It has come to my attention that there was no live guitar solo list, so my friend gminer gave me the old one, so here is the new list:
Criteria:
-Improvisation
-Creativity
-Originality
-Acclaim/Reputation
-Showcase of guitarist's skills

1. Machine Gun - Jimi Hendrix/Band Of Gypsies (BAND OF GYPSIES)
2. In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed - Duane Allman & Dickey Betts/Allman Brothers Band (LIVE AT THE FILLMORE EAST)
3. Catch The Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmore/Rainbow (LIVE IN GERMANY)
4. Crossroads - Eric Clapton/Cream (WHEELS OF FIRE)
5. Maggot Brain - Michael Hampton/Funkadelic (FUNKADELIC COLLECTION VOL. 2/ONE NATION UNDER A GROOVE - BONUS TRACKS)
6. Comfortably Numb - David Gilmour/Pink Floyd (PULSE)
7. No Quarter - Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin (THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME)
8. Star Spangled Banner - Jimi Hendrix/The Jimi Hendrix Experience (LIVE AT WOODSTOCK)
9. Once Upon A Time In The West - Mark Knopfler/Dire Straits (ALCHEMY)
10. Dark Star - Jerry Garcia/Grateful Dead (LIVE/DEAD)
11. Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad - Eric Clapton/Derek & The Dominos (LIVE AT THE FILLMORE EAST)
12. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) - Jimi Hendrix/The Jimi Hendrix Experience (LIVE AT WOODSTOCK)
13. 316 - Eddie Van Halen/Van Halen (LIVE RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW)
14. For The Love Of God - Steve Vai (G3: LIVE IN CONCERT)
15. La Villa Strangiato - Alex Lifeson/Rush (EXIT STAGE LEFT)
16. You Don't Love Me - Duane Allman & Dickey Betts/Allman Brothers Band (LIVE AT THE FILLMORE EAST)
17. Down By The River - Roy Buchanan (SWEET DREAMS: THE ANTHOLOGY)
18. Stairway To Heaven - Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin (THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME)
19. The Messiah Will Come Again - Roy Buchanan (AMERICAN AXE LIVE IN 1974)
20. Wicked World - Tony Iommi/Black Sabbath (PAST LIVES)
21. Help Me - Alvin Lee/Ten Years After (LIVE AT THE FILLMORE EAST)
22. Rattlesnake Shake - Peter Green & Danny Kirwan/Fleetwood Mac (LIVE AT THE BOSTON TEA PARTY VOLUME TWO)
23. Europa - Carlos Santana/Santana (VIVA SANTANA)
24. Wring That Neck - Ritchie Blackmore/Deep Purple (IN CONCERT)
25. Walk On Hot Coals - Rory Gallagher (IRISH TOUR '74)
26. Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughan/Double Trouble (LIVE AT MONTREAUX)
27. Incident At Neshabur - Carlos Santana/Santana (LOTUS)
28. Highway 61 Revisited - Johnny Winter (CAPTURED LIVE)
29. Hollow Years - John Petrucci/Dream Theater (LIVE AT THE BUDOKAN)
30. Muffin Man - Frank Zappa/Frank Zappa & Captain Beefheart (BONGO FURY)
31. High Hopes - David Gilmour/Pink Floyd (PULSE)
32. Sympathy For The Devil - Mick Taylor & Keith Richards/The Rolling Stones (GET YER YA-YA'S OUT)
33. Brush With The Blues - Jeff Beck (WHO ELSE)
34. Sultans Of Swing - Mark Knopfler/Dire Straits (ALCHEMY)
35. I'm So Afraid - Lindsey Buckingham/Fleetwood Mac (THE DANCE)
36. Like A Hurricane - Neil Young/Neil Young & Crazy Horse (LIVE RUST)
37. Surfing With The Alien - Joe Satriani/Joe Satriani Band (LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO)
38. Whipping Post - Duane Allman & Dickey Betts/Allman Brothers Band (LIVE AT THE FILLMORE EAST)
39. Still In Love With You - Scott Gorham & Brian Robertson/Thin Lizzy (LIVE AND DANGEROUS)
40. Stargazer - Ritchie Blackmore/Rainbow (LIVE IN GERMANY)
41. Cortez The Killer - Neil Young/Neil Young & Crazy Horse (WELD)
42. Heaven and Hell - Pete Townshend/The Who (LIVE AT LEEDS)
43. Brighton Rock - Brian May/Queen (LIVE KILLERS)
44. Starship Trooper - Steve Howe/Yes (YESSONGS)
45. The Knife - Steve Hackett/Genesis (GENESIS LIVE)
46. Freebird - Steve Gaines, Allen Collins & Gary Rossington/Lynyrd Skynyrd (ONE MORE FROM THE ROAD)
47. Too Rolling Stoned - Robin Trower (LIVE!)
48. Suicide Solution - Randy Rhoades/Ozzy Osbourne (TRIBUTE)
49. My Father's Eyes - Eric Clapton (ONE MORE CAR ONE MORE RIDER)
50. Never Is A Long Time - Phil Keaggy/Glass Harp (STRINGS ATTACHED)
51. Young Man Blues - Pete Townshend/The Who (LIVE AT LEEDS)
52. Phoenix - Ted Turner & Andy Powell/Wishbone Ash (LIVE IN MEMPHIS EP - ARGUS BONUS TRACKS)
53. Blue Sky - Duane Allman & Dickey Betts/The Allman Brothers Band (LIVE AT SUNY STONEYBROOK 9/19/71)
54. Knockin’ On Heaven's Door - Slash/Guns ‘n’ Roses (LIVE ERA: '87-'93)
55. Mike's Song - Trey Anastasio/Phish (SLIP STICH AND PASS)
56. Guitar Solo - Steve Morse/Deep Purple (TOTAL ABANDON)
57. Fire And Water - Paul Kossoff/Free (FREE LIVE)
58. A Million Miles Away - Rory Gallagher (IRISH TOUR '74)
59. Daydream - Robin Trower (KING BISCUIT HOUR - IN CONCERT)
60. Far Beyond The Sun - Yngwie Malmsteen (TRIAL BY FIRE: LIVE IN LENINGRAD)
61. Freeway Jam - Jeff Beck/Jan Hammer Group (WITH THE JAN HAMMER GROUP)
62. Soulshine - Warren Haynes & Derek Trucks/Gov’t Mule (WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM OUR FRIENDS....VOL 1)
63. The Green Manalishi - Peter Green & Danny Kirwan/Fleetwood Mac (LIVE AT THE BOSTON TEA PARTY VOLUME ONE)
64. She - Ace Frehley/Kiss (KISS ALIVE!)
65. It's My Own Fault - Mike Bloomfield & Johnny Winter/The Al Kooper & Mike Bloomfield Super Session Band (THE LOST CONCERT TAPES: FILLMORE EAST 13/12/1968)
66. Mountain Jam - Duane Allman & Dickey Betts/Allman Brothers Band (EAT A PEACH)
67. Do You Feel Like We Do? - Peter Frampton (FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE)
68. Smokestack Lightning - John Cipollina & Gary Duncan/Quicksilver Messenger Service (LOST GOLD AND SILVER)
69. Sometime World - Andy Powell & Laurie Wisefield/Wishbone Ash (DISTILLATION)
70. Hear My Train A-Comin - Jimi Hendrix/The Jimi Hendrix Experience (BLUES)
71. Ball And Chain - James Gurley/Big Brother & The Holding Company (CHEAP THRILLS)
72. Light My Fire - Robbie Krieger/Doors (IN CONCERT)
73. Child In Time - Ritchie Blackmore/Deep Purple (MADE IN JAPAN)
74. I’m Goin’ Home - Alvin Lee/Ten Years After (LIVE AT THE FILLMORE EAST)
75. St Stephen - Jerry Garcia/Grateful Dead (LIVE/DEAD)
76. Black Magic Woman - Peter Green & Danny Kirwan/Fleetwood Mac (LIVE AT THE BOSTON TEA PARTY VOLUME ONE)
77. Got To Get Better In A Little While - Eric Clapton/Derek & The Dominos (LIVE AT THE FILLMORE EAST)
78. Mr. Crowley - Randy Rhoads/Ozzy Osbourne (TRIBUTE)
79. Yours Is No Disgrace - Steve Howe/Yes (YESSONGS)
80. Sorrow - David Gilmour/Pink Floyd (PULSE)
81. Locomotive Breath - Martin Barre/Jethro Tull (LIVE - BURSTING OUT)
82. Jailbreak - Angus Young/AC/DC (AC/DC LIVE)
83. See See Rider - James Burton/Elvis Presley (ON STAGE)
84. See Me Feel Me - Pete Townshend/The Who (THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT)
85. Statesboro Blues - Duane Allman & Dickie Betts/Allman Brothers Band (LIVE AT THE FILLMORE EAST)
86. No Woman No Cry - Al Anderson/Bob Marley & The Wailers (LIVE!)
87. Rubina - Joe Satriani (LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO)
88. I'm A Ram - Roy Buchanan (LIVE STOCK)
89. Black Sabbath - Tony Iommi/Black Sabbath (PAST LIVES)
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Is this the same Maggot Brain from One Nation Under a Groove?

I don't know why "My Generation" from Leeds is in this list. It's a great live rock guitar performance, but it's not being used as a vehicle for soloing, really. It's more like a riffage tour-de-force. "Heaven and Hell" would be a better choice.

Yes it is.

Just to let everyone know, I didn't make this list.

Yeah, I agree.

why do people keep forgetting UFO? maybe generation gap perhaps. in the hard rock/metal world Schenker is a GOD...being listed as a major influence for guitarists such as dimebag, EVH, Hemmet, and others.

So why is the solo from the song "rock bottom" nowhere to be seen on this list. Guitar player magazine ranked rock bottom live as one of top 50 greatest guitar tones of all time...as schenker would play live with his wah pedal on and in mid range to create his unique tone.

I know I am diehard UFO fan, but trying to be as objective as possible....over the many years of listening to the best live rock/hard rock/metal guitar solos...rock bottom would be in my top 10. Schenker's phrasing is phenomenal...not many wasted notes or meandering...which so often occured in '80s hard rock playing. Rock Bottoms solo which runs in my estimate about 5-6 minutes, is an excercise in dynamic tension and melodic structuring which as all great solos do...they tell a story...with a beginning, middle and ending resolve. Some melodic runs played slow, others rapid fast. Never a dull moment...the solo is in the same league as what page would do with zep live...ala dazed or no quarter.

The only other hard rock guitarist that took this live concept of guitar solo structuring to surpass Schenker is Page. IMO. Schenker one of the first in hard rock world, maybe with Blackmore as well to combine blues scales with notes outside the pentatonic in solos. I read interview with Hemmet where he says first time he heard "mother mary" guitar solo with all of schenkers stacatto fast outside the pentatonic scale notes...he knew what style of soloing he wanted to do. EVH also lists Schenker as influence, (as well as holdsworth) not only in rythym riff category (go to youtube and see how similar EVH's doctor song is to Schenkers "hot and ready"), but also in soloing dept.

Please go to youtube and type in rock bottom live (from strangers in the night lp). As Eddie Trunk from That Metal Show on VH-1 says over and over again,...in his opinion the live lp called strangers in the night by UFO is the greatest live hard rock guitar ever captured. I personally put live zep a slight notch higher...but seriously check out the solo in rock bottom live from strangers and tell me you dont think should be somewher in upper half of this list.

not to be picky regarding no quarter live solo from song remains...but IMO page's live work on either since i've been loving you (live song remains the same), or dazed and confused (song remains the same), or whole lotta love medley (how west was won) definitely has better live solo guitar work than no quarter.

just food for thought if anyone else wants to opine.

The Malmsteen one should be this'un rather than "Black Star" from Double Live:

I'm not being cheeky when I say this, but do you want to take over this? I'm not bothered. I've already got the greatest rock studio guitar solos list.

I throughly injoyed that, despite the fact I despise Malmsteen. That intro was phenominal... And the rest was great too.

Pete Townshend's best live guitar solo, imo: http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/s/The+Q ... ive+/qSseD

There's two solos in there. The short one is from 1:15 to 1:40. The lengthier one is from from 2:30 to 3:25. I love it to pieces.

ClashWho, great solo! IMO one of the best I've heard from Townsend.

The top 3 greatest live solo(s) all in 1 song !!

Check out the shred sweeping at around 2:50 - Who else in Rock could do this in the early seventies?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4ouPGGLI6Q

Maybe it doesnt count as this performance is only on a compilation DVD, but this clip had 6 million hits before been taken down and has now been reposted. Not bad for a dutch prog outfit !

Should also top the whistling, screaming, pulling faces and flute playing lists

Thanks Seeker....the great Jan Akkerman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgc-evUHQh4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWHPrB5Lqr4

http://www.janakkerman.com/index_page.html

Rick

I am obsessed with Akkerman. I have pretty well every solo and Focus release and am continually buying up everything else he has played on.

Luckily I have seen him quite a few times both solo acoustic and with a band. He says that he finds it diffcult to switch regularly from the electric to the acoustic/lute work and that he would ideally need 6 months solid acoustic playing to get back to the standards he himself would require for a tour (but he never does) although he has said that he will stop playing the electric at 70 and concentrate on his classical/acoustic playing.

Two of my faves

This is him at 64 - Still rocks harder and faster than most guys half his age

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XZ5JGItXPc



Version of 'Classical Gas' from his live Acoustic album 'Passion'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugKiXfv9mpM