In this episode we talk about some of our favorite guitar players who make magic with simplicity. It’s not all about shredding like Eddie Van Halen.
We play a lot of classic solos from some of our favorite bands. It’s an episode loaded with tasty tunes, so throw it on next time you have a 45 minute commute or some mindless task to do at work.
Notes:
- Guitar Solo Is Not a Sport Played on YouTube
- The Rolling Stones did in fact record “Time Is On My Side v2” at Chess Records in Chicago. If you’re ever in Chicago this place is worth a visit.
- Sterling Morrison played the guitar solo on The Velvets’ “Pale Blue Eyes”
- Talking Heads at CBGB in 1975
- Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis almost formed a supergroup with Paul McCartney
Music
- Intro: “Dry Cleaner” by American Vinyl with guitar by Original Fuzz‘s Zach Lever
- “Time Is On My Side v2” by The Rolling Stones with guitar by Keith Richards
- “Heartbreak Hotel” by Elvis with Scotty Moore on guitar
- “Soul Island” by The Meters with Leo Nocentelli on guitar
- “Girl Don’t Tell Me” by The Beach Boys with Carl Wilson on guitar
- “Something” by The Beatles with George Harrison on guitar
- “Pale Blue Eyes” by The Velvet Underground with Sterling Morrison on guitar
- “Barstool Blues” by Neil Young & Crazy Horse with Neil Young on guitar
- “Man Who Sold the World” by David Bowie with Mick Ronson on guitar
- “Let’s Dance” by David Bowie with Stevie Ray Vaughan on guitar
- “Needles in the Camel’s Eye” by Brian Eno with Phil Manzanera on guitar
- “Hallelujah” by Jeff Buckley (Leonard Cohen cover) with Jeff Buckley on guitar
- “Psycho Killer” by Talking Heads with Tina Weymouth on bass
- “Bad Thing” by King Tuff with Kyle Thomas on guitar
- “Pharaoh’s Dance” by Miles Davis with Miles Davis on trumpet
- “May This Be Love” the Jimi Hendrix Experience with Jimi Hendrix on guitar
- “Sweet Sixteen, Pts. 1 & 2 (1966 / Live At the International Club, Chicago)” by B.B. King with B.B. King on guitar
- “The End” by The Beatles, with George Harrison, John Lennon, and Paul McCartney on guitar
Corrections
- At the beginning we mentioned that this is episode 3. It’s actually episode 4.
- It looks like Kurt Cobain played the main riff on “Man Who Sold the World” and Pat Smear played the chorus solo in unison with Krist Novoselic.
- The Brian Eno song we played is actually called “Needles in the Camel’s Eye” not “Needle in the Camel’s Eye,” which Lee innacurately called it.
- We realize that Jeff Buckley was not active in the 70s, it just came up as an example during our 70s section.
- Bear with us. We’re working on our overuse of the words “like,” “yeah,” and “great,” “so,” and “you know.”
