Antero wrote:There is only one Greatest Solo of All Time, and that is Maggot Brain.

Seconded. You will never hear a solo as epic as this ever again after gracing your ears with Maggot Brain.

Maurice wrote:

space junk wrote:Big shout out to either Rick Derringer or Skunk Baxter for the blazing solo in Steely Dan's Do It Again.

Denny Dias would like a word with you.

If he's the motherfucker who plays that solo then I'm all ears.

Hey, I get to mention Wire's Sand in my Joints again!

My favorite guitar solo of all time is Greg Ginn's on "Depression."

Adam CR wrote:Well at least Richard Thompson isn't on the list; he's rubbish.

This is incorrect. RT's solo on "Shoot Out The Light" (among many others) is death defying and life affirming.

And as others have pointed out, how come no Neil Young or Tom Verlaine on the list? Twenty examples of pure outdated wank. Fuck that noise.

WoundedFoot wrote:

Antero wrote:There is only one Greatest Solo of All Time, and that is Maggot Brain.

Seconded. You will never hear a solo as epic as this ever again after gracing your ears with Maggot Brain.

i vote "marquee moon" as a close second.

Mark Lansing wrote:

Adam CR wrote:Well at least Richard Thompson isn't on the list; he's rubbish.

This is incorrect. RT's solo on "Shoot Out The Light" (among many others) is death defying and life affirming.

Dear Mark,

you have been duped by dry, English humour.


salut.


Faiz

Allan Holdsworth. "Devil Take the Hindmost."

WoundedFoot wrote:

Antero wrote:There is only one Greatest Solo of All Time, and that is Maggot Brain.

Seconded. You will never hear a solo as epic as this ever again after gracing your ears with Maggot Brain.

Thirdeded.

burun wrote:

Mazec wrote:Can a magazine just once do a ranking of the "Greatest Instances of Abstaining from a Solo of All Time?"

I'm sure we can all think of some great nominees.

"Psycho Killer"

Amen.

I nominate "How Soon Is Now" by The Smiths.

WoundedFoot wrote:

Antero wrote:There is only one Greatest Solo of All Time, and that is Maggot Brain.

Seconded. You will never hear a solo as epic as this ever again after gracing your ears with Maggot Brain.

Paul K. and The Weathermen opened their set on Friday at Louisville's Air Devils Inn with a faithful rendition of "Maggot Brain," all the more impressive because there was only one guitarist. This was followed immediately by covers of Sinatra's "Summer Wind" and "A House Is Not a Motel."

Also sprinkled through the set: "Pale Blue Eyes," "Run Through the Jungle," "Summertime," "Coney Island Baby," "Tecumseh Valley," a John Cale song I forget the name of, and "Sister Ray."