I'd say any guitar solos off Aja are going to be pretty iconic and most of those guitar solos are pretty well ingrained into the public's heads, for better or for worse.
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What is an iconic guitar solo that should be played note for note?
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That's Michael "Kidd Funkadelic" Hampton. From Wikipedia:
Hampton was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and started his professional career when he was recruited as a seventeen-year-old guitar prodigy by the band Funkadelic, which found itself in need of a lead guitarist after original guitarist Eddie Hazel left the band. Hampton impressed Funkadelic's George Clinton by performing a note-for-note rendition of Hazel's ten-minute solo "Maggot Brain."
One of his most celebrated performances is the lead guitar solo on the Funkadelic hit single "(Not Just) Knee Deep" from 1979.
One by Metallica. It's not the best solo, but you need to at least hit the highlights or it won't sound ok (Yes, I know Kirk doesn't hit all the highlights anymore :-D)
Pretty much anything by Rush. Except maybe Working Man as long as you keep the 16-bar synchronous breaks at the ends of the long guitar solo sections.
Working man blues. No one has ever been able to reproduce the original played by Roy Nichols. I have heard it recorded several times since, and they are all off timing comparatively.
Personally, if I want to hear solos as they were originally recorded, I will listen to the original recordings. I think that musicians should focus on playing music, not generating precise reproductions like some kind of sentient jukebox or a sonic photocopier. Likewise, I do not understand why an audience would expect or want musicians to engage in this practice. They might just as well be watching choreographed dancers miming to pre-recorded tracks.
Yes, yes, I know: It takes great skill to recreate a recorded guitar solo, but so what? Tons of practice dedicated to mechanical reproduction? Yuck.
Yes, yes, I know: It takes great skill to recreate a recorded guitar solo, but so what? Tons of practice dedicated to mechanical reproduction? Yuck.
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"Enter Sandman" by Metallica. That is such an intensely popular song that people listen to over and over that if the guitar solo deviates even a little bit, people will notice. Like they'll be air-guitaring and if one note doesn't hit where they know it does, they'll get all thrown off. Listeners know that solo inside and out as much as the lyrics.
So, yeah, if you cover "Enter Sandman," that solo better be perfect.
So, yeah, if you cover "Enter Sandman," that solo better be perfect.
Jerry Garcia, "Box of Rain", Feb 9, 1978. But not the Feb 6th solo, and definitely not the one from the 12th. Why on earth Jerry didn't just play that Feb. 9th one the rest of his life I don't understand.
Well, I play guitar in a cover band and using my own judgment here are ones I learned note for note because they felt important to me:
You May Be Right - Billy Joel
Don't Speak - No Doubt
Separate Ways - Journey
My Own Worst Enemy - Lit
The Middle - Jimmy Ears World
Hard to Handle - Black Crowes
Here I Go Again - Whitesnake
Living on a Prayer - Bon Jovi
Sweet Child - Guns 'N Roses
Your Love - The Outfield (middle solo)
Hit me with your best shot - Pat Benetar
Songs I don't play note for note:
Long train Running - Doobie Brothers
Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheerhan
Heartbreaker - Pat Benetar
Honky Tonk Woman - Rollin Stones (is there a solo in the orig??)
Still the One - Orléans
Feel Like a Woman - Shania Twain
You May Be Right - Billy Joel
Don't Speak - No Doubt
Separate Ways - Journey
My Own Worst Enemy - Lit
The Middle - Jimmy Ears World
Hard to Handle - Black Crowes
Here I Go Again - Whitesnake
Living on a Prayer - Bon Jovi
Sweet Child - Guns 'N Roses
Your Love - The Outfield (middle solo)
Hit me with your best shot - Pat Benetar
Songs I don't play note for note:
Long train Running - Doobie Brothers
Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheerhan
Heartbreaker - Pat Benetar
Honky Tonk Woman - Rollin Stones (is there a solo in the orig??)
Still the One - Orléans
Feel Like a Woman - Shania Twain
Cream White Room
Jimi Hendrix All Along the Watchtower
Jeff Beck Group
Jimi Hendrix All Along the Watchtower
Jeff Beck Group
Some bands are jam bands and are known as such. I don't know if Garcis ever did a solo that should be considered iconic.
