by HottKarl777
Turner Coates wrote: Thu Oct 10, 2024 7:12 pm
NineteenEightyFour wrote: Thu Oct 10, 2024 6:49 pm Frampton's solo at the end of "Do You Feel Like We Do" was pretty epic.
I just happen to be reading his autobio right now. Sometimes, he's egotistical, but he admits it. He's also very humble because of the way his career peaked, then crumbled.
I've always thought he was a great player, with some interesting jazz leanings.
Have you ever heard him play this Thelonious Monk song with Chris Spedding?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=663z6fNkomo


I think it's almost impossible to be that talented and not be egotistical. You have to be to aspire to be that great. He's always come off as very mellow and humble in his later years.

Re: Best live non-metal guitar solos ever

Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2024 6:15 pm
by Turner Coates
HottKarl777 wrote: Fri Oct 11, 2024 4:13 pm
Turner Coates wrote: Thu Oct 10, 2024 7:12 pm
NineteenEightyFour wrote: Thu Oct 10, 2024 6:49 pm Frampton's solo at the end of "Do You Feel Like We Do" was pretty epic.
I just happen to be reading his autobio right now. Sometimes, he's egotistical, but he admits it. He's also very humble because of the way his career peaked, then crumbled.
I've always thought he was a great player, with some interesting jazz leanings.
Have you ever heard him play this Thelonious Monk song with Chris Spedding?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=663z6fNkomo


I think it's almost impossible to be that talented and not be egotistical. You have to be to aspire to be that great. He's always come off as very mellow and humble in his later years.
I hear ya.
After his sales numbers fell, he made some bad investments and his manager stole all his money. He had to sell his homes and rent an apartment.
He had to borrow money. That humbled him greatly.
I never realized he was broke not too long after having the world's biggest selling album (at the time).

Re: Best live non-metal guitar solos ever

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2024 4:22 am
by cowpins
First "live" solos that came to mind are two thing you'd assume I'd make.

Roy Clark's 12 Street Rag
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlrcNtH5pu8

And Stevie Playing Scuttlebutton at soundcheck half asleep. Dude walks off this bus, straps on a guitar between yawns, and....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iACbj70DJgw

Re: Best live non-metal guitar solos ever

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2024 6:05 am
by Gibsonite
Turner Coates wrote: Thu Oct 10, 2024 4:33 pm
Gibsonite wrote: Thu Oct 10, 2024 2:49 pm Richard Thompson - Hard On Me (live) 5:27 - 11:00
https://youtu.be/_2LYEZeUcpY?si=eAcgN_mkFq8GEgQN
Wow. That was pretty damn sweet.
I'd never heard it before. I essentially avoided listening to him because a promoter I knew told me that he was an extreme asshole.
Whether that's true or not, he's amazing.
Never really heard anything like that before, but I wouldn't be surprised. I'm sure his ex-wives could tell a few tales too lol. I'm also a fan of his acoustic playing too, RT is a total master. The "solo" section of his signature song is never played the same way twice..

1952 Vincent Black Lightning
https://youtu.be/td2sewfxz88?si=L1tz-5S2VQHau_sa

Re: Best live non-metal guitar solos ever

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2024 9:37 am
by Turner Coates
Gibsonite wrote: Sat Oct 12, 2024 6:05 am
1952 Vincent Black Lightning
https://youtu.be/td2sewfxz88?si=L1tz-5S2VQHau_sa
That's astonishingly great playing. Friggin' unbelievable.
Down the rabbit hole I go.

Re: Best live non-metal guitar solos ever

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2024 11:08 am
by cowpins
1952 Vincent Black Lightning = wow.

Speaking of the word, "wow"....wow's an interesting word. Upside down it spells the word "mom". It's also what dad says when mom's upside down. Go figure.

Re: Best live non-metal guitar solos ever

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2024 11:53 am
by Whatever Happened To…

Re: Best live non-metal guitar solos ever

Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2024 12:53 pm
by FreddyFender
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Wgb-5bLaLA

Brian Robertson's solo (great) at 2:42

Scott Gorham's solo (even better) at 5:27

Re: Best live non-metal guitar solos ever

Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2024 1:25 pm
by Tommy
Anthrax442 wrote: Fri Oct 11, 2024 6:18 am Is Pink Floyd too "metal" for you? Because the answer is anytime David Gilmour plays Comfortably Numb.
Correct answer.

Re: Best live non-metal guitar solos ever

Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2024 7:42 pm
by Turner Coates
Frampton and Albert Lee with Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLkF9nYV6BA

Re: Best live non-metal guitar solos ever

Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2024 7:46 am
by Spongie
Anthrax442 wrote: Fri Oct 11, 2024 6:18 am Is Pink Floyd too "metal" for you? Because the answer is anytime David Gilmour plays Comfortably Numb.
That’s what I’m here to say.

Re: Best live non-metal guitar solos ever

Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2024 9:01 pm
by Indy_Rob
Turner Coates wrote: Sat Oct 12, 2024 9:37 am
Gibsonite wrote: Sat Oct 12, 2024 6:05 am
1952 Vincent Black Lightning
https://youtu.be/td2sewfxz88?si=L1tz-5S2VQHau_sa
That's astonishingly great playing. Friggin' unbelievable.
Down the rabbit hole I go.
Damn! That dude's good!

Re: Best live non-metal guitar solos ever

Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2024 8:47 am
by wolf_blotzer
I think everyone and their dog has seen this before, but I'm quite surprised nobody's mentioned it yet:

Prince's solo in While My Guitar Gently Weeps from RnRoll HOF ceremony.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWRCooFKk3c

Re: Best live non-metal guitar solos ever

Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2024 4:32 pm
by bringbacktherock