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Old 10-21-2020, 05:44 AM
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Electric solo and outro Aqualung.
Huge +1 on this.
Martin Barre is such a good guitarist, they named some chords after him.


Tull was a great live band too.

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The solo on Tupelo Honey by Van Morrison. Short and sweet - not sure who played it.
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George Harrison's solo in Something is a masterpiece.
I think that is a solo of Eric Clapton, it's beautiful indeed
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I think that is a solo of Eric Clapton, it's beautiful indeed
Clapton played a lead part on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps". The solo on "Something" is all George.
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Clapton played a lead part on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps". The solo on "Something" is all George.
You're right, my mistake. I always thought Clapton played the solo on "Something" as well. Kudos to George!
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Amos Garrett on Maria Muldaur's "Midnight At The Oasis". The best guitar solo in a top 40 hit. starts around 1:20 but luscious playing throughout.

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The intro acoustic solo to Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd.
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Intro to "Ten Years Gone" by Led Zeppelin
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Elvin Bishop's-- Fooled Around and Fell in Love
Gary Moore's-- Still Got The Blues
That Gary Moore intro is so haunting and beautiful. Especially live. RIP.

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Yea, into to Wish you were Here is fantastic. Simple but has lots of feel and a great melody.
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For acoustic solos -- heck just about anything David Rawlings does is amazing (esp. with Gillian Welch).
His solo during a live performance of "My Morphine" might be the only time a guitar solo literally brought a tear to my eye.

(The only other time I remember a solo doing so during a live performance was The Del McCroury Band's Jason Carter's fiddle solo during "The Mountain" with Steve Earle)
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Wicked Game

Neil Young's short fills on "For What It's Worth"
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Just about anything by Elliot Easton of the Cars - the solo in Best Friend’s Girl is a perfect example.
BINGO! Let's add Shake it Up solo to that as well!
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Steve Gillette’s break in D’Arcy Farrow.
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Mark Knopfler on Private Investigations, or Telegraph Road, and I’ve also got to add David Gilmour on Comfortably Numb
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