Greatest Live Rock Guitar Solos (Revision Version)

[Lew]

Criteria: Live Guitar solos are the best display of talent by these musicians. Each guitar solo was ranked mainly for the overall quality of its composition. Originality, complexity, influence, and lasting appeal are also considered.

Edited By: Lew, Eric
Last Updated: 2005-05-15

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Eric Clapton

Song - guitarist (Album / Artist)

1. Crossroads - Eric Clapton (Wheels Of Fire / Cream)
2. Stairway To Heaven - Jimmy Page (The Song Remains The Same / Led Zeppelin)
3. Machine Gun - Jimi Hendrix (Band Of Gypsys / Jimi Hendrix)
4. Statesboro Blues - Duane Allman (At Fillmore East / Allman Brothers Band)
5. Comfortably Numb - David Gilmour (Pulse / Pink Floyd)
6. Suicide Solution - Randy Rhoads (Tribute / Ozzy Osbourne)
7. 316 - Eddie Van Halen (Live Right Here Right Now / Van Halen)
8. Star Spangled Banner - Jimi Hendrix (Live At Woodstock / Jimi Hendrix)
9. La Villa Strangiato - Alex Lifeson (Exit Stage left / Rush)
10. I'm So Glad - Eric Clapton (Goodbye / Cream)
11. Cortez The Killer - Neil Young (Weld / Neil Young & Crazy Horse)
12. Freebird - Allen Collins/Gary Rossington (One More From The Road / Lynyrd Skynyrd)
13. Pride and Joy - Stevie Ray Vaughan (Live At Carnegie Hall / Stevie Ray Vaughan)
14. Wicked World - Tony Iommi (Past Lives / Black Sabbath)
15. Heaven And Hell - Pete Townshend (Live At Leeds / The Who)
16. Edge of Darkness - Eric Clapton (24 Nights / Eric Clapton)
17. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) - Jimi Hendrix (Live at Woodstock / Jimi Hendrix)
18. Surfing With The Alien - Joe Satriani (Live In San Francisco / Satriani)
19. Do You Feel Like We Do - Peter Frampton (Frampton Comes Alive!)
20. Guitar Solo - John Petrucci (Once In A Livetime / Dream Theater)
21. Liberation - Terry Kath (Live / Chicago)
22. Why Does Love Have To Be So Bad - E. Clapton (Live at the Fillmore / Derek & Dominos)
23. Black Star - Yngwie Malmsteen (Double Live / Yngwie Malmsteen)
24. Whipping Post - Duane Allman/Dickey Betts (At Fillmore East / Allman Brothers Band)
25. Hear My Train a Comin' - Jimi Hendrix (Blues / Jimi Hendrix)
26. Sunshine Of Your Love - Eric Clapton (24 Nights / Eric Clapton)
27. Mountain Jam - Duane Allman / Dickey Betts (At Fillmore East / Allman Brothers Band)
28. Old Love - Eric Clapton (24 Nights / Eric Clapton)
29. Lazy - Ritchie Blackmore (This Time Around / Deep Purple)
30. Spoonful - Eric Clapton (Wheels Of Fire / Cream)
31. Sultans of Swing - Mark Knopfler (Alchemy / Dire Straits)
32. Brighton Rock - Brian May (Live Killers / Queen)
33. Guitar Solo - Zakk Wylde (Live And Loud / Ozzy Osbourne)
34. Money - David Gilmour (Delicate Sound Of Thunder / Pink Floyd)
35. Let it Rain - Eric Clapton (Live at the Fillmore / Derek & The Dominos)
36. You Shook Me - Jimmy Page (BBC Sessions / Led Zeppelin)
37. Woodstock Jam - Joe Satriani (Time Machine / Joe Satriani)
38. Another Brick In The Wall - David Gilmour (Pulse / Pink Floyd)
39. Desdemona - Warren Haynes/Derek Trucks (One Way Out / Allman Brothers Band)
40. Seek and Destroy - Kirk Hammett (Live Shit / Metallica)
41. Youngstown - Nils Lofgren (Live At New York City / Bruce Springsteen)
42. Red House - Steve Vai (Live in Concert / G3)
43. Dazed And Confused - Jimmy Page (The Song Remains The Same / Led Zeppelin)
44. Guitar Solo - Leslie West (Twin Peaks / Mountain)
45. Heaven and Hell - Tony Iommi (Live Evil / Black Sabbath)
46. Sorrow - David Gilmour (Pulse / Pink Floyd)
47. Jailbreak - Angus Young (Live / AC/DC)
48. How Many More Times - Jimmy Page (BBC Sessions / Led Zeppelin)
49. Guitar Intro - Gary Moore (Monsters Of Rock / Thin Lizzy)
50. Like a Hurricane - Neil Young (Weld / Neil Young & Crazy Horse)

[DmitryXenon]

Blackmore didn’t play on This Time Around, it was Tommy Bolin

[Fido]

True. This is the last version of the list btw:

1. Machine Gun - Jimi Hendrix/Band Of Gypsies (BAND OF GYPSIES)
2. In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed - Duane Allman & Dickey Betts/Allman Brothers Band (LIVE AT THE FILLMORE EAST)
3. Catch The Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmore/Rainbow (LIVE IN GERMANY)
4. Crossroads - Eric Clapton/Cream (WHEELS OF FIRE)
5. Maggot Brain - Michael Hampton/Funkadelic (FUNKADELIC COLLECTION VOL. 2/ONE NATION UNDER A GROOVE - BONUS TRACKS)
6. Comfortably Numb - David Gilmour/Pink Floyd (PULSE)
7. No Quarter - Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin (THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME)
8. Star Spangled Banner - Jimi Hendrix/The Jimi Hendrix Experience (LIVE AT WOODSTOCK)
9. Once Upon A Time In The West - Mark Knopfler/Dire Straits (ALCHEMY)
10. Dark Star - Jerry Garcia/Grateful Dead (LIVE/DEAD)
11. Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad - Eric Clapton/Derek & The Dominos (LIVE AT THE FILLMORE EAST)
12. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) - Jimi Hendrix/The Jimi Hendrix Experience (LIVE AT WOODSTOCK)
13. 316 - Eddie Van Halen/Van Halen (LIVE RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW)
14. For The Love Of God - Steve Vai (G3: LIVE IN CONCERT)
15. La Villa Strangiato - Alex Lifeson/Rush (EXIT STAGE LEFT)
16. You Don't Love Me - Duane Allman & Dickey Betts/Allman Brothers Band (LIVE AT THE FILLMORE EAST)
17. Down By The River - Roy Buchanan (SWEET DREAMS: THE ANTHOLOGY)
18. Stairway To Heaven - Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin (THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME)
19. The Messiah Will Come Again - Roy Buchanan (AMERICAN AXE LIVE IN 1974)
20. Wicked World - Tony Iommi/Black Sabbath (PAST LIVES)
21. Help Me - Alvin Lee/Ten Years After (LIVE AT THE FILLMORE EAST)
22. Rattlesnake Shake - Peter Green & Danny Kirwan/Fleetwood Mac (LIVE AT THE BOSTON TEA PARTY VOLUME TWO)
23. Europa - Carlos Santana/Santana (VIVA SANTANA)
24. Wring That Neck - Ritchie Blackmore/Deep Purple (IN CONCERT)
25. Walk On Hot Coals - Rory Gallagher (IRISH TOUR '74)
26. Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughan/Double Trouble (LIVE AT MONTREAUX)
27. Incident At Neshabur - Carlos Santana/Santana (LOTUS)
28. Highway 61 Revisited - Johnny Winter (CAPTURED LIVE)
29. Hollow Years - John Petrucci/Dream Theater (LIVE AT THE BUDOKAN)
30. Muffin Man - Frank Zappa/Frank Zappa & Captain Beefheart (BONGO FURY)
31. High Hopes - David Gilmour/Pink Floyd (PULSE)
32. Sympathy For The Devil - Mick Taylor & Keith Richards/The Rolling Stones (GET YER YA-YA'S OUT)
33. Brush With The Blues - Jeff Beck (WHO ELSE)
34. Sultans Of Swing - Mark Knopfler/Dire Straits (ALCHEMY)
35. I'm So Afraid - Lindsey Buckingham/Fleetwood Mac (THE DANCE)
36. Like A Hurricane - Neil Young/Neil Young & Crazy Horse (LIVE RUST)
37. Surfing With The Alien - Joe Satriani/Joe Satriani Band (LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO)
38. Whipping Post - Duane Allman & Dickey Betts/Allman Brothers Band (LIVE AT THE FILLMORE EAST)
39. Still In Love With You - Scott Gorham & Brian Robertson/Thin Lizzy (LIVE AND DANGEROUS)
40. Stargazer - Ritchie Blackmore/Rainbow (LIVE IN GERMANY)
41. Cortez The Killer - Neil Young/Neil Young & Crazy Horse (WELD)
42. Heaven and Hell - Pete Townshend/The Who (LIVE AT LEEDS)
43. Brighton Rock - Brian May/Queen (LIVE KILLERS)
44. Starship Trooper - Steve Howe/Yes (YESSONGS)
45. The Knife - Steve Hackett/Genesis (GENESIS LIVE)
46. Freebird - Steve Gaines, Allen Collins & Gary Rossington/Lynyrd Skynyrd (ONE MORE FROM THE ROAD)
47. Too Rolling Stoned - Robin Trower (LIVE!)
48. Suicide Solution - Randy Rhoades/Ozzy Osbourne (TRIBUTE)
49. My Father's Eyes - Eric Clapton (ONE MORE CAR ONE MORE RIDER)
50. Never Is A Long Time - Phil Keaggy/Glass Harp (STRINGS ATTACHED)
51. Young Man Blues - Pete Townshend/The Who (LIVE AT LEEDS)
52. Phoenix - Ted Turner & Andy Powell/Wishbone Ash (LIVE IN MEMPHIS EP - ARGUS BONUS TRACKS)
53. Blue Sky - Duane Allman & Dickey Betts/The Allman Brothers Band (LIVE AT SUNY STONEYBROOK 9/19/71)
54. Knockin’ On Heaven's Door - Slash/Guns ‘n’ Roses (LIVE ERA: '87-'93)
55. Mike's Song - Trey Anastasio/Phish (SLIP STICH AND PASS)
56. Guitar Solo - Steve Morse/Deep Purple (TOTAL ABANDON)
57. Fire And Water - Paul Kossoff/Free (FREE LIVE)
58. A Million Miles Away - Rory Gallagher (IRISH TOUR '74)
59. Daydream - Robin Trower (KING BISCUIT HOUR - IN CONCERT)
60. Far Beyond The Sun - Yngwie Malmsteen (TRIAL BY FIRE: LIVE IN LENINGRAD)
61. Freeway Jam - Jeff Beck/Jan Hammer Group (WITH THE JAN HAMMER GROUP)
62. Soulshine - Warren Haynes & Derek Trucks/Gov’t Mule (WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM OUR FRIENDS....VOL 1)
63. The Green Manalishi - Peter Green & Danny Kirwan/Fleetwood Mac (LIVE AT THE BOSTON TEA PARTY VOLUME ONE)
64. She - Ace Frehley/Kiss (KISS ALIVE!)
65. It's My Own Fault - Mike Bloomfield & Johnny Winter/The Al Kooper & Mike Bloomfield Super Session Band (THE LOST CONCERT TAPES: FILLMORE EAST 13/12/1968)
66. Mountain Jam - Duane Allman & Dickey Betts/Allman Brothers Band (EAT A PEACH)
67. Do You Feel Like We Do? - Peter Frampton (FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE)
68. Smokestack Lightning - John Cipollina & Gary Duncan/Quicksilver Messenger Service (LOST GOLD AND SILVER)
69. Sometime World - Andy Powell & Laurie Wisefield/Wishbone Ash (DISTILLATION)
70. Hear My Train A-Comin - Jimi Hendrix/The Jimi Hendrix Experience (BLUES)
71. Ball And Chain - James Gurley/Big Brother & The Holding Company (CHEAP THRILLS)
72. Light My Fire - Robbie Krieger/Doors (IN CONCERT)
73. Child In Time - Ritchie Blackmore/Deep Purple (MADE IN JAPAN)
74. I’m Goin’ Home - Alvin Lee/Ten Years After (LIVE AT THE FILLMORE EAST)
75. St Stephen - Jerry Garcia/Grateful Dead (LIVE/DEAD)
76. Black Magic Woman - Peter Green & Danny Kirwan/Fleetwood Mac (LIVE AT THE BOSTON TEA PARTY VOLUME ONE)
77. Got To Get Better In A Little While - Eric Clapton/Derek & The Dominos (LIVE AT THE FILLMORE EAST)
78. Mr. Crowley - Randy Rhoads/Ozzy Osbourne (TRIBUTE)
79. Yours Is No Disgrace - Steve Howe/Yes (YESSONGS)
80. Sorrow - David Gilmour/Pink Floyd (PULSE)
81. Locomotive Breath - Martin Barre/Jethro Tull (LIVE - BURSTING OUT)
82. Jailbreak - Angus Young/AC/DC (AC/DC LIVE)
83. See See Rider - James Burton/Elvis Presley (ON STAGE)
84. See Me Feel Me - Pete Townshend/The Who (THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT)
85. Statesboro Blues - Duane Allman & Dickie Betts/Allman Brothers Band (LIVE AT THE FILLMORE EAST)
86. No Woman No Cry - Al Anderson/Bob Marley & The Wailers (LIVE!)
87. Rubina - Joe Satriani (LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO)
88. I'm A Ram - Roy Buchanan (LIVE STOCK)
89. Black Sabbath - Tony Iommi/Black Sabbath (PAST LIVES)
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[Tim]

We can't think of 11 more live solos? For shame.