Favourite solo on a hit record?

[aguacollas]

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1499516089' post='3331970']
Two outstanding solos on 'Street Life', especially the Tenor solo from Wilton Felder.
[/quote]

Great solos. Great song.

[the boy]

Hotel California.

[darkandrew]

David Gilmour's solo from Pink Floyd's "High Hopes" is one of my favourites.

Edited July 9, 2017 by darkandrew

[Nibody]

Going for 3 - Layla (Dereck and the Dominos) - You can feel the pain in each note when Clapton lets rip.
[url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Izfg7YU9VgE"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Izfg7YU9VgE[/url]

Then One Small Day - Ultravox. Midge Ure is a VERY underated guitarist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydywCOCr46k

Finally a hip hop record of sorts - Bomb the Bass - Dont Make Me Wait.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_42p66WeM0

[darkandrew]

[quote name='Nibody' timestamp='1499685901' post='3332897']
Going for 3 - Layla (Dereck and the Dominos) - You can feel the pain in each note when Clapton lets rip.
[url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Izfg7YU9VgE"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Izfg7YU9VgE[/url]

Then One Small Day - Ultravox. Midge Ure is a VERY underated guitarist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydywCOCr46k

Finally a hip hop record of sorts - Bomb the Bass - Dont Make Me Wait.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_42p66WeM0
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If we're talking Utravox then you've got to mention Billy Currie's keyboard solos...

http://youtu.be/rTUoYDYcM0o

Edited July 10, 2017 by darkandrew

[Bilbo]

You gotta love it.

http://youtu.be/QxIWDmmqZzY

[steantval]

Reelin in the years by Steely Dan
Outstanding guitar playing by the great Jeff Skunk Baxter.

Edited July 14, 2017 by steantval

[franzbassist]

Again, not a hit, but I love the one Ian Moss plays on this song by the wonderful Black Sorrows.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgRPaQoawIs

[bumnote]

[quote name='steantval' timestamp='1500036288' post='3335273']
Reelin in the years by Steely Dan
Outstanding guitar playing by the great Jeff Skunk Baxter.
[/quote]

I believe it was actually Elliot Randall

[steantval]

[quote name='bumnote' timestamp='1500040698' post='3335308']


I believe it was actually Elliot Randall
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Oops, I stand corrected, you are bang on with that one.

[MoonBassAlpha]

The solo on the single version of 25 or 6 to 4 by Chicago is concise and flippin ace. Terry Kath was the shizz. The horns ain't too shabby either. Could only find the album length version on YouTube

[cetera]

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1500164491' post='3336043']
The solo on the single version of 25 or 6 to 4 by Chicago is concise and flippin ace. Terry Kath was the shizz. The horns ain't too shabby either. Could only find the album length version on YouTube
[/quote]

THIS.....
Terry Kath is prob the most underrated of guitarists....... he really was something else!

[BrunoBass]

'Don't Speak' by No Doubt. It's an amazing, heartfelt song anyway, and the beautiful solo at 2.44 by Tom Dumont is the icing on the cake.

http://youtu.be/TR3Vdo5etCQ

[Freddy Le Cragg]

Steve Miller's short but sweet solo on Young Boy by Paul McCartney

[DJpullchord]

Anything by Randy Rhodes!

[spectoremg]

Snowy White - Chinatown - Thin Lizzy.

[dlloyd]

How about this...
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpJ0cyXbMbI[/media]

Edited August 27, 2017 by dlloyd

[Brett]

Always loved John McGeoghs playing in the Banshees and I'm pretty certain it was the solo from Shot by both sides that grabbed peoples attention.

https://youtu.be/TCULiAKoDcM

[leschirons]

Couple come to mind. Both Steve Lukather (well certainly the first one and probably the second one)

Rosanna and Running with the night by Lionel Richie.

[Guest]

Hate to admit to knowing the personnel on a Lionel Richie track but yes, Running With The Night was Steve Lukather. Also a wicked bass part and especially tone from "Ready" Freddie Washington

[lowdown]

[quote name='leschirons' timestamp='1503941975' post='3361718']
Couple come to mind. Both Steve Lukather (well certainly the first one and probably the second one)

Rosanna and Running with the night by Lionel Richie.
[/quote]

Yes, both top solos, and yes both by the man who owns the most shirts in the world.

[lowdown]

[quote name='FDC484950' timestamp='1503945467' post='3361749']
Also a wicked bass part and especially tone from "Ready" Freddie Washington
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That was Joe Chemay on Bass Guitar. Not sure that Freddie Washington was even on the album?
Abe Laborial and Nathen East were also both on the album.



Edit: All the credits are here.
https://www.discogs.com/Lionel-Richie-Cant-Slow-Down/release/1722942

Edited August 28, 2017 by lowdown

[paul_5]

Graham Coxon's stellar guitar-bothering on Blur's 'Coffee & T.V.' Lovely and lunatic in equal measure; everything a solo should be 😉
as is the solo to 'Country House'

Edited August 29, 2017 by paul_5

[howdenspur]

[quote name='Brett' timestamp='1503916754' post='3361490']
Always loved John McGeoghs playing in the Banshees and I'm pretty certain it was the solo from Shot by both sides that grabbed peoples attention.

[url="https://youtu.be/TCULiAKoDcM"]https://youtu.be/TCULiAKoDcM[/url]
[/quote]
This^^. Also, that Barry Adamson bassline is rather cool.

[wombatboter]

The solo on "Everybody wants to rule the world" Tears for Fears