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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.
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.
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