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I heard to get the proper Edge tone you need two delays played on two amps, facing each other, one set to 550ms the other 350ms, or somewhere there abouts. wild.
I have to say, that this comment section has so many great choices of other solos to include! I learn so much from reading these. A lot of great calls that I had forgotten. Maybe a second video is in order?
Can't argue with any of your choices. Maybe these are not "underrated", but I think every solo on "A Night At the Opera" could carry their own in this ranking. Also, Stephen Stills "Bluebird". Actually, there are so many good ones, hard to pick 100 let alone 10. Great samples, thanks.
Please include the Ted Turner solo I eluded to Rick , it is a beautiful piece of guitar work from a much underrated band of stellar musicians. I urge you to listen to the full album with the headphones on. All the best from Scotland.
This solo by Lukather was him warming up while the tape was running. They recorded it and said “great, thank you!” Luke said “no you can’t keep it, I’m overplaying” but they kept it. He burns that solo with such feel.
I think he refers to it as a "zero take" solo since he'd never heard the song before either - was simply him playing along while hearing it for the first time. Talent by the boatload!
That Lukather solo has been one of my all time favorites for years, ever since I first heard the song back in college. One of the best and most prolific studio guitarists of all time. He deserves WAY more credit! Way to go Steve!!
Couldn't agree more, I've recorded a couple versions of that solo myself, and try as I might, just can't get that same bite and fluidity that he has. Just that unique Felder touch 👍
Jimi Hendrix gave Terry a huge compliment. He also had CTA, which later changed their name to Chicago, as his opening act. Terry was the a pretty shy guy, so his conversations with Hendrix were usually short because he was in awe of Hendrix. Terry and the guys were thrilled to open for Hendrix. This was at the time their 1st album came out. When Terry died I was crushed. He was a good friend of mine.
Don't know how it compares to many hundreds of others, but Jeff Baxters guitar work and riffs throughout "My Old School" by Steely Dan are like a scalpel, a laser beam of sharp and crisp guitar mastery that I NEVER get tired of listening to!!❤
I love how much of a dork for music Rick is. I'm a complete novice, and there is something really cool about watching these videos by a person who has lived a professional musician's life, is extremely talented in his own right, knows so many great musicians, yet still geeks out over this stuff. Just a pure love and appreciation for the artist and their craft...this content is gold; thank you!
My thoughts exactly. Only geek musicians can get off on some of these otherwise undistinguished guitar solos (excepting George Harrison playing on a Badfinger hit. Nothing George creates can be considered sub-par or "under-rated." I don't get why it's on Rick's list).
Well said--that's what keeps me coming back to this channel again and again, and it's that spirit (if that's the right word) that has me playing guitar, taking lessons (although I've been playing since the late 70s), buying equipment, recording, gigging...
Completely agree, @Stuart Thomson, it's his exuberance over the things he talks about that almost helps to refuel and rediscover my own love for music that I've been passionate for since at least my teen years, maybe sooner.
That's like watching Geddy Lee playing with Yes after Chris Squier passed. Dude is still killing it and has "made it" in the industry. But he looked like a kid in a candy store to be playing with Yes!
Luke's solo on Running with the Night is my all time fave of his session work. His fingerprints are all over it if you know his playing style. Its unmistakable.
@@losblancos5089 I thought it deserved the "underrated" tag because when people think of Baker Street they mostly think about the saxophone part and not the guitar part.
@djessex. I think that the guitar solo on "Baker Street" was played by Hugh Burns. However, Gerry Rafferty did have the great Richard Thompson play guitar solos on some of his album tracks. So it may be Richard.......
Anything Alex played was right on and excellent. Fit the song and made a statement even during 80's techno albums like Power Windows and Grace under pressure.
@@ltcurry agree completely. I love the textural and atmospheric stuff on Signals, Grace Under Pressure, Power Windows and Hold Your Fire. But I have to say, Counterparts was a “Oh Hell yes” return to form for me. Alex is a great player, as are Geddy and Neil (RIP, Professor).
#10 0:38 - "It's Love" - Ty Tabor #9 1:34 - "Maybe I'm Amazed" - Jimmy McCulloch #8 2:19 - "Happy" - Keith Richards #7 3:09 - "New Years Day" - The Edge #6 4:37 - "Spoonman" - Kim Thayil #5 6:13 - "Day After Day" - George Harrison #4 7:53 - "Just What I Needed" - Elliot Easton #3 9:30 - "Don't Fear The Reaper" - Don "Buck Dharma" Roeser #2 11:00 - "A Man I'll Never Be" - Tom Scholz #1 12:55 - "Running with the Night" - Steve Lukather
Saw the title and the thumbnail, thought to myself “Running with the night will never be in there, no one knows that”. Holy mackerel! I click on this comment and see it’s No. 1!!! Rick truly has superb taste.. 😀😀😀😀
King's X, Ty Tabor in particular, is criminally underrated. Saw them live in about 1996-1997, and Ty played an extended solo for about 9 minutes at the end of "A Box" off Ear Candy. It was the most transcendent music listening experience of my life. Nothing else mattered, I forgot where and who I was, and at the end I was wiping away tears. I still get goosebumps remembering it. Early in his career, Ty also created some of the best tones I've ever heard. I don't know of another band that has brought as many other genres into Metal: soul, funk, gospel, groove, and British invasion vocals. BTW, I'd love to see Rick interview Ty Tabor.
Tears for Fears "everybody wants to rule the world". I've recently come to recognize how good the guitar is, especially the outro solo. Nothing technically outstanding but the tone fits perfectly with the feel of the song.
“I Can’t Tell You Why” by the Eagles has another killer solo on it. Most people don’t know, though, it was actually played by Glenn Frey!?! It’s one of my favorite solos ever just for how melodic it is and the bends in it couldn’t be anymore perfect. Once you learn Glenn played it, you can then immediately tell it was played by a singer.
Don Felder and Elliot Easton of the Cars (ref’d by Rick here) had very different sounds, but both guys were incapable of playing a solo that wasn’t a perfect little gem of tasty lead guitar, embedded in a vocal-driven hit song. Those guys didn’t get as much soloing time from their bands as they deserved, but they made every single note and phrase totally count.
I always regarded the solo in “Don’t Fear the Reaper” as legendary, and not underrated. It’s one of my all-time faves. Because the sax riff is so celebrated and recognized, I think the amazing guitar solo in “Baker Street” is often overlooked.
The solo he plays on The Dessert Sessions version of "Make it Wit Chu" is so good. We covered that song for a party, and now I channel that feel when I improv within other tunes.
Terrific answer. I'd recommend watching the "Guitar Moves" episode with him (if you haven't already -- I imagine you already have though!) Homme, in his own mind is straddling the line between expressive and goofy (in the aforementioned video, he describes a certain pattern he plays as almost "curtsying" the listener). He basically plays Russian Roulette when it comes to solos, cramming in odd notes and toying with timing, like a man who secretly wants a finger caught in the red. Nonetheless, he's impeccable live, and his playing is always raw, swaggering and --most importantly-- *interesting* . It blew my mind when I learned that he'd fused the standard blues scale with some exotic notes, and then settled on his own manner of approaching the hybridised scale he'd hit upon (probably a game of snakes and ladders he played with himself as a teenager in his bedroom). He plays it differently when he's ascending vs descending, and sometimes throws in a few alien notes for good measure (because they please the ear). I'd love to see Rick analyse 'Make It Wit Chu'. It's such a simple groove, but it hits hard and is full of clever intonations and stylistic choices; moreover, it's the best example of Josh Homme's unique approach to guitar solos and the hybridised scale he uses I've yet encountered in his work. ** However, it ought to be said that sometimes all bets are off: in certain solos (like 'You Can't Quit Me Baby') he just vibes it out, favouring daunting or experimental notes over conventional ones. I'd say he conjured a few of them in the studio, and after messing around a bit, came to an understanding of what would sound good live if he deviated from the record. *** Although he's always chill, speaking in imagery and metaphors, the documentary Homme did with Iggy Pop (on the 'Post-Pop' record) betrays an incredible knowledge of musical composition and production. Granted Iggy asked to be guided, constraining his contributions to the lyrics he originally sent Josh and the melodies he dreamt up in response to the music Josh sent back, there are clips in that documentary of Josh suggesting several ways of approaching a certain note, or different options when harmonising, to Iggy -- I.E. piloting the ship. All of it together indicates an intimate understanding and nuanced take on music. As Homme is a punk at heart, I don't imagine for a second that he absorbed music via rote learning or teaching. I'd say he just listened to a ton of records and sharpened his ear as he learned various instruments -- all bolstered by an aptitude for music. He's one of those few guitarists who have an organic *and* original approach to the instrument. I think he underestimates himself as a guitarist. His ear always drives him (and the listener) somewhere cool, and he has a knack for fashioning unconventional melodies, whether it's guitar or vocals. I see him as more of an artist than a guitarist-cum-songwriter, somewhat like David Bowie but with one key difference: whereas Bowie surrenders himself to new genres and appraises suggestions from his collaborators, Josh brings *his* style to whatever project he's working on. Josh is like the king on the chessboard -- everything he works on has his 'sound', just as the game revolves around the king; Bowie is more akin to the queen -- he hunts down interesting ideas and then takes a directive role where the project is concerned (vetoing and approving ideas as he sees fit), letting the sound evolve rather than manipulating it.
Killer pick, man! Josh's solo on that tune is a great example of a colorful, out-of-the-box kind of solo. His tone is very distinctive and his playing is very expressive. Also, his note choice is quite interesting. Definitely a stand-out track on that album!
What I really like about that "Luke-Solo": You can literally hear the musicality and the taste of tones. Especially the little "uncleanlinesses" of some notes and runs makes this one so special and alive. I know, that that was "just" a warmup to get a feeling for the song. But that makes it even cooler. Luke has always been a hell of a player.
eh, I did give that thought, but ANYTHING featuring the guitar on SELLING ENGLAND ....POUND is underrated as is Steve. I prefer a guy like Steve being underrated so he doesn't go MAINSTREAM like their former drummer, what's his name again?
Thanks for including Reaper in your list. I played that bass line on the original recording. I always knew the song was very special. (Side note: I graduated from IC in 1970. I played with Steve Brown for two years in his band Que Pasa. I was a piano major, but Steve taught me classical guitar back then. He wrote bass charts and I'd sight read them on the gigs. Small world.)
Hi Joe! Is that REALLY you? Just wanted to say that BÖC are one of my favorite bands since I first listened to Veteran Of The Psychic Wars on the "Heavy Metal" movie soundtrack back in 1981. I have all the LPs and CDs and the whole discography is on my iPod. I still listen to your music so often, it is so unique and timeless! Huge fan of the first three albums but also Fire Of Unknown Origin and Cultösaurus Erectus are nothing less than classics IMHO. As a matter of fact I love them all, with maybe the exception of Revölution By Night and Club Ninja, even if both of them have their good moments too. So sad Allen Lanier has passed away and you and your brother are not in the band anymore! Are you both still active with Blue Coupe? Best regards from Florence, Italy. Stay safe!
Hi Joe! Love it when you Don, Allen, Al, and Eric get recognized for your greatness. I was excited to see this song on the list too. Buck is obviously amazing with the guitar!
That first solo you played by Ty Tabor really knocks me out because of its great melodic stream of consciousness over crazy chord changes. I think if asked most musicians to play a solo over those changes they would end up with gibberish. It really shows his ability to creatively hear a melody.
The most insane thing about the Running with the night solo is that Luke was as he puts it, "was just jamming and trying to get a feel for the song." This wasn't even him seriously trying to nail the part!! He actually hoped to start the recording again and put in solos on his second take. That's when you know the guitar player is on a level that most of us can't even comprehend - he wasn't even trying, this is just Lukather 'working things out.' Absolutely insane. Lukather and Landau solos from the 80's are the absolute bomb. Another great Lukather solo that I absolutely love is from The Tubes' 'Talk to ya later.' - simply marvellous.
Ah! Didn't know that Luke played guitar on that. Talking about "underrated", The Tubes should have been way bigger than they were. I've seen them three times in the last few years and they're still every bit as good as they were in their heyday. So much energy! Very few bands still manage to get that level of excitement that they generated way back.
Tears for fears is a fantastic psychedelic pop band in general. successful but highly underrated. Roland Orzabal is not only a outstanding songwriter, he is also a fantastic singer. I also love the not so popular albums, especially elemental, which is a hidden gem, Raoul and the kings of spain and that lunatic album. I don't remember the correct name at the moment.
Man, Lukather is a legend. I've been recently obsessing over his rendition of "While my Guitar Gently Weeps" and it's just so good. Every note has just the right weight.
Every time I hear REO’s “Take It On the Run” I can barely keep myself from fast forwarding 2:00 to get to Gary Richrath’s solo. I don’t know if it’s because the rest of the song is basically acoustic, or the three-part solo itself, but I have to believe it deserves a spot on this list.
If I recall correctly, I heard Lukather say in an interview that when he went to the studio to discuss Lionel Richie's ideas for the solo for "Running with the Night", he sat down with the studio engineer and started noodling on his guitar to get/give some idea of what to play, and they recorded his noodling guitar licks. When he finished, the engineer and producer told Luke "that's it, that's exactly what we were looking for", so Luke says "great, when can we start laying down that actual solo track?". To which they replied, "We just did!". That improvisational guitar playing was recorded and USED on the ALBUM! On the first take, in what he thought was a warm-up session, Lukather totally rocked the solo, without any flubs. Now that's a Rock Star!
@@rhodigian I have seen him in several interviews.... Professor of Rock as an example...humble is so right. Also my nephew & his son hang out with him & some of the other TOTO members when they go to LA...they say the same thing ..True Story .!! Nephew & son are incredible musicians on the side( he is one of the top anesthesiologists in the country..( just sayin'..lol lol)
@@Squidlybooga Rick Beato did a nice segment about the Cross solo on “Ride Like the Wind” and how it was underrated and mixed to far in the background in his opinion. I never really heard it clearly until he emphasized it in his analysis in his studio…unless I misunderstood who Rick said created the solo?
That might be because nobody talked as much about Richie Blackmoor as Richie Blackmoor. He declared himself the goat two weeks before Van Halen 1 came out. His playing is extraordinary. His ego was even more extraordinary back in the day.
Yeah. Some how it seems that deep purple in general dont get the attention and credit they deserve. Everyone is talking about acdc, black sabbath, Guns and Roses or iron maiden. But DP were definately very influencing and music-wise very complex.
I agree, it’s excellent. But, IMO, it’s also legendary (I’m told that, when Machine Head came out, metal heads were listening to it with mouths agape, not believing what they were hearing). As such, it doesn’t quite qualify as “underrated”.
What a great call ... love the song. Had to put it on and listen again and I seem to vaguely remember in the video clip they spoke over the solo but mentioned how good it was in their conversation.
Yeah! My favorite is Regret#9 especially in combination with Adam Holzman's synth solo which is amazing by itself. You think the absolute peak is reached and then Guthrie comes in and blows everything away!
Pete Carr played such a soulful, beautiful solo and riff on Bob Seger's "Main Street." Seger's singing was perfect for the song, but the guitar elevated it to another level. Not particularly difficult, I don't imagine (I'm not a guitar player), but sometimes simpler is better.
for the fact that its one of the most played tracks on the highest selling album of the 80s id say its not underrated... but my god the fact its not easily recognised as the greatest guitar performance of all time means its underrated to me!
@@davidrosie4995 The BOC song was certainly played plenty on the radio around here, I saw them in Ottawa in 1977 but really went to see Todd Rundgren the opening act, another of my favourite guitarist. And Boston was played to death! Totally agree that the Brothers in Arms solos are masterful and never get old.
I’ve always thought Neil Geraldo is wildly underrated. A song like “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” has amazing horizontal lines, perfect phrasing and great singable melodies..
How about Gary Richrath on “Roll With The Changes”? Or, Gary Richrath on almost anything? I think he is easily the most underrated guitar player of the last 50 years.
One of the most underrated guitarists in rock is Alex Lifeson. Hard to pick just one example but the break on La Villa Strangiato will give you chills.
Just a few days I listened to it on the subway and had to go back to that exact break several times. It's so good. His guitar, Geddy's synth and then the Professor chiming in too.
Let’s talk about Lionel Richie’s “Running with the Night." He called me and said, “I want you to play a solo on this song of mine.” It was right after “Beat It,” and everybody wanted to get a rock guy to solo on pop/R&B stuff. I show up with my ’burst and Rivera-modded Deluxe Reverb, and I cranked it all the way up. He plays me the song, and I just started noodling through the whole thing. I said, “I think I’ve got it. Let’s do it.” He said, “You just did.” I said, “Come on! I was just kind of wanking my way through.” He goes, “I love it. It’s fantastic! You don’t need to do it again.” That was a 10-minute session. There was no chart or anything? I showed up blind, man. We never got demos. We never got to rehearse. I think James Carmichael, his producer, had a road map, but it was all A minor. I said, “Let me fuck around with it,” and they rolled the tape
I just heard Running With the Night on a Sunday drive with my wife on Sirius 80s. As the solo played, I said thats Steve Lukather! I recognized a little bend sequence he played on the Rosanna outro. How cool that this discovery shows up on Rick's video 37 yrs after the fact!!
Lukather is just a dude man, he really is one of the most underrated guitar players. The dude has played on a lot of tunes. Nevermind his face melters with Toto. He's also a great story teller which you've just eluded to.
@@cindymetcalf2924 My all-time personal favorite guitarist! Graduated H.S. in '71 in L.A., where Chicago was the "House Band" at the Whiskey A Go-Go. (was under 21 so I couldn't get in) Was STUNNED by his untimely (and totally AVOIDABLE death), and not a day goes by that I don't wonder, "What might have been...?" re what he still had to offer musically, and what Chicago would have created due to the leadership and "chemistry" he provided for the group. As Robert Lamm (Chicago's keyboardist and primary songwriter in their 1st 10 years) so accurately noted, "When Terry died, Chicago did too...." I still miss him...
In the Official/Tanglewood video for that song - you can see the horn section is totally into the solo. And you know they've seen/heard him do it hundreds of times, but it's still moving them. THAT's a solo!
You know you're good when Jimmi Hendrix looks up to you. RIP Mr Kath. PS his daughter put a biography "Chicago: The Terry Kath Experience" on You Tube and Amazon Prime
For me the solo on Zeppelin's "Achilles Last Stand" is ridiculously underrated, and should be talked about more. The combination of the guitar and drums in that section is beyond epic.
@@jacksguitarplanet1192 seriously amazing tone 🔥 I read his reply on Lick Library forum that it was just a ‘59 LP into a Tweed Deluxe. He said of his 5 or 6 tweeds there’s one with a really special tone. Kinda secretive about anything else. My guess is there’s gotta be some magic happening somewhere between the rig and a studio preamp or something because it’s one of those irreproducible alchemical tones. Just phenomenal
Thanks for including Elliot Easton. He always gets overlooked in these things but his solos are some of the most finely-crafted, arranged pop solos. He writes them like tiny songs within a song. And usually all in sixteen bars or less.
A part of me wouldn’t mind if 5 of these choices were from Elliot Easton. “Touch and Go”, “Best Friend’s Girl”, “Tonight She Comes”, “Shake It Up” and “Just What I Needed.”
I remember as a kid in the 80’s rewinding and playing two guitar solos constantly. One was EVH’s Beat It solo and the other was Steve Lukather’s Running with the night solo. Still can’t pick the best one but that old Walkman’ rewind button took some abuse!
Even though I'm more of a metal head with Cantrell and Hetfield being high on my list of favorites, Chris Hayes is definitely up there too. There are some great nuggets on Finally Found A Home and Heart and Soul as well. Hayes has some of the best fills there are.
Too right! Wicked solo in 'Best Friend's Girlfriend' ! This list has waay too much M.O.R. Schmaltz for me! Springsteen's Adam Raised A Cain is epic,ZZ Top Driving While Blind
I was just about to write the same thing. His style from Carl Perkins to Robert Fripp! His arrangements are just brilliant and probably THE BEST in pop/rock music hands down!
My personal favorite guitar solo is the last solo on Hitch a Ride by Boston (Tom Scholz). It encompasses nearly the entire second half of the song. Gives me chills every time I hear it.
That tone, searing call and response thing, so beautiful I want it played at my funeral. At the end you wonder where you were for the last few minutes. It sure wasn't Earth.
I've mentioned this elsewhere but if you haven't heard Bozzio/Levin/Stevens, then I'll dare to say you haven't REALLY heard Steve Stevens (well, I haven't heard EVERYTHING SS has done but his playing on both B/L/S CD's is INCREDIBLE!
Nice to see Elliot Easton recognized. He always played perfect solos. What an amazingly tasteful and melodic player! His solos were the cherry on top of many an all-time classic song.
I remember taking that Lukeather solo to my guitar tutor for us to analyse and transcribe. Probably my favourite solo of all time… I think it’s also known as the "0 take" solo, as Lukeather was just warming up and didn’t know the tape was rolling. That’s a measure of brilliance, that he can come up with such a classic solo when just "warming up" … jeeeez!
Yes i'm like a dog listening to a discussion about mathematics -- but it is so cool and Rick is informed, and enthusiastic that i love it just the same :)
Pick up a guitar and get crackin ... one year of hell then you'll enjoy it. Just don't expect instant gratification ... everybody goes through a year of frustration. Fkk I still get frustrated a lot, I'm just used to the feeling now XD XD
Alvin Lee was hardly underrated. In the early 70's Ten Years After was filling Arenas. He was the original shredder but I'm afraid he has faded from everyone's memory except for very dedicated Classic Rock fans...
Alvin was fabulous and his technique was unorthodox. Woodchopper's Ball is an amazing solo. That and what he does on I'm Going Home -- I would put both of those ahead of I'd Love to Change the World. The reason Alvin and TYA have faded is that their songs just weren't that good. Just loud blues. But he will forever be remembered for his turn in the Woodstock Movie. It was THAT CLIP that inspired me to take up the guitar at 15. I wanted to play I'm Going Home just like Alvin hahah.
The guitar solo in The Isley Brothers’ That Lady Parts 1 & 2 by Ernie Isley is known by older folks, but the younger generation by and large has somehow missed it. One of the greatest rock guitarists plays one of the greatest solos ever.
I agree with everyone that said My Sharona should be on this list. The song was a mega hit that later became parodied and ridiculed, but the solo is just all killer, no filler. It takes a chunky, staccato song and instantly takes it to melodious good stuff, but the solo just keeps adding speed, and he never misses a note. It's the most disregarded solo, in my mind.
Yes agreed-- the solo has such a different feel from the rest of the song that it's easy to tune out. I remember tuning out as a kid during that part, then when I started playing more I realized that that solo actually really shreds.
The second solo in My Sharona is so famous it’s hard to imagine including it in a list of underrated solos, but the first solo is the one that flies under the radar IMO. So many killer sounds in that first solo.
That solo has always been on my list of “worst guitar solos in history”! Haha. But hey, he’s a much more successful musician than I, so he must be doing something right!
@@tonybates7870 Lol, I stand by it. Quite possibly the only Steely Dan song I don't like. I think if it wasn't a Steely Dan song it never would have gotten any airtime.
"Big Log" is great. I think he also played some really good lead on Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians' hit "What I Am"---he's credited on the album but it doesn't specifically indicate who was who.
Great list. Three underrated solos that come to mind are in “Who’s that Lady” by the Isley Brothers, the solo in “Alive” by Pearl Jam and the crazy guitar solo in “The Cult of Personality” by Living Color.
Watching this I noticed Rick has a delightful quality that he shares with Sir David Attenborough: They both, many years into it all, consistently display a childlike sense of wonder and joy around the things they love. It inspires the same from their audiences. It's fabulous! (I was thinking Aqualung like some folks below, too.)
One guy who I think gets overlooked a lot is Terry Kath from Chicago. He had some killer solos over their first 9 studio albums. My favorite solo of his is from 25 or 6 to 4. And I love how he would add different nuances to it in different live performances I’ve seen.
terry was as good a Rock guitarist as there ever was... now underrated is a different story. The fact that he died prematurely may lead some to think he wasn't appreciated as much as he should have been and does that lead to him being UNDERRATED? I can't answer that, but I do know he left us w/ about 2 or 3 of the most iconic solos ever heard in rock history. He's the Joe Namath of guitar -SHORT LIVED, but left a HUGE LEGACY...
My favorite solo of Terry's was actually on This Time. Not a shred, but so much emotion and expression, and really the culmination of all of his musical development. It's obscene that the guy is never even #100 in RS's Top 100 Guitar Players.
He f*cking died SO stupidly, its tragic. The things we do when were drunk, damn. I forget, isn't Terry the one who was at a party at his house, pulled out his pistol to show off, then said 'Don't worry, its not loaded!' and then went on to put the gun to his head and pull the LOADED gun trigger? Whoops!!
Love it. Floyd is my favorite band ever...but David Gilmour can’t be considered underrated. As such, no one would ever really be surprised that one of his solos is great.
@@sjice69 He has a 25 year body of work, continuously evolving and fresh. He has his own style, instantly recognizable. He does not get 1% of the credit he deserves for being one of the top musicians of this generation.
Martin Barre is, imo, very underrated. His work on the album Aqualung, in general, is amazing. And his extended solo on the titular song is just incredible!
Plus he's a real nice guy. I got to hang out with him and J.T. after a show and we shared some stories and I spilled champagne on Barrymore Barlow's shoes and he just laughed cause they were already tattered ! Really cool guys except Ian Anderson who I idolized. He thought I was just a fanboy. Maybe I was.
Ever catch the Jethro Tull performance on the Rolling Stones’ Rock n Roll Circus? They do Song For Jeffrey, Ian Anderson in a long cloth overcoat, IIRC, looking like I’d always imagined Aqualung looked like lol...Anyway, my entire point is, it was pre-Martin Barre...it’s freakin’ Tony Iommi!
Because I have seen so many shows from different rock artists, many of my friends asked me: "What was the best guitar player, you've ever seen?" When I counted the guitar players I saw - Eddie, Slash, Brian May, Mark Knopfler, Ritchie, Peter Frampton, Richie and so on - I always mentioned Steve Lukather as one of the best players, I've ever seen. To see him together with Toto was an honor, indeed.
I liked the Eagles when they were kind of rock, though more country and bluegrass (likely because of Bernie Leadon). But when I heard OOTN I was impressed with the guitar work and learned Don Felder had joined the group. Wow, now they were bona-fide R&R group with him. That was even before they added Joe Walsh to replace Leadon when he walked away.
@@cyclesgoff9768 I was like man, you think this post is saying Billy isn't up to pinch harmonics?? I catch your drift but I have to say, Rick could teach music at Julliard so I doubt that his tastes are narrow, he does very involved and impressive Jazz vids, he really gets 90s hard rock and metal. That said, he is too fond of 'Arena Rock' for my taste
Probably my favorite lead guitar work on any song, ever. All recorded in one take - dude basically improvised it after having heard the song one or two times. I think he was also trained as a violinist, and you can kind of hear that come through in his string work, where he'll kind of rapidly move back and forth between frets on the same string in a really unique way. Pure genius from start to end.
Ride Like the Wind by Christopher Cross Another Nail in my Heart by Glenn Tilbrook Rock This Town - Brian Setzer Old Brown Shoe or I Dig a Pony (solo by George Harrison) Rock around the Clock by Bill Hailey and the Comets
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@@theoperator9474 yngwie lol 😆
I heard to get the proper Edge tone you need two delays played on two amps, facing each other, one set to 550ms the other 350ms, or somewhere there abouts. wild.
Album -Living With The Law -Chris Whitley
Lead work on "Poison Girl"
Outro solo
Gotta Check it out
Entire album is Killer
@@peterm..6981 also Roy Buchanan
I have to say, that this comment section has so many great choices of other solos to include! I learn so much from reading these. A lot of great calls that I had forgotten. Maybe a second video is in order?
Yes please! :)
Yes! LIFE GOES ON . Poison. the solo will blow your mind!
Back On The Road by Earth Wind And Fire!! That song has multiple killer solos played by the almighty Steve Lukather!
Can't argue with any of your choices. Maybe these are not "underrated", but I think every solo on "A Night At the Opera" could carry their own in this ranking. Also, Stephen Stills "Bluebird". Actually, there are so many good ones, hard to pick 100 let alone 10. Great samples, thanks.
Please include the Ted Turner solo I eluded to Rick , it is a beautiful piece of guitar work from a much underrated band of stellar musicians. I urge you to listen to the full album with the headphones on. All the best from Scotland.
Rick Beato nodding/bobbing his head, playing air drums and pointing on the high notes is all of us.
I just love that, too. ❤️
Indeed.
I love that! Shows that even after all the years in the business he still has passion and an excitement for music!
Someone should do a mashup of rick and vinheteiro pointing...
True. I am also an eternal music teenager.
This solo by Lukather was him warming up while the tape was running. They recorded it and said “great, thank you!” Luke said “no you can’t keep it, I’m overplaying” but they kept it. He burns that solo with such feel.
savage. what a player
I think he refers to it as a "zero take" solo since he'd never heard the song before either - was simply him playing along while hearing it for the first time. Talent by the boatload!
I always wish steve overplayed more on Toto records
None of this is true and I'm not sure why you would lie
Rick interviews Steve Lukather and the discuss this solo!
That Lukather solo has been one of my all time favorites for years, ever since I first heard the song back in college. One of the best and most prolific studio guitarists of all time. He deserves WAY more credit! Way to go Steve!!
as an owner of a Musicman Luke guitar for 25 year....I'm embarrassed I'd never heard that solo before, it's a beast!
Best guitarist of all time.
The best Lukather-Solo that I’ve heared is at Greg Lake’s ‘It hurts’
Now I know why that song sounded so good back in those Miami Vice days.
I don’t play, but another Lukather solo that has always been one of my favorites is “Talk to ya later” by the Tubes.
Don Felder’s solo on “One of These Nights” is a killer. Actually, pretty much all of Don Felder’s solos are killer.
Always loved that solo…
YES! GOOD ONE!
Agreed
Tommy Shaw's lead solo in the song "Man In The Wilderness" or in the song "Castle Walls."
Couldn't agree more, I've recorded a couple versions of that solo myself, and try as I might, just can't get that same bite and fluidity that he has. Just that unique Felder touch 👍
King's X has been criminally overlooked for their entire career. Thanks throwing them some love!
Completely agree. Lucky enough to see them in NYC at a club in last few years.
^^^^
Which song off the album Faith Hope Love is this solo from? Rick doesn’t mention the song. Only the album and it’s not credited in the description
@@rionmckerron the song is “it’s love”.
The entire Dogman album by Kings X is excellent.
Terry Kath has many great solos. He's the most underrated and the most forgotten. He was a monster on the guitar.
Hendrix LOVED him !!
@@tresjordan982 Yep, I remember he said something about wanting to play like Kath
@@curvdaire4040 he said “this guy is a better player than me”
I never liked him till I understood him now I respect him a lot
Jimi Hendrix gave Terry a huge compliment. He also had CTA, which later changed their name to Chicago, as his opening act. Terry was the a pretty shy guy, so his conversations with Hendrix were usually short because he was in awe of Hendrix. Terry and the guys were thrilled to open for Hendrix. This was at the time their 1st album came out. When Terry died I was crushed. He was a good friend of mine.
Don't know how it compares to many hundreds of others, but Jeff Baxters guitar work and riffs throughout
"My Old School" by Steely Dan
are like a scalpel, a laser beam of sharp and crisp guitar mastery that I NEVER get tired of listening to!!❤
That lukather solo should have made it to the greatest solos
Same for me, great work by Baxter
@RobHarvy AND, that gatling gun blast of horns right after "California, tumbles into the sea......"
That's Funk on nitrous oxide!!🤪
I was gonna add that one! So many great solos on Steely Dan records that My Old School seems to go under the radar…it’s flawless 🎸
I love how much of a dork for music Rick is. I'm a complete novice, and there is something really cool about watching these videos by a person who has lived a professional musician's life, is extremely talented in his own right, knows so many great musicians, yet still geeks out over this stuff. Just a pure love and appreciation for the artist and their craft...this content is gold; thank you!
Me too! Still full to the brim with enthusiasm.
My thoughts exactly. Only geek musicians can get off on some of these otherwise undistinguished guitar solos (excepting George Harrison playing on a Badfinger hit. Nothing George creates can be considered sub-par or "under-rated." I don't get why it's on Rick's list).
Imagine being in the business as long as Rick has been and still getting this excited and feeling the music so much, amazing
He reminds me of the owner of the studio I worked in back in the 80's in New Orleans, but unlike Traci, Rick has musical chops.
Well said--that's what keeps me coming back to this channel again and again, and it's that spirit (if that's the right word) that has me playing guitar, taking lessons (although I've been playing since the late 70s), buying equipment, recording, gigging...
Rick isn’t afraid to geek out and just be a fan boy of some of his musical heroes.
Completely agree, @Stuart Thomson, it's his exuberance over the things he talks about that almost helps to refuel and rediscover my own love for music that I've been passionate for since at least my teen years, maybe sooner.
That's like watching Geddy Lee playing with Yes after Chris Squier passed. Dude is still killing it and has "made it" in the industry. But he looked like a kid in a candy store to be playing with Yes!
King's X! Not just that solo, the whole band is underrated! So good
Totally remember loving them in high school
Totally!
One of the best sounding rock bands!. You never hear them to thin or over modulated. Always spot on with recording & live.
Kings X was the first rock band I ever heard. Changed my life forever.
Steve is the unknown /unsung hero for a lot of these great songs
Luke's solo on Running with the Night is my all time fave of his session work. His fingerprints are all over it if you know his playing style. Its unmistakable.
First solo ever to blow my mind as a kid, 25 or 6 to 4. Still love it.
Terry Kath was so underrated. He was a great guitar player! How about his extended ride on "Dialogue (Part 2)"?
Still listen to the live version once a month. Amazing.
The version from Tanglewood is unbelievable.
FR love it
Awesome job sir!!!
I love the solo in Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty. I think it was Hugh Burns who played it.
One of my favourites....
Absolute classic!
Another monster piece, a personal fav, but doesn't really fit the underrated part.
@@losblancos5089 I thought it deserved the "underrated" tag because when people think of Baker Street they mostly think about the saxophone part and not the guitar part.
one of my favorites
Aside from the epic sax riff, the guitar solo on "Baker Street" still gives me the chills...
Always loved the tone that guitar had on that solo. From what I've been able to find out, it was done on a Les Paul.
@@mannydavis7708 Yes; it's classic Les Paul. Through a Fender Twin Reverb unless I'm much mistaken.
@djessex. I think that the guitar solo on "Baker Street" was played by Hugh Burns. However, Gerry Rafferty did have the great Richard Thompson play guitar solos on some of his album tracks. So it may be Richard.......
👍👍👍
Year Of The Cat has the same kind of transition
That last solo is why I respect Lukather so much, it has it all, it also sounds so Hold-the-liney, love it!
Mark Knopfler on “Telegraph Road” will always pop into my head when I hear underrated solos
Nick Massaroni This song so so awesome and mind blowing like the full Album Love over Gold
100% genius laced in gold.
Also Tunnel of Love
@@royblijleven2814 Tunnel of Love is Making Movies, 1980
@@grokur9714 Yes I know, but I mean that it is also a very underrated solo by Knopfler
La Villa Strangiato. Alex Lifeson’s bluesy guitar solo in the middle of that epic instrumental is utterly insane.
Incredible! One my favs’!But, I don’t think it, or Alex is underrated.
I dragged my band thru this insanity in the early 80’s!!😜😃😃😃☀️🧨...
Anything Alex played was right on and excellent. Fit the song and made a statement even during 80's techno albums like Power Windows and Grace under pressure.
@@ltcurry agree completely. I love the textural and atmospheric stuff on Signals, Grace Under Pressure, Power Windows and Hold Your Fire. But I have to say, Counterparts was a “Oh Hell yes” return to form for me. Alex is a great player, as are Geddy and Neil (RIP, Professor).
Another solo by Alex Lifeson is the one in A passage to Bangkok on the perfect live album Exit... stage left.
#10 0:38 - "It's Love" - Ty Tabor
#9 1:34 - "Maybe I'm Amazed" - Jimmy McCulloch
#8 2:19 - "Happy" - Keith Richards
#7 3:09 - "New Years Day" - The Edge
#6 4:37 - "Spoonman" - Kim Thayil
#5 6:13 - "Day After Day" - George Harrison
#4 7:53 - "Just What I Needed" - Elliot Easton
#3 9:30 - "Don't Fear The Reaper" - Don "Buck Dharma" Roeser
#2 11:00 - "A Man I'll Never Be" - Tom Scholz
#1 12:55 - "Running with the Night" - Steve Lukather
Isn't the "Maybe I'm Amazed" solo Denny Laine?
@@MitchellWilkerson From what I found online, Paul McCartney played the solo on the studio recording and Jimmy McCulloch played the live version.
It's Jimmy all the way, not Denny.
Rick says it's Denny in the video.
Saw the title and the thumbnail, thought to myself “Running with the night will never be in there, no one knows that”. Holy mackerel! I click on this comment and see it’s No. 1!!! Rick truly has superb taste.. 😀😀😀😀
King's X, Ty Tabor in particular, is criminally underrated. Saw them live in about 1996-1997, and Ty played an extended solo for about 9 minutes at the end of "A Box" off Ear Candy. It was the most transcendent music listening experience of my life. Nothing else mattered, I forgot where and who I was, and at the end I was wiping away tears. I still get goosebumps remembering it. Early in his career, Ty also created some of the best tones I've ever heard. I don't know of another band that has brought as many other genres into Metal: soul, funk, gospel, groove, and British invasion vocals. BTW, I'd love to see Rick interview Ty Tabor.
That solo sounds like Tommy Bolin
Kinda jealous, A Box is probably their greatest song ever
@@MrTimarattila Liquid Tattoo? I got mine.
Agreed - Ty Tabor gets a fraction of the recognition he deserves, as does King's X as a band.
Tears for Fears "everybody wants to rule the world". I've recently come to recognize how good the guitar is, especially the outro solo. Nothing technically outstanding but the tone fits perfectly with the feel of the song.
The syncopation is great fun... It is a great solo!
Came to say the same thing. Highly underrated.
Yeah. Good choice.
The solo in their song 'Shout' is also great, despite being very simple. Or maybe that's exactly why!? :-)
Agreed! I was going to comment that if no one else had.
One of These Nights... Don Felder. Actually everything by Don Felder is underrated
Fingers Felder.... Great guitarist.
Absolutely
“I Can’t Tell You Why” by the Eagles has another killer solo on it. Most people don’t know, though, it was actually played by Glenn Frey!?! It’s one of my favorite solos ever just for how melodic it is and the bends in it couldn’t be anymore perfect. Once you learn Glenn played it, you can then immediately tell it was played by a singer.
Don Felder and Elliot Easton of the Cars (ref’d by Rick here) had very different sounds, but both guys were incapable of playing a solo that wasn’t a perfect little gem of tasty lead guitar, embedded in a vocal-driven hit song.
Those guys didn’t get as much soloing time from their bands as they deserved, but they made every single note and phrase totally count.
@@CasperLCat Yes, Elliot Easton as well. Never played a bad solo. So underrated
I always regarded the solo in “Don’t Fear the Reaper” as legendary, and not underrated. It’s one of my all-time faves. Because the sax riff is so celebrated and recognized, I think the amazing guitar solo in “Baker Street” is often overlooked.
Agreed on both takes. The Baker Street solo is criminally underrated and overlooked.
It needs more cowbell, though.
The cowbell solo is better though... 😆
Buck Dharma's solo on "Last Days of May" rocks!!!!
Agreed, this is a great guitar solo, and I don't think it is underrated, or over looked at all as one.
Really appreciate the inclusion of New Years Day! It’s such a gorgeous solo that defines “less is more”.
Exactly. Unfortunately, U2 doesn't' sound like this anymore.
Agree, Edge could always do a lot melodically with just a few notes
Edge took his early sound from Eddie Van Halen off of Ain’t Talking bout Love. Listen to Eddie’s riff @ the 1 minute and 22 sec mark in that song.
Alex Lifeson - “The Camera Eye” on Moving Pictures. Gives me chills every time I hear it
I strongly agree with this statement!
My list would have had 10 Alex solos 😂
It makes me so happy when I'm not the only one.
Totally agree. Lifeson takes guitar to a whole new sonic level on "Camera". One of my favorites. It is absolutely sublime.
jvb
ABSOLUTELY AGREE !!!!! So under-rated because of just how good Geddy is on bass and The Professor on drums. Love Alex.
No One Knows - Queens of the Stone Age. Josh Homme's tone, phrasing and note selection are outside the box and killer
The solo he plays on The Dessert Sessions version of "Make it Wit Chu" is so good. We covered that song for a party, and now I channel that feel when I improv within other tunes.
Terrific answer. I'd recommend watching the "Guitar Moves" episode with him (if you haven't already -- I imagine you already have though!)
Homme, in his own mind is straddling the line between expressive and goofy (in the aforementioned video, he describes a certain pattern he plays as almost "curtsying" the listener).
He basically plays Russian Roulette when it comes to solos, cramming in odd notes and toying with timing, like a man who secretly wants a finger caught in the red. Nonetheless, he's impeccable live, and his playing is always raw, swaggering and --most importantly-- *interesting* .
It blew my mind when I learned that he'd fused the standard blues scale with some exotic notes, and then settled on his own manner of approaching the hybridised scale he'd hit upon (probably a game of snakes and ladders he played with himself as a teenager in his bedroom).
He plays it differently when he's ascending vs descending, and sometimes throws in a few alien notes for good measure (because they please the ear).
I'd love to see Rick analyse 'Make It Wit Chu'. It's such a simple groove, but it hits hard and is full of clever intonations and stylistic choices; moreover, it's the best example of Josh Homme's unique approach to guitar solos and the hybridised scale he uses I've yet encountered in his work.
** However, it ought to be said that sometimes all bets are off: in certain solos (like 'You Can't Quit Me Baby') he just vibes it out, favouring daunting or experimental notes over conventional ones. I'd say he conjured a few of them in the studio, and after messing around a bit, came to an understanding of what would sound good live if he deviated from the record.
*** Although he's always chill, speaking in imagery and metaphors, the documentary Homme did with Iggy Pop (on the 'Post-Pop' record) betrays an incredible knowledge of musical composition and production. Granted Iggy asked to be guided, constraining his contributions to the lyrics he originally sent Josh and the melodies he dreamt up in response to the music Josh sent back, there are clips in that documentary of Josh suggesting several ways of approaching a certain note, or different options when harmonising, to Iggy -- I.E. piloting the ship.
All of it together indicates an intimate understanding and nuanced take on music. As Homme is a punk at heart, I don't imagine for a second that he absorbed music via rote learning or teaching. I'd say he just listened to a ton of records and sharpened his ear as he learned various instruments -- all bolstered by an aptitude for music.
He's one of those few guitarists who have an organic *and* original approach to the instrument. I think he underestimates himself as a guitarist. His ear always drives him (and the listener) somewhere cool, and he has a knack for fashioning unconventional melodies, whether it's guitar or vocals.
I see him as more of an artist than a guitarist-cum-songwriter, somewhat like David Bowie but with one key difference: whereas Bowie surrenders himself to new genres and appraises suggestions from his collaborators, Josh brings *his* style to whatever project he's working on.
Josh is like the king on the chessboard -- everything he works on has his 'sound', just as the game revolves around the king; Bowie is more akin to the queen -- he hunts down interesting ideas and then takes a directive role where the project is concerned (vetoing and approving ideas as he sees fit), letting the sound evolve rather than manipulating it.
Killer pick, man!
Josh's solo on that tune is a great example of a colorful, out-of-the-box kind of solo.
His tone is very distinctive and his playing is very expressive.
Also, his note choice is quite interesting.
Definitely a stand-out track on that album!
Great pick. One of these days I gotta sit down and really learn it.
Oh yes!! Great choice! 👌
The Maybe I’m Amazed solo is like a whole new song within the song. So beautiful
Great solo by Ronnie Wood on the Faces cover version.
A bit off piste but I love the background rhythm guitar under that solo too...especially the live version
Pretty sure denny Laine did not play it though.
@@jeffroegner1499correct, that was Jimmy McCulloch.
What I really like about that "Luke-Solo": You can literally hear the musicality and the taste of tones. Especially the little "uncleanlinesses" of some notes and runs makes this one so special and alive. I know, that that was "just" a warmup to get a feeling for the song. But that makes it even cooler. Luke has always been a hell of a player.
Steve Hacket-solo to "Firth of Fifth" by Genesis
One of the greatest guitar solos ever.
Yo i love your videos. The fucking radio Disney covers crack me up
@@duhquadman Thanks. I gotta do a new one of those.
i've seen all good people by steve howe (Yes)...
eh, I did give that thought, but ANYTHING featuring the guitar on SELLING ENGLAND ....POUND is underrated as is Steve. I prefer a guy like Steve being underrated so he doesn't go MAINSTREAM like their former drummer, what's his name again?
Thanks for including Reaper in your list. I played that bass line on the original recording. I always knew the song was very special. (Side note: I graduated from IC in 1970. I played with Steve Brown for two years in his band Que Pasa. I was a piano major, but Steve taught me classical guitar back then. He wrote bass charts and I'd sight read them on the gigs. Small world.)
Ithaca College?
Hi Joe! Is that REALLY you? Just wanted to say that BÖC are one of my favorite bands since I first listened to Veteran Of The Psychic Wars on the "Heavy Metal" movie soundtrack back in 1981. I have all the LPs and CDs and the whole discography is on my iPod. I still listen to your music so often, it is so unique and timeless! Huge fan of the first three albums but also Fire Of Unknown Origin and Cultösaurus Erectus are nothing less than classics IMHO. As a matter of fact I love them all, with maybe the exception of Revölution By Night and Club Ninja, even if both of them have their good moments too. So sad Allen Lanier has passed away and you and your brother are not in the band anymore! Are you both still active with Blue Coupe? Best regards from Florence, Italy. Stay safe!
Hi Joe! Love it when you Don, Allen, Al, and Eric get recognized for your greatness. I was excited to see this song on the list too. Buck is obviously amazing with the guitar!
@@2is1acuity Amen to that! Long live the Cult!
@@christopherduenas2695 Yes!
Thank you for putting Elliot Easton in there. So underrated.
I LOVE the precision and taste of the "Shake it Up" solo.
The tight little condensed solo on the "Candy-O" title track! So nasty good, with that long lead in bend ugh. 🎸🎼🎶
That first solo you played by Ty Tabor really knocks me out because of its great melodic stream of consciousness over crazy chord changes. I think if asked most musicians to play a solo over those changes they would end up with gibberish. It really shows his ability to creatively hear a melody.
Ty Tabor.👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽. Incredible guitar player.
The most insane thing about the Running with the night solo is that Luke was as he puts it, "was just jamming and trying to get a feel for the song." This wasn't even him seriously trying to nail the part!! He actually hoped to start the recording again and put in solos on his second take. That's when you know the guitar player is on a level that most of us can't even comprehend - he wasn't even trying, this is just Lukather 'working things out.' Absolutely insane. Lukather and Landau solos from the 80's are the absolute bomb. Another great Lukather solo that I absolutely love is from The Tubes' 'Talk to ya later.' - simply marvellous.
Indeed, that Tubes song has a hook coming out of the chorus that sounds just like a Toto hook, and as always, Lukather is smoking.
Ah! Didn't know that Luke played guitar on that. Talking about "underrated", The Tubes should have been way bigger than they were. I've seen them three times in the last few years and they're still every bit as good as they were in their heyday. So much energy! Very few bands still manage to get that level of excitement that they generated way back.
agreed...and the Luke solo on Bozz Skagg's Breakdown Dead Ahead is killer
Try out his solo in an obscure Peter Cetera song called " Livin in the Limelight" Rips!!!
"Everybody Wants to rule the World. The guitar work throughout is well done and the solo at the end is great
Tears for fears is a fantastic psychedelic pop band in general. successful but highly underrated. Roland Orzabal is not only a outstanding songwriter, he is also a fantastic singer. I also love the not so popular albums, especially elemental, which is a hidden gem, Raoul and the kings of spain and that lunatic album. I don't remember the correct name at the moment.
Great shout. You wonder where it’s going while it’s fading out. That it reminds me of being a kid in the ‘80s is a bonus too
Yeah. He almost broke that string on that bend at the end. Like tubes, strings sound the best when they're about to pop.
Good one
..I'm pretty sure it's 2 different players..but I Guarantee they both listened to Steve Hackett from Genesis
I agree that's an amazing song. I haven't thought about Tears for Fears since Jr high
Man, Lukather is a legend. I've been recently obsessing over his rendition of "While my Guitar Gently Weeps" and it's just so good. Every note has just the right weight.
Absolutely!! I love the outro solo on the Live In Amsterdam show!!
Every time I hear REO’s “Take It On the Run” I can barely keep myself from fast forwarding 2:00 to get to Gary Richrath’s solo. I don’t know if it’s because the rest of the song is basically acoustic, or the three-part solo itself, but I have to believe it deserves a spot on this list.
The "New Year's Day" solo is brilliant. It sounds like you've just won something, only to have it snatched away just as quickly. Sadly anthemic.
"My Sharona" has a pretty banging solo no one talks about.
Seconded!
Absolutely true. Amazing solo. Love playing it
@@TheSofaKing99 / Thirded
His name is Berton Averre, ya! Always felt that solo was a ripper, totally pushes the song and the subject matter, like a big climax!
Absolutely an amazing solo! Make sure to take the long version instead of the radio edit!
If I recall correctly, I heard Lukather say in an interview that when he went to the studio to discuss Lionel Richie's ideas for the solo for "Running with the Night", he sat down with the studio engineer and started noodling on his guitar to get/give some idea of what to play, and they recorded his noodling guitar licks. When he finished, the engineer and producer told Luke "that's it, that's exactly what we were looking for", so Luke says "great, when can we start laying down that actual solo track?". To which they replied, "We just did!".
That improvisational guitar playing was recorded and USED on the ALBUM! On the first take, in what he thought was a warm-up session, Lukather totally rocked the solo, without any flubs. Now that's a Rock Star!
Doug Layton
YES YES YES & AMEN !!!
Oh man what a great story! It's like a much happier version of [SPOILER ALERT] the final battle in Ender's Game.
I have the utmost admiration for Steve Lukather as a guitarist (and he serms a nice person too).
@@rhodigian
I have seen him in several interviews.... Professor of Rock as an example...humble is so right.
Also my nephew & his son hang out with him & some of the other TOTO members when they go to LA...they say the same thing ..True Story .!!
Nephew & son are incredible musicians on the side( he is one of the top anesthesiologists in the country..( just sayin'..lol lol)
Great story. Luke’s such a fantastic musician.
Christopher Cross of course…”Ride Like the Wind” end of song solo. You did a very nice analysis of that underrated solo. 👍🎶
hell yeah
Isn't that Lukather as well? I know he did work with Cross
@@Squidlybooga Rick Beato did a nice segment about the Cross solo on “Ride Like the Wind” and how it was underrated and mixed to far in the background in his opinion. I never really heard it clearly until he emphasized it in his analysis in his studio…unless I misunderstood who Rick said created the solo?
Richie Blackmoors’ solo in “Highway Star” is an excellent one. Richie Blackmore doesn’t get talked about nearly enough, for me.
That might be because nobody talked as much about Richie Blackmoor as Richie Blackmoor. He declared himself the goat two weeks before Van Halen 1 came out. His playing is extraordinary. His ego was even more extraordinary back in the day.
Yeah. Some how it seems that deep purple in general dont get the attention and credit they deserve. Everyone is talking about acdc, black sabbath, Guns and Roses or iron maiden. But DP were definately very influencing and music-wise very complex.
I agree, it’s excellent. But, IMO, it’s also legendary (I’m told that, when Machine Head came out, metal heads were listening to it with mouths agape, not believing what they were hearing). As such, it doesn’t quite qualify as “underrated”.
I agree. Everyone talks about Clapton and Page, but no one ever talks about Blackmore, iommi or Terry Kath. Those guys in that era were amazing
you know who else doesn’t? Alex lifeson
"Easy Lover" by Phil Collins. Daryl Stuermer's guitar solo is blazing, beautiful and efficient in the limitations of a compact pop song solo.
What a great call ... love the song. Had to put it on and listen again and I seem to vaguely remember in the video clip they spoke over the solo but mentioned how good it was in their conversation.
"Drive Home," Steven Wilson, solo by Guthrie Govan. Govan also did the solos on "Ancestral" and "Regret #9."
I second this. Great choice!
Regret #9 always gives me goosebumps.
I hundred this. Love those solos.
Awesome solos. Happy Returns solo is one of my favs!
Yeah! My favorite is Regret#9 especially in combination with Adam Holzman's synth solo which is amazing by itself. You think the absolute peak is reached and then Guthrie comes in and blows everything away!
Pete Carr played such a soulful, beautiful solo and riff on Bob Seger's "Main Street." Seger's singing was perfect for the song, but the guitar elevated it to another level. Not particularly difficult, I don't imagine (I'm not a guitar player), but sometimes simpler is better.
Mark Knopfler on "Brothers In Arms". Very understated, but so much feeling!
for the fact that its one of the most played tracks on the highest selling album of the 80s id say its not underrated... but my god the fact its not easily recognised as the greatest guitar performance of all time means its underrated to me!
especially the live performance on the concert "a night in London"
@@davidrosie4995 The BOC song was certainly played plenty on the radio around here, I saw them in Ottawa in 1977 but really went to see Todd Rundgren the opening act, another of my favourite guitarist. And Boston was played to death! Totally agree that the Brothers in Arms solos are masterful and never get old.
I’ve always thought Neil Geraldo is wildly underrated. A song like “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” has amazing horizontal lines, perfect phrasing and great singable melodies..
Great call! Big fan of the Solos in Shadows of the Night too.
Precious Time!!!!
Promises in the Dark, he's almost pulling off a Randy Rhoads kind of thing in his own way- definitely making a statement
His solo on Jessie's Girl was great too
You beat me to it!! He never gets the credit he deserves.
The stabbing guitar solo in “Owner of a Lonely Heart” from Yes (Trevor Rabin) was a perfect fit for the song.
YES!! Totally agree, hypnotic song & sick solo
Even Ritchie Blackmore like that solo and he doesn't like anything!
And love those jangly arpeggios right after the solo. Good call!
@@johnmarkseiver8209except soccer. 😅😂
How about Gary Richrath on “Roll With The Changes”? Or, Gary Richrath on almost anything? I think he is easily the most underrated guitar player of the last 50 years.
Steve Hackett on Firth of Fifth--Masterpiece!
One of the most underrated guitarists in rock is Alex Lifeson. Hard to pick just one example but the break on La Villa Strangiato will give you chills.
Just a few days I listened to it on the subway and had to go back to that exact break several times. It's so good. His guitar, Geddy's synth and then the Professor chiming in too.
Amen
Ohhh. I can't count how many times I listened to that instrumental.
There are tons of great rock bands, but Rush is the only one full of musicians that I would call "virtuoso". All three of them. RIP Neil.
so true
Let’s talk about Lionel Richie’s “Running with the Night."
He called me and said, “I want you to play a solo on this song of mine.” It was right after “Beat It,” and everybody wanted to get a rock guy to solo on pop/R&B stuff. I show up with my ’burst and Rivera-modded Deluxe Reverb, and I cranked it all the way up.
He plays me the song, and I just started noodling through the whole thing. I said, “I think I’ve got it. Let’s do it.” He said, “You just did.” I said, “Come on! I was just kind of wanking my way through.” He goes, “I love it. It’s fantastic! You don’t need to do it again.” That was a 10-minute session.
There was no chart or anything?
I showed up blind, man. We never got demos. We never got to rehearse. I think James Carmichael, his producer, had a road map, but it was all A minor. I said, “Let me fuck around with it,” and they rolled the tape
I just heard Running With the Night on a Sunday drive with my wife on Sirius 80s. As the solo played, I said thats Steve Lukather! I recognized a little bend sequence he played on the Rosanna outro. How cool that this discovery shows up on Rick's video 37 yrs after the fact!!
Nice insight. Thank you. Lukather is a special player.
When the producer is on his toes and doesn't wait for the magic, he punched the record button. Brillient.
yep... "The Gospel According to Luke" is essential reading!!!
Lukather is just a dude man, he really is one of the most underrated guitar players. The dude has played on a lot of tunes. Nevermind his face melters with Toto. He's also a great story teller which you've just eluded to.
George Harrison solo on Badfinger just makes you melt.
Terry Kath - 25 or 6 to 4! My favorite of all time.
Terry Kath was an excellent musician and singer. Miss those days.
@@cindymetcalf2924 My all-time personal favorite guitarist! Graduated H.S. in '71 in L.A., where Chicago was the "House Band" at the Whiskey A Go-Go. (was under 21 so I couldn't get in) Was STUNNED by his untimely (and totally AVOIDABLE death), and not a day goes by that I don't wonder, "What might have been...?" re what he still had to offer musically, and what Chicago would have created due to the leadership and "chemistry" he provided for the group. As Robert Lamm (Chicago's keyboardist and primary songwriter in their 1st 10 years) so accurately noted, "When Terry died, Chicago did too...." I still miss him...
In the Official/Tanglewood video for that song - you can see the horn section is totally into the solo. And you know they've seen/heard him do it hundreds of times, but it's still moving them. THAT's a solo!
You know you're good when Jimmi Hendrix looks up to you. RIP Mr Kath.
PS his daughter put a biography "Chicago: The Terry Kath Experience" on You Tube and Amazon Prime
@@debilt8 It was an excellent documentary.
Rick says how great these solos are, then just plays them himself like he’s having a bowl of cornflakes. The guy is a musical freak.
Yes Rick is definitely a freak of nature himself.
Yeah, that's called really hard work! He is great, but it's obvious how much thought and hard work go into it :)
And love.
A lot of the solos are not technically hard. They are just well constructed and played with great feel.
I'd say Rick is very talented!
He only plays some of them. De doesn't even attempt the Spoonman or Don't Fear the Reaper solos
For me the solo on Zeppelin's "Achilles Last Stand" is ridiculously underrated, and should be talked about more. The combination of the guitar and drums in that section is beyond epic.
10k thumbs up
Monster feeling on that song, love it
Agreed!!!!!!!
Yeah it's a great GREAT solo
IMO "Achilles Last Stand" is the best Zeppelin's song!
Watching you genuinely enjoy the music is half the joy of these videos . Brings me back to listening sessions !
Steve Lukather is one of the best guitarists IMHO. So freaking clean and his tone is incredible!
One of my fav underrated solos is Felder’s solo in One of These Nights by the eagles. He’s absolute FIRE on that
Absolutely brilliant solo. Felder wanted the guitar to sound like a saxophone solo, it really does when you take a second listen.
Funny - I just posted that exact song and scrolled down and saw this!
I had forgotten about this. Great stuff. Good call Guy.
Not just a great solo, but an amazing tone as well. What is it anyway? A fuzz? I have not been able to figure it out.
@@jacksguitarplanet1192 seriously amazing tone 🔥 I read his reply on Lick Library forum that it was just a ‘59 LP into a Tweed Deluxe. He said of his 5 or 6 tweeds there’s one with a really special tone. Kinda secretive about anything else. My guess is there’s gotta be some magic happening somewhere between the rig and a studio preamp or something because it’s one of those irreproducible alchemical tones. Just phenomenal
Thanks for including Elliot Easton. He always gets overlooked in these things but his solos are some of the most finely-crafted, arranged pop solos. He writes them like tiny songs within a song. And usually all in sixteen bars or less.
At 65 years old I have always felt the same way. Tasty, precise, and to the point. Always wishing for a few more bars.
A part of me wouldn’t mind if 5 of these choices were from Elliot Easton. “Touch and Go”, “Best Friend’s Girl”, “Tonight She Comes”, “Shake It Up” and “Just What I Needed.”
I remember as a kid in the 80’s rewinding and playing two guitar solos constantly. One was EVH’s Beat It solo and the other was Steve Lukather’s Running with the night solo. Still can’t pick the best one but that old Walkman’ rewind button took some abuse!
I remember being 14 and almost screaming "Why are you fading? ARGH - let that solo go on dammit"
The solo in Huey Lewis’s “Power of Love” is highly underrated. Not only is it a great structured solo but the amp tone is perfect for the song.
Even though I'm more of a metal head with Cantrell and Hetfield being high on my list of favorites, Chris Hayes is definitely up there too. There are some great nuggets on Finally Found A Home and Heart and Soul as well. Hayes has some of the best fills there are.
Heart’s “Love Alive” definitely requires a mention.
Elliot Easton is one of the most underrated guitarist of that Era. The Cars really put together great guitar songs.
He wasn't underrated by musicians, but pretty much EVERY rock guitarist back then seemed underrated given that EVH was stomping around.
@@xianshep Very true 👍
tight and clean, no fluff or filler. Elliott's solos were sweet. 🎸🎼👍
Too right! Wicked solo in 'Best Friend's Girlfriend' ! This list has waay too much M.O.R. Schmaltz for me! Springsteen's Adam Raised A Cain is epic,ZZ Top Driving While Blind
I was just about to write the same thing. His style from Carl Perkins to Robert Fripp! His arrangements are just brilliant and probably THE BEST in pop/rock music hands down!
"Goodbye Stranger," from Supertramp's 1979 album, Breakfast in America. Roger Hodgson's solo coming out of the final turnaround is just perfect.
Agreed.
I like "Waiting So Long" solo much more :).
I just listened to that. Man, I had forgotten how great an album that was.
Yessir! Amazing way it just burns with that perfect filter sweep. perfect and glad someone else appreciates it.
My personal favorite guitar solo is the last solo on Hitch a Ride by Boston (Tom Scholz). It encompasses nearly the entire second half of the song. Gives me chills every time I hear it.
Spot on..that solo should be the national anthem..!!
Absolutely, just a tone and feel giant on that 2nd solo
That whole album is so good. I love More Than a Feelings solo, too. Hell, Peace of Mind has a good one!
That tone, searing call and response thing, so beautiful I want it played at my funeral. At the end you wonder where you were for the last few minutes. It sure wasn't Earth.
Steve Stevens (Billy Idol) "Eyes Without a Face".
Blue Highway is killer as well.
Unique and great solo in Dont need a gun
I've mentioned this elsewhere but if you haven't heard Bozzio/Levin/Stevens, then I'll dare to say you haven't REALLY heard Steve Stevens (well, I haven't heard EVERYTHING SS has done but his playing on both B/L/S CD's is INCREDIBLE!
Have always loved that Solo !!!
Nice to see Elliot Easton recognized. He always played perfect solos. What an amazingly tasteful and melodic player! His solos were the cherry on top of many an all-time classic song.
His novel American Psycho was insane/brilliant too. What a talented guy.
In my opinion..... Mr. Easton is one of the most melodic guitarist in the biz
Love his guitar work in 'Then Came The Last Days Of May'.
@@pleasepermitmetospeakohgre1504 - If there’s a joke in there, I don’t get it. No one mentioned Buck Dharma, unless they deleted it.
I remember taking that Lukeather solo to my guitar tutor for us to analyse and transcribe. Probably my favourite solo of all time… I think it’s also known as the "0 take" solo, as Lukeather was just warming up and didn’t know the tape was rolling. That’s a measure of brilliance, that he can come up with such a classic solo when just "warming up" … jeeeez!
Shazammed Running With The Night this morning. Guitar solo of Steve Lukather was so unique and breathtaking 👏
When there's Steve Lukather on a thumbnail you know I'm gonna watch.
must watch lol
Of course!
It seems they said to Steve: Go for it man !
Haha same 👌
@@RodrigoPF82 check out wiki, done in one take.
The only channel where I can watch, understand nothing, and still be impressed and entertained.
So I’m not the only one? I don’t even play an instrument and love watching his videos
Yes i'm like a dog listening to a discussion about mathematics -- but it is so cool and Rick is informed, and enthusiastic that i love it just the same
:)
His enthusiasm is the key to making the theory of musical composition accessible. It’s also his gift.
Pick up a guitar and get crackin ... one year of hell then you'll enjoy it. Just don't expect instant gratification ... everybody goes through a year of frustration. Fkk I still get frustrated a lot, I'm just used to the feeling now XD XD
SAAAAAAAAAME
I'd love to change the world -Ten Years After
Alvin Lee is suchs an underrated guitar player and that solo is killer
Alvin Lee was hardly underrated. In the early 70's Ten Years After was filling Arenas. He was the original shredder but I'm afraid he has faded from everyone's memory except for very dedicated Classic Rock fans...
Love JiMI but Alvin Lee US blues at woodstock Alvin is doing stuff in 69 that we would hear echoed later in 78 on the first Vanhalen.
Alvin was fabulous and his technique was unorthodox. Woodchopper's Ball is an amazing solo. That and what he does on I'm Going Home -- I would put both of those ahead of I'd Love to Change the World. The reason Alvin and TYA have faded is that their songs just weren't that good. Just loud blues. But he will forever be remembered for his turn in the Woodstock Movie. It was THAT CLIP that inspired me to take up the guitar at 15. I wanted to play I'm Going Home just like Alvin hahah.
Solo on 50,000 Miles Beneath My Brain (off Cricklewood Green)
The guitar solo in The Isley Brothers’ That Lady Parts 1 & 2 by Ernie Isley is known by older folks, but the younger generation by and large has somehow missed it. One of the greatest rock guitarists plays one of the greatest solos ever.
Totally agree...that lead could go on forever!
Yes. Great tone on that one.
Totally agree with you, man. I've been chasing Ernie Isley's creamy tone on that solo for 50 years.
The “My Sharona” solo is brilliant and often overlooked
👍👍👍
Burton Averre is rarely mentioned in the pantheon of great players because The Knack were a pop band. But HOLY CATS they could burn the place down.
I came down here to post exactly this - My Sharona solo belongs at the TOP!!!
Exactly the first song that came to my mind when i saw the title of this video.
Maybe the song around it didn't help...
I agree with everyone that said My Sharona should be on this list. The song was a mega hit that later became parodied and ridiculed, but the solo is just all killer, no filler. It takes a chunky, staccato song and instantly takes it to melodious good stuff, but the solo just keeps adding speed, and he never misses a note. It's the most disregarded solo, in my mind.
Yes agreed-- the solo has such a different feel from the rest of the song that it's easy to tune out. I remember tuning out as a kid during that part, then when I started playing more I realized that that solo actually really shreds.
Great solo!
TOTALLY agree. I was hoping that My Sharona was going to be #1 on Rick's list of most underrated guitar solos.
@@JeffBakerUSA Great solo but no way compares to Lukather's solo
The second solo in My Sharona is so famous it’s hard to imagine including it in a list of underrated solos, but the first solo is the one that flies under the radar IMO. So many killer sounds in that first solo.
I don't ever see "Cult of Personality" by Living Colour (Vernon Reid) on the Top 3 guitar solos so it must be underrated. Dude's riding a live wire.
That's one heck of a guitar solo; not sure if it is underrated or not, but I like it too.
absolutely, also one of my faves. The seemingly random bursts of notes he spreads over the heavy foundation of the song are amazing!
hmmm I totally love his rhythm guitar, but his solos are mostly a total mess, he is not playing very cleanly
That solo has always been on my list of “worst guitar solos in history”! Haha.
But hey, he’s a much more successful musician than I, so he must be doing something right!
Oh, what about the intro (solo?) of Fight the Fight? Dang!!!
Running with the Night is an absolute jam. The first time I heard it, I looked up the guitar solo immediately. ❤
A solo I’ve always thought was perfect, and underrated is Skunk Baxter’s solo on ‘Rikki don’t lose that number’. It’s perfection!
Well to be fair putting a great solo in the middle of a terrible song is the best way to make sure it goes unnoticed.
@@typ044
You think 'Rikki Don't Lose That Number' is a terrible song? Bold statement, my friend.
@@tonybates7870 Lol, I stand by it. Quite possibly the only Steely Dan song I don't like. I think if it wasn't a Steely Dan song it never would have gotten any airtime.
Kid Charlemagne !!
@@Arizona_Stonah way underated solo there , in fact Larry Carlton is a way under rated player.
Two worth consideration: Robbie Blunt’s work on “Big Log” and Robbie McCintosh’s SMOKING solo on “Middle of the Road.”
"Big Log" is great. I think he also played some really good lead on Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians' hit "What I Am"---he's credited on the album but it doesn't specifically indicate who was who.
Big Log, great song, great solo.
Big Log is an awesome guitar song, period. Great acknowledgement here of the song
Yes, definitely. Robbie Blunt on "Big Log". Incredibly underrated.
Love the guitar on "Big Log".
Great list. Three underrated solos that come to mind are in “Who’s that Lady” by the Isley Brothers, the solo in “Alive” by Pearl Jam and the crazy guitar solo in “The Cult of Personality” by Living Color.
The guitar solo in Alive by Pearl Jam is one of my all time favorites.
the alive solo was an omage to the doors solo in 5 to 1. But the two songs theme together
Yes! Hendrix had a huge influence on Ernie Isley.
Ditto to Who’s that Lady!
Vernon Reid is such an underrated guitarist, the solo on Cult of Personality is amazing
Chris Hayes solo on Huey Lewis and the News’ “The Power of Love” has always been one of my favorites.
If This Is It has a fantastic solo over a key change. So melodic.
Chris had a lot of great solos. He should get more attention.
Hayes was a jazz player first.
That's a good one!!!
Watching this I noticed Rick has a delightful quality that he shares with Sir David Attenborough: They both, many years into it all, consistently display a childlike sense of wonder and joy around the things they love. It inspires the same from their audiences. It's fabulous!
(I was thinking Aqualung like some folks below, too.)
Oh, my. There's a can of worms. But after consideration, I find that I agree.
A lot of martin Barre's work is underrated
So good to see some love for King's X ! Such an underrated band !!
One guy who I think gets overlooked a lot is Terry Kath from Chicago. He had some killer solos over their first 9 studio albums. My favorite solo of his is from 25 or 6 to 4. And I love how he would add different nuances to it in different live performances I’ve seen.
You’re spot on, sir. He was so insane that Hendrix thought he was awesome!
terry was as good a Rock guitarist as there ever was... now underrated is a different story. The fact that he died prematurely may lead some to think he wasn't appreciated as much as he should have been and does that lead to him being UNDERRATED? I can't answer that, but I do know he left us w/ about 2 or 3 of the most iconic solos ever heard in rock history. He's the Joe Namath of guitar -SHORT LIVED, but left a HUGE LEGACY...
My favorite solo of Terry's was actually on This Time. Not a shred, but so much emotion and expression, and really the culmination of all of his musical development. It's obscene that the guy is never even #100 in RS's Top 100 Guitar Players.
Absolutely right. None of the Metall guys here can play. Also keith richard is a bad Player. Worst is the edge.
He f*cking died SO stupidly, its tragic. The things we do when were drunk, damn. I forget, isn't Terry the one who was at a party at his house, pulled out his pistol to show off, then said 'Don't worry, its not loaded!' and then went on to put the gun to his head and pull the LOADED gun trigger?
Whoops!!
"After midnight" by JJ Cale has a short sweet solo he drops mid song. A small diamond in a perfect setting.
_"How many bars you think you'll be soloing, Steve"?_
_"...Yes"_
All of them, please lower your drum mics and mute your mic completely for a bit....no more stupid questions!
Lol
Thought it'd be Steve Howe lol
"All of them"
Duane Allman is my long-term favourite for that, with Boz Scaggs' Loan Me a Dime. Five whole minutes of sheer genius.
Eliott Easton had a genius in The Cars at packing so much into his solos that were generally very short.
The solo in Touch and Go is really cool.
My Best Friends Girl instantly popped to mind.
Dangerous Type is his best solo
Learned that solo for my band. It's so great--everything Rick said.
Totally agree- as you might know, Eliott was/is a big George Harrison fan. He took George's economical style and took it to another level
The Knack: My Sharona......amazing guitar solo. So underrated.
NuOrder11 along those lines. Turning Japanese solo
Yes!
Good call the Hammer Fall version is a good one to , but the original fits like a glove
+1 My Sharona. Used to play that solo over and over again when it came out.
It's a MASSIVE hit that everyone loves :D wouldn't say underrated
One of my all time favorite solos is the one in Nutshell by Alice in Chains. It really give you shivers every time you hear it!
The harmonized solo on Dogs by Pink Floyd, gives me chills every time
Same here. So many genius parts in that song.
Yes!! I love it, actually prefer it to the more celebrated riff on Shine On.
That is the best solo ever
Gives me chills everytime as well. Still does for over 30 years. It did yesterday.
Love it. Floyd is my favorite band ever...but David Gilmour can’t be considered underrated. As such, no one would ever really be surprised that one of his solos is great.
Gary Moore - "Black Rose" (Thin Lizzy)
Steven Wilson - "Dark Matter", "Radioactive Toy" (Porcupine Tree)
Everything Gilmour played on "Animals".
There's a reason why Rick Beato can't feature anything from Gary Moore, and that is because Moore's estate are blockers.
Solo on "The Sound of Muzak" by Porcupine Tree, also.
Wilson is Awesome.
David Gilmour underrated? yeah, riiiiight.
@@sjice69 He has a 25 year body of work, continuously evolving and fresh. He has his own style, instantly recognizable. He does not get 1% of the credit he deserves for being one of the top musicians of this generation.
Martin Barre is, imo, very underrated. His work on the album Aqualung, in general, is amazing. And his extended solo on the titular song is just incredible!
Plus he's a real nice guy. I got to hang out with him and J.T. after a show and we shared some stories and I spilled champagne on Barrymore Barlow's shoes and he just laughed cause they were already tattered ! Really cool guys except Ian Anderson who I idolized. He thought I was just a fanboy. Maybe I was.
I've always thought that the Aqualung solo was one of the 70's best. Good call!✌️
I second Aqualung!
The Aqualung's solo never leaves my head.
Ever catch the Jethro Tull performance on the Rolling Stones’ Rock n Roll Circus? They do Song For Jeffrey, Ian Anderson in a long cloth overcoat, IIRC, looking like I’d always imagined Aqualung looked like lol...Anyway, my entire point is, it was pre-Martin Barre...it’s freakin’ Tony Iommi!
Because I have seen so many shows from different rock artists, many of my friends asked me: "What was the best guitar player, you've ever seen?" When I counted the guitar players I saw - Eddie, Slash, Brian May, Mark Knopfler, Ritchie, Peter Frampton, Richie and so on - I always mentioned Steve Lukather as one of the best players, I've ever seen. To see him together with Toto was an honor, indeed.
Mick Ronson - Moonage Daydream (Bowie). Ronson finds more emotion with two or three notes than most guitarists find with the whole guitar.
Can’t argue with that. But Earl Slick’s solo on the same song on David Live is killer.
Totally agree!
Add that reverb baby !
Nice call. Always loved his tone as well.
Don Felder of the Eagles "One of these Nights" is vicious.
Absolutely legendary - belongs on the top 20 list of highly rated guitar solos.
Never thought of him as underrated, but maybe he was a bit in the shade of you know who.
I liked the Eagles when they were kind of rock, though more country and bluegrass (likely because of Bernie Leadon). But when I heard OOTN I was impressed with the guitar work and learned Don Felder had joined the group. Wow, now they were bona-fide R&R group with him. That was even before they added Joe Walsh to replace Leadon when he walked away.
Billy Gibbons seems to have been forgotten about in guitar god lore, one of the greatest guitarists ever. Would love to see you do something on him.
@@cyclesgoff9768 narrow tastes or a defined sound of his own? The man is a guitar genius and does so much with so little.
I mean for those who know, Billy is THE guitar god. What a tone and what a style.
Yes! Like the solo on Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers, featuring the greatest pinch harmonic in rock history.
It's Only Love and Ten Dollar Man are my favorites. Il Maestro
@@cyclesgoff9768 I was like man, you think this post is saying Billy isn't up to pinch harmonics?? I catch your drift but I have to say, Rick could teach music at Julliard so I doubt that his tastes are narrow, he does very involved and impressive Jazz vids, he really gets 90s hard rock and metal. That said, he is too fond of 'Arena Rock' for my taste
Great choices! Have you ever talked about the solo by Elliott Randall - Steely Dan Reelin in the years ?
Probably my favorite lead guitar work on any song, ever. All recorded in one take - dude basically improvised it after having heard the song one or two times. I think he was also trained as a violinist, and you can kind of hear that come through in his string work, where he'll kind of rapidly move back and forth between frets on the same string in a really unique way. Pure genius from start to end.
Ride Like the Wind by Christopher Cross
Another Nail in my Heart by Glenn Tilbrook
Rock This Town - Brian Setzer
Old Brown Shoe or I Dig a Pony (solo by George Harrison)
Rock around the Clock by Bill Hailey and the Comets
Christopher Cross is an underrated axeman. Great solo in that one
Harrison! OBS. Nothing like it .
Not sure if it was mentioned but I think Vernon Reid’s solo in Cult of Personality is underrated.
Not as popular a song, but I loved his solo on "Memories Can Wait." Great bass solo as well.
Dr. Know of Bad Brains anyone?
Thank you!!! Also "Desperate People
“Love Rears Its Ugly Head”, too
I've upvoted about 50 recommended songs in these comments. What does this say about me?
The solo in the middle of the Alan Parsons Project song “I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You” is pretty killer too
Agreed.
I sang and played a cover on that song. Lotta fun.
Indeed!
I also like Ian Bairnson’s solo on “Games People Play” (also Alan Parsons Project).
I just looked that up...great axe work.
Always liked APP