I love music, and I love rock as many of us do. We love to obsess about the greatest guitar solos of all time, its like baseball fans comparing who was the greatest home run hitter of all time.
There have been so many lists of this kind created where fans and critics try to rank songs and guitar solos, has anyone ever got it right? Can anyone ever get the list bang on? Unlikely, but here is my best crack at the greatest guitar solos of all time.
1. Led Zeppelin/Stairway to Heaven (Jimmy Page)
2. Jimi Hendrix/Machine Gun
3. Pink Floyd/Comfortably Numb (David Gilmour, axemeister)
4. Dire Straits/Sultans of Swing (Mark Knopfler)
5. Jimi Hendrix/All Along the Watchtower
6. Lynyrd Skynyrd/Free Bird (Allen Collins, Gary Rossington)
7. Eagles/Hotel California (Don Felder, Joe Walsh)
8. Ozzy Osbourne/Crazy Train (Randy Rhoads)
9. Stevie Ray Vaughan/Texas Flood
10. Van Halen/Hot for Teacher (Eddie Van Halen)
11. Cream/Crossroads (Eric Clapton)
12. Jeff Beck/Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
13. Steve Vai/For the Love of God
14. Guns N' Roses/November Rain (Slash)
15. Pink Floyd/Another Brick in the Wall Part 2 (David Gilmour)
16. Deep Purple/Highway Star (Ritchie Blackmore)
17. AC/DC/You Shook Me All Night Long (Angus Young)
18. Van Halen/Jump (Eddie Van Halen)
19. Eric Johnson/Cliffs of Dover
20. Jimi Hendrix/Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
21. Led Zeppelin/Heartbreaker (Jimmy Page)
22. Allman Bros. Band/Statesboro Blues (Duane Allman)
23. Beatles/Something (George Harrison)
24. Pantera/Cemetery Gates (Dimebag Darrell)
25. Jeff Beck/'Cause We've Ended as Lovers
26. Allman Bros. Band/Jessica (Dickey Betts)
27. Bill Haley & The Comets/Rock Around the Clock (Danny Cedrone)
28. White Lion/Wait (Vito Bratta)
29. Metallica/Fade to Black (Kirk Hammett)
30. Joe Satriani/Satch Boogie
31. Beatles/While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Eric Clapton)
32. Yes/I've Seen All Good People (Steve Howe)
33. Guns N' Roses/Sweet Child o' Mine (Slash)
34. Steely Dan/Reelin' in the Years (Elliot Randall)
35. Yngwie Malmsteen/Black Star
36. Michael Jackson/Beat It (Eddie Van Halen)
37. Living Colour/Cult of Personality (Vernon Reid)
38. Doors/Light My Fire (Robby Krieger)
39. Aerosmith/Walk This Way (Joe Perry)
40. Gene Vincent & the Blue Caps/Race With the Devil (Cliff Gallup)
41. Queen/Bohemian Rhapsody (Brian May)
42. Stevie Ray Vaughan/Crossfire
43. Free/All Right Now (Paul Kossoff)
44. Heart/Magic Man (Roger Fisher)
45. Led Zeppelin/Since I've Been Loving You (Jimmy Page)
46. Boston/Hitch a Ride (Tom Scholz)
47. Gary Moore/Shapes of Things
48. Ozzy Osbourne/Mr. Crowley (Randy Rhoads)
49. Ozzy Osbourne/No More Tears (Zakk Wylde)
50. Chuck Berry/Too Much Monkey Business
There have been so many lists of this kind created where fans and critics try to rank songs and guitar solos, has anyone ever got it right? Can anyone ever get the list bang on? Unlikely, but here is my best crack at the greatest guitar solos of all time.
1. Led Zeppelin/Stairway to Heaven (Jimmy Page)
2. Jimi Hendrix/Machine Gun
3. Pink Floyd/Comfortably Numb (David Gilmour, axemeister)
4. Dire Straits/Sultans of Swing (Mark Knopfler)
5. Jimi Hendrix/All Along the Watchtower
6. Lynyrd Skynyrd/Free Bird (Allen Collins, Gary Rossington)
7. Eagles/Hotel California (Don Felder, Joe Walsh)
8. Ozzy Osbourne/Crazy Train (Randy Rhoads)
9. Stevie Ray Vaughan/Texas Flood
10. Van Halen/Hot for Teacher (Eddie Van Halen)
11. Cream/Crossroads (Eric Clapton)
12. Jeff Beck/Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
13. Steve Vai/For the Love of God
14. Guns N' Roses/November Rain (Slash)
15. Pink Floyd/Another Brick in the Wall Part 2 (David Gilmour)
16. Deep Purple/Highway Star (Ritchie Blackmore)
17. AC/DC/You Shook Me All Night Long (Angus Young)
18. Van Halen/Jump (Eddie Van Halen)
19. Eric Johnson/Cliffs of Dover
20. Jimi Hendrix/Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
21. Led Zeppelin/Heartbreaker (Jimmy Page)
22. Allman Bros. Band/Statesboro Blues (Duane Allman)
23. Beatles/Something (George Harrison)
24. Pantera/Cemetery Gates (Dimebag Darrell)
25. Jeff Beck/'Cause We've Ended as Lovers
26. Allman Bros. Band/Jessica (Dickey Betts)
27. Bill Haley & The Comets/Rock Around the Clock (Danny Cedrone)
28. White Lion/Wait (Vito Bratta)
29. Metallica/Fade to Black (Kirk Hammett)
30. Joe Satriani/Satch Boogie
31. Beatles/While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Eric Clapton)
32. Yes/I've Seen All Good People (Steve Howe)
33. Guns N' Roses/Sweet Child o' Mine (Slash)
34. Steely Dan/Reelin' in the Years (Elliot Randall)
35. Yngwie Malmsteen/Black Star
36. Michael Jackson/Beat It (Eddie Van Halen)
37. Living Colour/Cult of Personality (Vernon Reid)
38. Doors/Light My Fire (Robby Krieger)
39. Aerosmith/Walk This Way (Joe Perry)
40. Gene Vincent & the Blue Caps/Race With the Devil (Cliff Gallup)
41. Queen/Bohemian Rhapsody (Brian May)
42. Stevie Ray Vaughan/Crossfire
43. Free/All Right Now (Paul Kossoff)
44. Heart/Magic Man (Roger Fisher)
45. Led Zeppelin/Since I've Been Loving You (Jimmy Page)
46. Boston/Hitch a Ride (Tom Scholz)
47. Gary Moore/Shapes of Things
48. Ozzy Osbourne/Mr. Crowley (Randy Rhoads)
49. Ozzy Osbourne/No More Tears (Zakk Wylde)
50. Chuck Berry/Too Much Monkey Business
I'm sure I didn't please everyone with my top 5, I did rank my top 5 as my personal greatest of all time. Rock on my friends and don't ever let the music stop beating in your heart and soul.
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5 Comments
Post a CommentEruption doesn't even make the list???? Something went awry here.
Why can I not see the list? All i can see is the title
Why can I not see the list? All I can see is the title...
Good Job!!! My additions (If I may?) SRV- Scuttlebuttin' and Crossfire. Randy Rhoads - Suicide solution (studio and live on "Tribute")
Good taste.