Most heartbreaking guitar solos into the rock genre?

[Progger58]

These are some that come to mind at the moment:

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

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

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

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

=> 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)

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

=> Toshihiro Tanaka, on "Firefly" (from Bellaphon's Firefly)


Which other highly emotive guitar solos would you add to the list?


Demetrio.

 

[methodistgirl]

You missed David Gilmour of Pink Floyd with On the Turning Away.
That was a beautiful and one of their best in my book and George
Benson with On Broadway. His guitar would jazz up!
judy tooley

 

[Art Rock]

David Gilmour / Pink Floyd - Comfortably numb, maybe the best of all.

Carlos Santana on Samba pa ti.

 

[Progger58]

You missed David Gilmour of Pink Floyd with On the Turning Away.

David Gilmour / Pink Floyd - Comfortably numb, maybe the best of all.

Carlos Santana on Samba pa ti.

Yeah, three brilliant solos indeed. :clap:

A few more to add:

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

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

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

=> Paul Speer, on "Adagio Dolente"

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

 

[John Watt]

You wanna talk heartbreaking solos? What about Jimi Hendrix? I still listen to Electric Ladyland to hear the part in "Moon, turn the tides, gently gently away, a merman I would be" to hear the riffs with echoing flute where he is emerging from the depths. Sure, I can play the various leads after all this time, but I've never had the sounds around me or the overdub symphony to set me up. That's heartbreaking for real. I don't take it personally, however, because no-one else has ever accomplished that either.
For a lot of 70's guitarists, learning "Reelin' in the Years" by Steely Dan was a heartbreaker. Most people liked that song, but most guitarists learned it note for note, not achieving that level of musicianship, like keyboardists and "Green-Eyed Lady".
Traditional blues, with B.B. King's "Why I Have the Blues", featuring "The Thrill is Gone", has to be considered. Of course, back then, Jose Feliciano's classical guitar take on rock songs and Mason William's "Classical Gas" was sympathetic guitar vibes for most of the listening public.
The bluest note I've ever seen is still being played by Picasso's "The Guitar Player".

 

[Soubasse]

For me this would include:

The guitar and synth duet between Steve Hackett and Tony Banks in Genesis' Ripples

Mike Oldfield: Solo at the end of Incantations Part 4 (just the before the "Ode to Cynthia" singing begins) and in fact a hell of a lot of his other stuff too.

 

[drummergirlamie]

My vote is for Crazy Train, stemming from the tragic loss involved.

I'm sure my age and fanfair has a lot to do with my vote, surely.

 

[B.Inferno]

Jeff Beck : "People get ready"
Yngwie Malmsteen : "Brothers"
Jan Akkerman : "Tommy"