| Do you have a favourite guitar solo? You know, one | | | | Johnson tracks I could have chosen. I decided on this |
| that sends a cold chill down the back of your neck? | | | | one because it was the first thing I ever heard Eric |
| One, that for some unknown reason seems to fit the | | | | Johnson play. Back in the mid to late 80's Guitar Player |
| song so perfectly that you couldn't imagine any other | | | | magazine included it as a freebie flexidisc in one of its |
| guitar solo being played in that song? I bet you have a | | | | issues. I loved it then and I love it now. If you haven't |
| few you could mention. I'm going to list five all time | | | | heard this track check it out as soon as you can.I'm |
| classic solos that influenced me when I was starting | | | | Goin' Home by Alvin Lee - A song by helicopter! This is |
| out. See what you think.Something by George Harrison | | | | just plain old rock n' roll from the wonderful Alvin Lee. |
| - A beautiful solo for a beautiful song. I heard a story | | | | I've chosen this one because it was a big favourite of |
| that the final solo used on the Abbey Road album was | | | | mine when I was first starting to play. It is raw, exciting, |
| actually a mix of a few solos George had recorded. | | | | and it makes you want to play. I remember being |
| There is no doubting that he excelled himself on this | | | | knocked out by the sheer speed of Alvin's fingers |
| song. It just goes to show that sometimes the simplest | | | | when I first heard this one. A gem from one of the |
| of licks will suffice. Thanks for the memories | | | | greats.Obviously there are many great solos I have |
| George....All Right Now by Paul Kossoff - An absolute | | | | had to miss from this list. Who could forget, Django |
| classic rock solo!!. A composition within itself you might | | | | Reinhardt's Nuages, Larry Carlton's Kid Charlemagne, |
| say. This solo features no right hand tapping, no full | | | | Elliott Randall's Reeling In The Years, Brian May's |
| throttle speed licks and no wammy bar heroics. Instead | | | | Bohemian Rhapsody, Eddie Van Halen's Beat it, Albert |
| we have a brilliantly constructed solo with a definite | | | | Lee's Country Boy, Bert Jansch's Angie, David |
| beginning, middle and end. Check out the way Paul | | | | Gilmour's Comfortably Numb, Jimmy Page's Stairway |
| gently pulls the listener in by using a couple of licks to | | | | To Heaven, Steve Vai's For The Love Of God, Eric |
| introduce the solo and then builds up to a fantastic | | | | Clapton's Sunshine Of Your Love, Brian Setzer's I |
| ending. This solo is a prime example of how to play a | | | | Won't Stand In Your Way, Mason Williams' Classical |
| great rock solo.All Along The Watchtower by Jimi | | | | Gas, Jimi's Little Wing, Chet Atkins' Yakety Axe, |
| Hendrix - Jimi plays Dylan. This is probably one of my | | | | Scotty Moore's That's All Right Mama.....etc...etc....etc.... |
| all time favourites. This is one of those solos that I | | | | The list goes on and on.The five I chose were |
| really do not want to analyse. I just want to sit back, | | | | important to me in my early years as a player. If |
| listen and enjoy. To be honest, there are many of Jimi | | | | compiling the same list next week, I might come up |
| solos I could have included in this but, to me, this one is | | | | with something completely different. My tastes have |
| simply outstanding. It's one I never, ever tire of listening | | | | changed over the years and I am sure they will |
| to. Each and every time it just blows me away. The | | | | continue to do so.What five guitar solos would you list |
| whole feeling of this track is just amazing.Cliffs Of | | | | and why? Jones is the Managing Director of Jack Sky |
| Dover by Eric Johnson - This is a prime example of | | | | Ltd. Based on the banks of the River Mersey in the |
| great technique being mixed with a great feel for the | | | | great city of Liverpool, Jack Sky is committed to |
| music being played. As with Jimi, there are many Eric | | | | providing 1st class guitar tutorials to its customers. |