YouTube: Top 20 Guitar Solos, Like Ever Dude January 25, 2007
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Rockers wake up, roll of that groupie and wipe the dried on chicken korma off your forehead! The Top 100 Guitar Solo poll by Guitar World magazine is here and it’s bound to set the cat amongst the pigeons, since no one ever agrees on things like this.
The headbangers at CityRag though have made it a bit more fun by locating videos of the Top 20 on YouTube. In amongst the Top 20 are footage from Stairway to Heaven (number 1, again), Eddie Van Halen’s Eruption (number two) and the above live footage of Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd (number 3 - and linked above).
The Top 20
1. Stairway To Heaven - Jimmy Page
2. Eruption - Edward Van Halen (Option 2)
3. Freebird - Collins/Rossington
4. Comfortably Numb - David Gilmour (Option 2)
5. All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
6. November Rain - Slash
7. One - Kirk Hammet/Metallica
8. Hotel California - Don Felder/Joe Walsh
9. Crazy Train - Randy Rhoads (Option 2)
10. Crossroads - Eric Clapton
11. Voodo Chile - Jimi Hendrix
12. Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
13. Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughan
14. Layla - Clapton/Allman
15. Floods - Dimebag Darrel
16. Heartbreaker - Jimmy Page
17. Cliffs Of Dover - Eric Johnson
18. Little Wing - Jimi Hendrix
19. Highway Star - Ritchie Blackmore
20. Bohemian Rhapsody - Brian May
Loosen those neck muscles and check out the video list here. You got any views on that Top 20? Feel free to send ‘em in.-Martin Lynch
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Comments
What, No Zappa? Are they suggesting that Brian May was better than Frank? No this just reflects commercial success, Frank had few singles and little main stream exposure but he was one of the best guitarists who ever lived. I'd rate the guitar part in "Muffin Man" (The Austin Texas live one in particular) pretty damn good and as for "Watermelon in Easter Hay"; what can I say.