Most heartbreaking guitar solos into rock?

[Progger58]

Which are the most emotive, heart-breaking guitar solos you know?

Some standouts I can recall at the moment:

=> Andrew Latimer (CAMEL), on "Ice", "Stationary Traveller" & "The Hour Candle"

=> Tony Duhig (JADE WARRIOR), on "Death of Ra"

=> Steve Rothery (MARILLION), on "Easter"

=> Steve Hackett (GENESIS), on "Firth of Fifth"

=> Frank Bornemann (ELOY), on "The Bells of Notre Dame"

=> Chris Rea, on "Where the Blues Come From" (from The Road to Hell & Back DVD)

=> Mark Knopfler, on "Local Hero / Wild Theme" (from Dire Straits' On the Night DVD)

=> Jeff Beck, on "Two Rivers" (from Beck's Guitar Shop) and "It's a Miracle" (from Roger Waters' Amused to Death)

=> Gary Moore, on "Trouble at Home" & "Parisienne Walkways"

Demetrio.

 

[res6jya6]

Guns n' Roses - November Rain...

I enjoy Guns n' Roses, but not as much as the Beatles or many other bands... but the guitar solo in this song is just _fantastic_, IMO.

 

[jamie2112]

David Gilmore- Comfortably Numb

 

[Progger58]

David Gilmore- Comfortably Numb

Ditto. Absolutely brilliant.

 

[MinusTheBear]

Tender Surrender - Steve Vai

 

[Progger58]

A few more standouts:

=> Stephen Stewart (THE ENID), on "Fand", "Jessica's Song", "Hall of Mirrors" & "Sheets of Blue"

=> Grant Jamiesen (THE ENID), on "Sarabande" (from Enid's White Goddess)

=> Lanvall, on "The Path of Love" & "My Will is my Way"

=> Michael Bearpark, on "Together we’re Stranger" (from No-Man's Together we’re Stranger)

Demetrio.

 

[highfigh]

Which are the most emotive, heart-breaking guitar solos you know?

Some standouts I can recall at the moment:

=> Andrew Latimer (CAMEL), on "Ice", "Stationary Traveller" & "The Hour Candle"

=> Tony Duhig (JADE WARRIOR), on "Death of Ra"

=> Steve Rothery (MARILLION), on "Easter"

=> Steve Hackett (GENESIS), on "Firth of Fifth"

=> Frank Bornemann (ELOY), on "The Bells of Notre Dame"

=> Chris Rea, on "Where the Blues Come From" (from The Road to Hell & Back DVD)

=> Mark Knopfler, on "Local Hero / Wild Theme" (from Dire Straits' On the Night DVD)

=> Jeff Beck, on "Two Rivers" (from Beck's Guitar Shop) and "It's a Miracle" (from Roger Waters' Amused to Death)

=> Gary Moore, on "Trouble at Home" & "Parisienne Walkways"

Demetrio.

Nice to see Andy Latimer getting some notice.

I would add 'Definitely Maybe' by Jeff Beck and his version of The Beatle's 'A Day In The Life'.

 

[SAMSUNG HUNG]

Eruption- Van Halen is in the top 10 for sure
SRV -10 pan alley

 

[walter duque]

David Gilmore- Comfortably Numb

Gilmore for sure.

 

[Progger58]

Nice to see Andy Latimer getting some notice.

I'm very glad to meet another Camel fan over here. This is my absolute # 1 favorite progressive band.

Demetrio.

 

[Progger58]

A few more:

=> Peter Frampton, on "Greens", "Changing all the time" & "Can't take that away"

=> Sylvain Gouvernaire (IRIS), on "Obsession"

=> Roye Allbrighton (NEKTAR), on "Countenance" & "The Dream Nebula – Pt. 1"

=> Ian Bairnson, on "Cloudbreak" (from Alan Parsons' On Air)

=> Paul Speer, on "Adagio Dolente"

Demetrio.

 

[Hawkeye]

Demetrio, heartbreaking? Not quite sure what you mean. Are you listing songs where the guitarist's playing on these particular songs is just oozing with emotion? That's what I'm assuming you mean. At any rate you have mentioned three of my favorite guitarists in that regard - Gilmour, Latimer, and Bairnson. All three, at least to me, can evoke so much emotion...and by playing so few notes.
In fact Ian Bairnson once said something to the effect of, it's not so much the notes you play as much as it is the ones you don't. - makes a lot of sense to me.

So, in addition to your fine list I would add:
Andrew Latimer - A Boy's Life; For Today; Drafted
David Gilmour - pretty much everything, but especially to me- Castellorizon
Ian Bairnson - Dreamscape
Carlos Santana - Europa and Samba Pa Ti
Chris Isaak - Wicked Game

 

[Progger58]

Demetrio, heartbreaking? Not quite sure what you mean. Are you listing songs where the guitarist's playing on these particular songs is just oozing with emotion? That's what I'm assuming you mean. At any rate you have mentioned three of my favorite guitarists in that regard - Gilmour, Latimer, and Bairnson. All three, at least to me, can evoke so much emotion...and by playing so few notes.

Hi, Hawkeye, very glad to meet you.

As you can see on my profile, I am from Brazil, so English is not my native language. I am sorry if the word "heartbreaking" doesn't mean exactly what it was intended to mean. In fact I meant "emotional" guitar solos indeed.

Demetrio.

 

[Hawkeye]

Demetrio, please do not apologize, your English is fine. I didn't read your initial post closely enough, my bad.

Barclay James Harvest - The World Goes On
Boz Scaggs - Load Me a Dime (actually Duane Allman on guitar)
Porcupine Tree - Cloud Zero
Jeff Beck - 'Cause We've Ended as Lovers

 

[Progger58]

Barclay James Harvest - The World Goes On
Boz Scaggs - Load Me a Dime (actually Duane Allman on guitar)
Porcupine Tree - Cloud Zero
Jeff Beck - 'Cause We've Ended as Lovers

Great calls indeed!!!

These are simply brilliant too:

=> John Lees (BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST), on "Poor Man's Moody Blues" & "Suicide"

=> Roine Solt (KAIPA), on "Skenet bedrar", "Korstäg", "Awakening/Bitterness", "Blow hard all tradewinds", among others

=> Roine Solt (FLOWER KINGS), on "The truth will set you free", "Garden of dreams", "Afterlife", among others

Demetrio.

 

[Tomorrow]

Satriani - "Always With You, Always With Me"

PS: Thanks for the tip on Camel. Never have heard them before looking them up today. Good stuff.

 

[Progger58]

A few more wonderful solos to add:

=> Uwe Karpa (ANYONE'S DAUGHTER), on "Adonis", "Blue house", "Another day like superman", among others

=> Sylvain Gouvernaire (IRIS), on "Obsession" and "Crossing the Desert"

=> Bryan Josh (MOSTLY AUTUMN), on "The last climb", "Heroes never die", "The gap is too wide", among others

Demetrio.

 

[Hawkeye]

=> Bryan Josh (MOSTLY AUTUMN), on "The last climb", "Heroes never die", "The gap is too wide", among others
Demetrio.

What a great song The Gap is too Wide is.
Have you heard Mostly Autumn's Pink Floyd Revisited - quite cool actually.

 

[Progger58]

What a great song The Gap is too Wide is.

This wonderful song is PURE EMOTION indeed.

Have you heard Mostly Autumn's Pink Floyd Revisited - quite cool actually.

Yes, I have the DVD. Awesome indeed.

Cheers,
Demetrio.

 

[rob.hughes]

Not really a solo, but the entirety of Little Wing, whether by Jimi or SRV.