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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.
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 👍
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!!
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!
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!!❤
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.
@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.......
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.
“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.
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).
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.
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!
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.
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).
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.
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)
Lukather is so versatile, has such a large vocabulary and his phrasing is beautifully melodic even when he tears up the fret board. It is most fortunate that uses single coils. So much nuance would be missed otherwise.
@@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.
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.
@@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
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
#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.. 😀😀😀😀
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.
@@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
"Firth of Fifth" deserves mention both for this and the piano intro. And while we're talking about early Genesis, how about the first solo in "Dancing With The Moonlit Knight"? That features tapping five years before Van Halen released their first album.
damn straight. This is one of my all time favs - also be Genesis (Steve Hackett) - the outtro solo to "The Lamia" from Lamb lies down on Broadway - epic.
@@zipzip070 Seconds Out is my favorite record, and Suppers Ready is my favorite song on that record. All the guitar work on that record is amazing, but aside from Firth, people really need to check out his astonishing lines on Carpet Crawlers. wrt Suppers Ready on that record, there are some amazing guitar parts, including the "how on earth did he do that?" talking guitar in Willow Farm. But the Supper Ready outro solo should have been on Rick's list. It's astonishing, soulful, ecstatic and just plain amazing. Honestly, I have it in 1st place, above Firth, on my list of favorite Hackett solos.
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 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!
Rick's channel is the only one I know where the comment section is as enlightening as the content. Bravo, everyone! Lots of great material for a follow-up video here.
We all learn from the comments. I'm still googling some of these song so I can listen to them to hear if I agree with everybody's recommendations. What FUN!!
@@dkbrn1b.737 Isn't it great - the volume of bands and music that this kind of video/comments has brought to my attention is incredible. Gone are the days of sticking narrowly with certain bands or genres.
a buddy in college was convinced the bass keyboard on that song was the lowest frequency ever recorded and could cause incontinence played through a pair of Klipshorns. Never proven. hahaha
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.
"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.
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!
@@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?
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.
@@Edotter Good point. Maybe the solo in the Weapon is though. It's very unique and typically not mentioned in top Lifeson solo discussions that I've seen..
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
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.
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..
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.
UFO, Michael Schenker, Uli Jon Roth, and Matthias Jabs of Scorpions are all insanely good guitar players. Wolf Hoffman of Accept is also way underrated.
Are you taking about the live version? His solo is like 5 minutes long! I still marvel at how he could come up with so many interesting ideas fo that length of time.
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.
Dear Rick, I'm happy that you picked up the marvellous guitar solo on Maybe I'm amazed by Paul McCartney's Wings! One oft the very best songs in his lifetime catalogue. Only one small note: The solo was played by Jimmy McCulloch who then was just in his early twenties and died much too young. Nevertheless Denny Lane is also a great musician without whom the Wings would not have been this fantastic band in the seventies. On this occasion: Thank you for your wunderful work which gives me and millions of your fans such a lot of joy, inspiration and knowledge about real music! Deepest respect and best greetings from Germany! Wolfgang
That guitar solo from Lil Wayne a few years ago is very underrated. It’s not everyday you see a rapper navigate his way through a microtonal scale and bring joy to millions of RUclips viewers.
One thing about the Lukather solo that a lot of people don't know is that he had just sat down to do a run through on the tune. Thew engineer played the basic track while Steve jammed along with it. Then he told the producer he was ready for the take, but the producer said "That was the take!" So, Steve packed up, collected his check, and went home!! How awesome is that?!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
The guitar solo in "Time" by Pink Floyd is one that is never talked about. You will ALWAYS see people doing covers of the solos in Money and Comfortably Numb. but you don't see anybody playing the solo from Time. And that solo is incredible.
My (personal) favourite all-time solo. When he slides slowly up from that F# to the G#, back down the the F# & E----- over the Dmaj7 chord----- shhheeeet. That's yer ASSSSS!
@@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
Loved this Rick! Especially your #1 ... It is so crazy how many recordings Steve is on and even crazier how many people have no clue of him or who he is!!! Luke is incredible!! I think it would be great for you to do a video on Toto's Deep Cuts... Songs that most haven't a clue about!
I totally agree. Although, I listen to a mix of bands in the classic rock genre from many decades I've probably heard Steve Lukather on many songs and not realize it and I was only familiar with 3 of Toto's hits Rosanna, Africa and Hold the Line and that was about it, but after listening to Toto on Spotify a couple weeks before seeing them opening for Journey, I was like WOW!!! They're really good and they also are very good live in concert. It would be cool to hear Rick talk about Toto's deep cuts.
@@sportsygirl8 What gets me too is that Lukather has played on so many guitarist albums. Lee Ritenour, Asia, Cheap Trick, Greg Lake, Paul McCartney, Larry Carlton, Jeff Beck, Santana, etc...he was everywhere and well respected. Too bad the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (SHAME) hasn't given the Toto members the deserved and earned respect.
@@EvilTheOne I know that really isn't right that Toto isn't in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and they deserve it! Not only that, but in order for them headline a tour it seems they have tour in other countries otherwise here they're the support act! They are way better to get support slot, but can't complain because that's how I saw Toto earlier this year, they were the support band for Journey. Even I feel Steve Lukeather should be in the HOF for all the undeniable and excellent work for other artists. Thriller is a good example of Steve and Toto backing Michael Jackson and that's one of the top selling albums.
@@sportsygirl8 I know what you mean about Lukather's outstanding guitar playing. I put together a compilation of most of his solos and lead work, and that compilation ended up being over 200 songs. Still, I never get tired of listening to the tracks.
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.
I' have been a long time fan, his stuff is always beautifully structured and fits the song perfectly. I know it's cliche but he says more with a few notes than so many guitarists say with many.
Steve Lukather is incredible. yes, he used to be indeed extremely underrated, but thank god, thats not the case anymore. that would be ridicolous. The rolling stone magazine, which is a kind of a white stripes and the ramones fan club, didn't like Toto. that gave them a bad reputation. most of all the guitar gods on the planet have respect for Steve which is not a surpise.
@@engurland So very true, saw him play in Amsterdam, always one of the most underrated guitarists in terms of public acceptance but just so highly respected by his fellow musicians.
Controversial Statement Time: Neil Young, on any number of live versions of "Cortez the Killer" or "Hurricane." Not the most gifted shredder or scale climber, but nobody squeezes unique sounds and pours soul off the stage through a guitar like Neil.
You know, I was thinking as I watched this video about Neil Young, and my favorite solo of his is the one in "Cinnamon Girl", just the one note, I love that! He strangles that D, and against that chord change and riff, it just sounds so great. A one note guitar solo - beat that!
All Glenn Tipton solos are underrated because he didn't die an early death probably. Amazing song and solo composer. Some of my favorite solos of his: Beyond the Realms of Death, Painkiller, A Touch of Evil, I'm A Rocker, so many. His solos are perfect.
Alex Lifeson is one of the greatest guitarists of all time. But he always got overshadowed by the greatest drummer and greatest bass player in the same band, lol!
"Lime Light" solo is so killer...Alex Lifeson... most under rated guitarist, so most of his solos will be too... I never hear any one lead off with Alex's work in conversation!
@@egfromt1483 I never heard of Limelight being under rated we all think of Alex being a great guitar player much much better than sound garbages guitar player?
@@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.
@@krystbudziak9992 Poem 58 is a fantastic song. The entire CTA album is great. 1 through VI those are the only albums I listen to. Terry Kath is just unbelievably talented. I knew him. He was my friend. The last time I talked to him was 2 weeks before he died. I miss him.
Dude.....love that whole song, and all five guitars in the studio Jimmy played to get that song the way it is live Zeppelin, I get the Led out every day
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Do a show on overrated solos
@@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.
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 👍
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.
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!
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.
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!!!
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 🎸
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
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.
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.......
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Year Of The Cat has the same kind of transition
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.
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
Elliot Easton is def one of the most under-rated guitarists
Agreed. Touch And Go is another one of my fav Elliot Easton solos.
The solo on My Best Friend's Girlfriend!
Elliot could’ve been in a metal band and killed it.
Indeed. Elliot is a great guitar player
@@robertramos5727candy o. Great solo
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.
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.
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.
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! 👌
That last solo is why I respect Lukather so much, it has it all, it also sounds so Hold-the-liney, love it!
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.
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).
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
Lukather is so versatile, has such a large vocabulary and his phrasing is beautifully melodic even when he tears up the fret board. It is most fortunate that uses single coils. So much nuance would be missed otherwise.
plays on 500 LPs
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
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!!!
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.
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.
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.
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!
"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
"After midnight" by JJ Cale has a short sweet solo he drops mid song. A small diamond in a perfect setting.
Thank you for putting Elliot Easton in there. So underrated.
I LOVE the precision and taste of the "Shake it Up" solo.
The “My Sharona” solo is brilliant and often overlooked
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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...
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.
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.
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!
Buck Dharma has to be one of the most underrated guitarists ever, I saw him live like 10 years ago and he is an absolute wizard.
I actually saw BOC when they were still Soft White Underbelly at my girlfriend's college StonyBrook in1969...yikes I'm old
True...his phrasing is so eclectic..unlike anybody I've heard...
Absolutely. The solo on "Godzilla" has just about every cool riff you'll ever need to know in it. Awesome.
The solo in Burnin' for You.....ohhhh man.
Buck/Don is amazing. Richie castellano is incredible too. I saw them live twice.
#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.. 😀😀😀😀
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.
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
Without a doubt the solo of Firth of Fifth by Genesis had to be here.
"Firth of Fifth" deserves mention both for this and the piano intro. And while we're talking about early Genesis, how about the first solo in "Dancing With The Moonlit Knight"? That features tapping five years before Van Halen released their first album.
damn straight. This is one of my all time favs - also be Genesis (Steve Hackett) - the outtro solo to "The Lamia" from Lamb lies down on Broadway - epic.
@@DinsdalePiranha67 '71s' Nursery Cryme has a boat load of tapping on it (Musical Box, Return of the Giant Hogweed, etc...).
That came to mind. That or Musical Box. Or even Steve's super cool solo in the middle of Supper's Ready.
@@zipzip070 Seconds Out is my favorite record, and Suppers Ready is my favorite song on that record. All the guitar work on that record is amazing, but aside from Firth, people really need to check out his astonishing lines on Carpet Crawlers.
wrt Suppers Ready on that record, there are some amazing guitar parts, including the "how on earth did he do that?" talking guitar in Willow Farm. But the Supper Ready outro solo should have been on Rick's list. It's astonishing, soulful, ecstatic and just plain amazing. Honestly, I have it in 1st place, above Firth, on my list of favorite Hackett solos.
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
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"
Rick's channel is the only one I know where the comment section is as enlightening as the content. Bravo, everyone! Lots of great material for a follow-up video here.
That’s so true Doug! I learn so much from my comment sections haha!!
We all learn from the comments. I'm still googling some of these song so I can listen to them to hear if I agree with everybody's recommendations. What FUN!!
@@dkbrn1b.737 Isn't it great - the volume of bands and music that this kind of video/comments has brought to my attention is incredible. Gone are the days of sticking narrowly with certain bands or genres.
@@jonometal666 Yes. I am committed to NEVER staying in my own music lane!!!
So little time, so much great music;)
_"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.
Steve Hackett on Firth of Fifth--Masterpiece!
a buddy in college was convinced the bass keyboard on that song was the lowest frequency ever recorded and could cause incontinence played through a pair of Klipshorns. Never proven. hahaha
George Harrison solo on Badfinger just makes you melt.
"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.
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".
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!!!
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?
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)
Alex Lifeson: the Analog Kid, Freewill, Limelight, the Camera Eye, The Weapon, and so many more.
Great solos all, but are they really "under-rated"?
@@Edotter Good point. Maybe the solo in the Weapon is though. It's very unique and typically not mentioned in top Lifeson solo discussions that I've seen..
@@Edotter How about the solo in Natural Science? Probably less we’ll-known, but man Alex is shredding in that one!
Don't forget Kid Gloves. Crazy solo.
Between the Wheels is a personal favorite.
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
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.
Neil Young’s solo in “Cinnamon Girl”...
Best one-note solo ever!!
Seriously!!!
NICE... could be here forever, so much to choose from, but Cinnamon Girl is a great one.
Cowgirl in the sand and Cortez the killer!
@@declanp1 Cortez lasts 6 days in concert...
DOwN BY THE RIVER ALSO
@@JimObsolete oh no, that's truly long and horrible... sounds like guitar lessons.
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.
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
I love the guitar solo at the end of Goodbye Stranger by Supertramp.
Ditto!! I get so pissed off every time it fades out! LOL 😆 Friggin brilliant.
@@vonnymanna559 every friggin time they play it on the radio, they fade out or the DJ starts babbling over it! 😡
@@jeffhudick2385 Ugh, yes… That should be illegal…!!! 😤 Crime of the Century! 😉
Absolutely
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?
Rock bottom by Michael Schenker. Absurdly good rock solo that is almost never mentioned. UFO are an unbelievably underrated band
UFO, Michael Schenker, Uli Jon Roth, and Matthias Jabs of Scorpions are all insanely good guitar players. Wolf Hoffman of Accept is also way underrated.
Are you taking about the live version? His solo is like 5 minutes long! I still marvel at how he could come up with so many interesting ideas fo that length of time.
Awesome solo. Very underrated
yep
UFO are fantastic, I was going to recommend the same song, but you beat me to it, I recommended I'm a Loser instead
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.
Dear Rick, I'm happy that you picked up the marvellous guitar solo on Maybe I'm amazed by Paul McCartney's Wings! One oft the very best songs in his lifetime catalogue. Only one small note: The solo was played by Jimmy McCulloch who then was just in his early twenties and died much too young. Nevertheless Denny Lane is also a great musician without whom the Wings would not have been this fantastic band in the seventies. On this occasion: Thank you for your wunderful work which gives me and millions of your fans such a lot of joy, inspiration and knowledge about real music! Deepest respect and best greetings from Germany! Wolfgang
You are correct. Jimmy was such a great player. Rick is always spot on but he missed that one.
Did Jimmy also do the guitar solo on "My Love"?
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
Steve Lukather is one of the best guitarists IMHO. So freaking clean and his tone is incredible!
That guitar solo from Lil Wayne a few years ago is very underrated. It’s not everyday you see a rapper navigate his way through a microtonal scale and bring joy to millions of RUclips viewers.
Lmao
the avant garde is often under thanked
heheh soo soooooo true. :D ya' clown. :p
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I was waiting for this comment from the moment this video has been uploaded! This and the one about the underrated Stairway To Heaven solo too! ROFL
One thing about the Lukather solo that a lot of people don't know is that he had just sat down to do a run through on the tune. Thew engineer played the basic track while Steve jammed along with it. Then he told the producer he was ready for the take, but the producer said "That was the take!" So, Steve packed up, collected his check, and went home!! How awesome is that?!
That's not true at all. The lies people tell
@@Mark_B585 Then I’ll let you tell Lukather he’s a liar. He’s the one that told that story!!
@@jamphotostudio another lie. He never told that story Being a pathological liar is sad man
That was pretty epic how that ended up in the song! Just warming up and boom, it was good enough to be apart of the song!
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.
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!
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.
Chris hayes is a very underrated guitarist
Heart’s “Love Alive” definitely requires a mention.
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.
"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!
The guitar solo in "Time" by Pink Floyd is one that is never talked about. You will ALWAYS see people doing covers of the solos in Money and Comfortably Numb. but you don't see anybody playing the solo from Time. And that solo is incredible.
Gilmour has a lot of great ones. The solo in "Money" is pretty killer too.
@@crimfan I agree and so does everyone, but it isn't underrated by any means.
@@novarity6561 time was the first big solo I learned. Love that solo.
The solo in time is better than Comfortably Numb which is great also.
My (personal) favourite all-time solo. When he slides slowly up from that F# to the G#, back down the the F# & E----- over the Dmaj7 chord----- shhheeeet. That's yer ASSSSS!
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
Loved this Rick! Especially your #1 ... It is so crazy how many recordings Steve is on and even crazier how many people have no clue of him or who he is!!! Luke is incredible!! I think it would be great for you to do a video on Toto's Deep Cuts... Songs that most haven't a clue about!
I totally agree. Although, I listen to a mix of bands in the classic rock genre from many decades I've probably heard Steve Lukather on many songs and not realize it and I was only familiar with 3 of Toto's hits Rosanna, Africa and Hold the Line and that was about it, but after listening to Toto on Spotify a couple weeks before seeing them opening for Journey, I was like WOW!!! They're really good and they also are very good live in concert. It would be cool to hear Rick talk about Toto's deep cuts.
@@sportsygirl8 What gets me too is that Lukather has played on so many guitarist albums. Lee Ritenour, Asia, Cheap Trick, Greg Lake, Paul McCartney, Larry Carlton, Jeff Beck, Santana, etc...he was everywhere and well respected. Too bad the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (SHAME) hasn't given the Toto members the deserved and earned respect.
@@EvilTheOne I know that really isn't right that Toto isn't in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and they deserve it! Not only that, but in order for them headline a tour it seems they have tour in other countries otherwise here they're the support act! They are way better to get support slot, but can't complain because that's how I saw Toto earlier this year, they were the support band for Journey. Even I feel Steve Lukeather should be in the HOF for all the undeniable and excellent work for other artists. Thriller is a good example of Steve and Toto backing Michael Jackson and that's one of the top selling albums.
@@sportsygirl8 I know what you mean about Lukather's outstanding guitar playing. I put together a compilation of most of his solos and lead work, and that compilation ended up being over 200 songs. Still, I never get tired of listening to the tracks.
@@EvilTheOne Dang that's a lot of songs!!! I am sure that you do not get tired of listening.
Damn, Lukather is so good, he has such a great feel.
Check out his solos on "A Thousand Years" off the album "The Seventh One"
Luuuuuuuuuuk!!!
@@boomusic8229 I love his solo on a ng that - 99. The solo on the 2 mite outro is so melodic.
@@sleepeejack ... and the fade-out solo on These Chains from the same album - good stuff!
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.
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
The fact that it could not even make this list is evidence of just how criminally underrated is Trevor Rabin's solo in Owner of a Lonely Heart by Yes.
Agreed! You could say the same of his amazing solo on “Hearts” from the same album!
"The Edge" is proof that gorgeous guitar sounds don't have to be complicated.
I' have been a long time fan, his stuff is always beautifully structured and fits the song perfectly. I know it's cliche but he says more with a few notes than so many guitarists say with many.
@@channelmixer - I once saw a covers band play 'New Year's Day', and replacing the original solo with a shreddy one so didn't fit x-))
Lukather is one of the most awesome yet extremely underrated guitarists.
I think it's his name. It sounds badly improvised.
IMO his cover of While My Guitar Gently Weeps is better than the original.
Steve Lukather is incredible. yes, he used to be indeed extremely underrated, but thank god, thats not the case anymore. that would be ridicolous. The rolling stone magazine, which is a kind of a white stripes and the ramones fan club, didn't like Toto. that gave them a bad reputation. most of all the guitar gods on the planet have respect for Steve which is not a surpise.
@@engurland So very true, saw him play in Amsterdam, always one of the most underrated guitarists in terms of public acceptance but just so highly respected by his fellow musicians.
He’s not underrated by people who know virtuosic playing.
Controversial Statement Time: Neil Young, on any number of live versions of "Cortez the Killer" or "Hurricane." Not the most gifted shredder or scale climber, but nobody squeezes unique sounds and pours soul off the stage through a guitar like Neil.
Hurricane is actually rad. Good call!
Hurricane, for sure. I don't know what he does with his dials but by the end it sounds like pure energy.
I agree. I've never seen Hurricane on any "greatest guitar solos" list. Can't believe it. Gave me chills the first time I heard it.
You know, I was thinking as I watched this video about Neil Young, and my favorite solo of his is the one in "Cinnamon Girl", just the one note, I love that! He strangles that D, and against that chord change and riff, it just sounds so great. A one note guitar solo - beat that!
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All Glenn Tipton solos are underrated because he didn't die an early death probably. Amazing song and solo composer. Some of my favorite solos of his: Beyond the Realms of Death, Painkiller, A Touch of Evil, I'm A Rocker, so many. His solos are perfect.
"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.
Ty Tabor... one of the most [criminally] underrated guitarists of ALL TIME
probably pound for pound the best guitar player out there
I mean King's X is possibly the single most underrated band around.
Agreed with all here, If not for ZZ Top, Kings X, would be the preeminent 3 piece band out of Texas!
@@danmarshall5895 I've seen king's X about 20 times since they played the TLA in 1994 the day after their woodstock gig.. it was the best night ever
@@dennisperin2989 including the Fab T-Birds and possibly SRV & Double Trouble
YYZ is my favourite underrated solo, alex is pretty underrated too
Alex is technically brilliant, innovative and plays with such feeling. You couldn't ask for more from a guitarist. Superb.
Alex Lifeson is one of the greatest guitarists of all time. But he always got overshadowed by the greatest drummer and greatest bass player in the same band, lol!
@@phillipgriego4675 a masterpiece of a band
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!!!
Holy moly that Lukather solo is utterly jaw-dropping.
You took the words right out of my mouth, probably because of how wide open it was.
ALL of Luke's solos are killer!
He made Night Ranger Immortal. I hate Toto, but check out the guitar on Turning Point.....Steve is indisputably at The Head table...
@@verdurenoire I don't think Lukather ever played guitar in Night Ranger
@@Neelo5000 wasn't that Brad Gillis?
"Lime Light" solo is so killer...Alex Lifeson... most under rated guitarist, so most of his solos will be too... I never hear any one lead off with Alex's work in conversation!
I love the solos on Free Will and The Trees
@@egfromt1483 I never heard of Limelight being under rated we all think of Alex being a great guitar player much much better than sound garbages guitar player?
Awesome, but he's not under-rated.
@@windwardpro
Not by other great guitarists! 🎸
His solo on Emotion Detector is amazing, and it seems no one knows it.
“Easy” by the Commodores. The guitar solo is so simple and melodic, but perfect for the song.
Yes
I’ve always loved that one...can’t help but sing it air-guitar it
First one I thought of when I started watching this video.
Oh hell yeah!
Agreed!
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!
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.
Terry Kath of Chicago could fill any Top Ten on his own.
Terry Kath is a phenomenal guitarist and had a beautiful voice.
Totally agree. Take Poem 58 from CTA. Doesn’t get the love 25 or 6 to 4 gets, but imho it’s just as good.
@@krystbudziak9992 Poem 58 is a fantastic song. The entire CTA album is great. 1 through VI those are the only albums I listen to. Terry Kath is just unbelievably talented. I knew him. He was my friend. The last time I talked to him was 2 weeks before he died. I miss him.
@@victoriakrause8711 couldn't agree more. Terry Kath is in a league of his own.
Kath and Mick Taylor. Two totally different styles of players but both SO good at what they do.
I would put Ten Years Gone among Jimmy Page's finest solos, yet one few people talk about in the Zep catalog
Dude.....love that whole song, and all five guitars in the studio Jimmy played to get that song the way it is live Zeppelin, I get the Led out every day
Ten Years Gone is my " go to" crying song !!!
TOTALLY agree...maybe his best, along with the amazing rhythm guitar part underneath