Obscure instrumentals

[secrets]

So what guitar (or other) instrumentals do you rate highly?

Here are some of my favourites in no special order:


1. Driving South - Jimi Hendrix (Radio One)

Great riff and amazing solo.


2. Lenny - Stevie Ray Vaughan (Texas Flood)

Soulful, beautiful guitar playing.


3. Paris Texas - Ry Cooder (Paris Texas)

Acoustic slide, very minimal but very atmospheric.


4. Sleep Dirt - Frank Zappa (Sleep Dirt)

Unusual, mellow acoustic solo.


5. Call it Sleep - Steve Vai (Flex-able)

Vai at his finest. Better than anything on Passion and Warfare IMHO.


6. Mystical Potato Head Groove Thing - Joe Satriani (Flying in a Blue Dream)

This track is way better than any other on that album. Very original and technically amazing!


7. La Villa Strangiato - Rush (Exit..Stage Left)

Rush instrumentals are often the highlight of their albums and this is one played to perfection.


8. Mediterranean Sundance/Rio Ancho - Al di Meola with Paco De lucia (Friday night in San Fransisco)

Amazing musicianship. This is up there with Spanish Fly in terms of wow how can they play that fast on an acoustic guitar?


I could go on but I'll leave it at that.

[bueno bob]

1 - Silk and Steel / Savatage
2 - Trilogy Suite / Yngwie Malmsteen
3 - Epilogue / Opeth
4 - Mr. Scary / Dokken (live version off "Beast from the East")
5 - Karn Evil #9 1st Impression (pt. 2) / ELP
6 - Gliding Above While Being Below / Coroner
7 - Prelude #16 Opus #28 (Chopin) / Tony MacAlpine
8 - Reckless Love / Adrian Legg
9 - July / Al DiMeola
10 - Love on a Real Train / Tangerine Dream

[Coyote]

Frankenstein - Edgar Winter Group

[Mr Badguy]

"Genghis khan" - Iron maiden
"Fanfare for the common man" - ELP
"Where`s my thing?" - Rush
"Laguna sunrise" - Black Sabbath
"Bron-Y-Aur"- Led Zeppelin
"Clap" - Steve Howe/Yes

[secrets]

Ozric Tentacles, must be heard to believed. Great stuff.

Prog Rock is coming back with a vengence.

[Mezro]

Dick Chello

Rectal Kazoo

German Jew's Harp

Foreskin Tamborine

Cornhole Harmonica

Testicle Accordion

Mezro...oh, so sorry...I thought the topic was obscure instruments...never mind...carry on...

[secrets]

'Simple things please simple minds' - by the Twats. Great stuff!

[YankeeRose]

Originally posted by Coyote
Frankenstein - Edgar Winter Group

My first thought too....

[YankeeRose]

Originally posted by secrets




3. Paris Texas - Ry Cooder (Paris Texas)

Acoustic slide, very minimal but very atmospheric.





I'm particularly fond of the piece he played in "Crossroads"...the one that the Karate Kid played air guitar for....I don't even know if it has a name. On a sidebar...I'm wondering how long Vai had to practice to be able to fuck up that note without stopping to think about it first....

BTW...props on the SRV choice....it's the first one The Ol' Man thought of when I mentioned this thread and asked his opinion.

[Loons The Great]

anything by Link Wray
anything by Django Rheinhardt
Raunchy by Bill Justis
Neworld by Van Sharona:(
Green Onions by Booker T. and The M.G.'s
Hideaway by Freddie King via Houng Dog Taylor
Rebel Rouser by Duane Eddy
James Bond Theme
Pink Panther Theme
Vancouver by Jeff Buckley
White Summer/Black Mountainside by Jimmy Page
The Star Spangled Banner by Stevie Vai
Dark Was The Night(Cold Was The Ground)--Blind Willie Johnson

[Reverberator]

Is there anybody out there ? ......... Pink Floyd .

[secrets]

Misirlou (from Pulp Fiction)

performed by Dick Dale & His Del-Tones

[frenchie]

pink floyd is so a great band , very good musicians , davisd gilmour was a genius, and roger waters is the best songwritter of rock history.have you seen pink floyd performing live?

[Mr Grimsdale]

no guitars, but...

oxygene, equinoxe and zoolook by jean michel-jarre

[GAR]

"Hocus Pocus" by the band Focus, Jan Akkerman on guitar - #1 instrumental.

I also like "Within You/Without You" by Joe Satriani off "Surfin' With The Alien" and am sooo thankful of that guy Cliff Cultreri for signing Satch. If he didn't do that album on his credit card the world of guitar would be a much boring place...

[classicdude]

"Machete Mirago" - Buckethead, for just abso-fucking-lutely insane thrashing.

And for when you want to get your woman super slippery wet so you can dive right in - "For Mom" also by Buckethead.

(Please, no Oedipal comments. Thank you.)

;)

[Mama's Fool]

Ted Nugent's Homebound is mighty tasty.

[frenchie]

mr grimsdale, you know j m jarre. it's a french musician!!!!

[Diver Down NJ]

Kiss - "Love Theme From Kiss"
Genesis - "Duke's Travels/Duke's End" and "Los Endos"
The Police - "Behind My Camel"

[Reverberator]

The theme tune to Roobarb n custard , fergin heavier than slayer .

[secrets]

Originally posted by Reverberator
The theme tune to Roobarb n custard , fergin heavier than slayer .

LOL, the Yanks won't have clue mate! That is too funny.

How about, YYZ by Rush, saw them play that last night and the audience, and I mean everyone, sang along to the melody.

That brought a smile to my face.

[Reverberator]

Where you saw Rush?

[secrets]

Originally posted by Reverberator
Where you saw Rush?

Last night at wembley Arena. It was amazing. If you're going to see them you're in for a treat.

[Reverberator]

Rush are just grate , unfortunatly im missing this tour:(

[secrets]

That's too bad.

I hope you get another chance to see them again, they are playing better than ever these days.

[Reverberator]

I somehow dont think this will be their last tour , well I hope not

[rustoffa]

that theme from m.a.s.h.
I think It's called "suicide is painless"?
It's ironic that everytime I hear it, I want to blow my head off.

[YankeeRose]

I saw Rush in the early 80's, when they toured for Signals. I had ordered 2 tickets, 4th row center aisle, to ACDC-Back in Black but didn't recieve them till the day after the show. Called and cussed as only a Jersey Girl raised by a trucker can..they sent ne 4 tickets to Rush. Sold 2 for more than the purchase price of the ACDC tickets, and got to see Rush for free. It was an amazing show. I'd never seen a 3 man band fill a stage so completely. Neil Peart is a Drum God!! His kit is a thing of beauty...jaw-dropping...excellant show!!!