I am going to have to select 2
This is one of my all time favourites for tone and feel
The first solo starts at
4:52 and the first note is probably the single best note I have EVER heard a guitar make!!!!
The second solo starts at
9:06 and the build it has is something else
There is another performance from this run of shows with video of him playing but his particular performance of this song gives me goose bumps EVERY time - it is just perfection IMHO
I couldn't leave Mr Prince out of a guitar solo thread!
My all time favourite Prince solo is this one starting at
2:36At the start he does more with one note than I have sen many not achieve in a career!!!!
The touch, groove and feel of the playing is just immense - and then he pulls off some amazing Jazz / modal licks
And as an extra "it is my forum so I will post a third"...
Many sight Prince's "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" solo at his and George Harrison's induction into the Rock & Roll hall of fame as one of the best guitar solos
I like the story behind it more...
Apparently at the one rehearsal this is what happened when Prince showed up - as recounted by Joel Gallen - the producer of the Hall Of Fame show:
"He says hello to Tom and Jeff and the band. When we get to the middle solo, where Prince is supposed to do it, Jeff Lynne’s guitar player just starts playing the solo. Note for note, like Clapton. And Prince just stops and lets him do it and plays the rhythm, strums along. And we get to the big end solo, and Prince again steps forward to go into the solo, and this guy starts playing that solo too! Prince doesn’t say anything, just starts strumming, plays a few leads here and there, but for the most part, nothing memorable.
They finish, and I go up to Jeff and Tom, and I sort of huddle up with these guys, and I’m like: “This cannot be happening. I don’t even know if we’re going to get another rehearsal with him. [Prince]. But this guy cannot be playing the solos throughout the song.” So I talk to Prince about it, I sort of pull him aside and had a private conversation with him, and he was like: “Look, let this guy do what he does, and I’ll just step in at the end. For the end solo, forget the middle solo.” And he goes, “Don’t worry about it.” And then he leaves. They never rehearsed it, really. Never really showed us what he was going to do, and he left, basically telling me, the producer of the show, not to worry. And the rest is history. It became one of the most satisfying musical moments in my history of watching and producing live music."Here is the performance, which makes me laugh every time I see Prince lurking in the background until the solo - Dhani Harrison's face is an absolute picture of happiness for what must have been an emotional night for him
The solo starts at
3:26 Rumour has it the guitar is still in orbit as it never comes down after he throws it at the end!!!
Enjoy