For all those who love to hear great guitar playing what are your fav tracks?

Mine;

Hendrix;
Machine gun
All along the watchtower
Eazy rider
Hear my train a comin

Prince
Let's go crazy
Joy in repetition
Bambi
The ride

Slash
Sweet child o' mine
Don't cry
One in a million

Frank Zappa - Muffin Man

I do love his guitar playing more than any other one, though it took some time to get "into" it...

steely dan; (jay graydon/jeff baxter)
reelin in the years
peg

prince;
why you wanna treat me so bad?
live 4 love
when doves cry
pop life
kiss
she's always in my hair
sign o' the times
money dont matter 2night
diamonds & pearls
she loves me 4 me
i could never take the place of your man

chuck berry;
johnny b. goode

duane allman/dickey betts/warren haynes
whipping post
ramblin man
jessica
melissa
midnight rider

carlos santana;
bailar mi hermana
bella
oye como va
soul sacrifice
bailando/aquatic park
black magic woman
take me with you
europa
maria maria

funkadelic;(gary shider/michael hampton/eddie hazel)
who says a funk band can't play rock?
maggot brain
cosmic slop (74' studio version/76' live version)
you scared the lovin outta me
mommy whats a funkadelic?
music for my mother
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Beatles "Day Tripper"

Funkadelic--Hazel, Shider, Hampton
Maggot Brain
Standing On The Verge Live
Into You

Prince
She's Always In My Hair(studio and Live versions from the Act I tour)
Play In The Sunshine Live
I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man Live

Zappa
Black Napkins

Santana
Europa
Incident At Neshabar
Waves Within
Song Of The Wind
Soul Sacrifice
Black Magic Woman


John Mclaughlin
Right Off-from Miles Davis' A tribute to Jack Johnson
Bitches Brew

Jimi Hendrix
Damn near everything..lol

The Isley Brothers
Summer Breeze
Make Me Say It Again Girl
That Lady
Voyage To Atlantis
Footsteps In The Dark
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slave;
slide
just a touch of love
watching you

steve arrington;
weak in the knees

johnny winter/rick derringer
rock n roll hoochie coo

george thorogood;
bad to the bone

stevie ray vaughn;
couldnt stand the weather
tightrope
empty arms
life by the drop

richie sambora;
stranger in this town

Dang!!!

We'll be here all day..

So here's a few..


James Brown

Blues & Pants

Ain't It Funky Now

There Was A Time


Funkadelic

I'll Stay

Hit It & Quit It

One Nation Under A Groove (Instrumental version)


The Isley Brothers

Midnight Sky

That Lady

Hope You Feel Better Love


The Bar-Kays

Move Your Boogie Body

Boogie Body Land
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Maybe Your Baby

endorphinmachine
I Like It There
Hello (12")

Who Loves You Better pts. 1 and 2

Breed

E-Pro

Peg

Omegaman

WAAAAY too many to list. Soooo many from Hendrix, Hazel, Page, Van Halen, Sabbath, etc.

SenseOfDoubt said:

Have you ever heard "Eat That Question"? Another cool riff!

The Bongo Fury version of Muffin Man is my all time favorite AND THAT GUITAR SOLO NEAR THE END!!!

Black Sabbath has a ton of them!

Sweet Leaf
Hole in the Sky
Faries wear boots
War Pigs
NIB

Fuck it, the whole We Sold Our Soul for Rock n' Roll album with the exception of Changes!

90% of Dio's Holy Diver album!

i've got many more fav's just not enough time, i might come back and post more.

sinisterpentatonic said:

Which version? The MAJNH Version or the TGW one? hehe, you see - i am into it. You are very right about the "cool riff"...

Scorpions - No One Like You
Yngwie Malmsteen - Far beyond the sun
Deep Purple - Pictures of Home
Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear The Reaper

sinisterpentatonic said:

90%, how bout 100% not to mention Last in Line or Heaven and Hell / Mob Rules.

and that's not even counting Ricthie's work in Dio era Rainbow, but from Heaven and Hell to Last in Line it's nothing but calssic guitars and classic vocals; great music.

But the Solo on the Holy Diver track really brings it home, great percussion on that track aswell.
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My Favorite Van Halen track from the great first album is Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love, but the guitar work blends is pefrect, I love the EVH's work on Little Dreamer also.

SenseOfDoubt said:

Ah, i see, you're what they call a real fan.

Yes, i was referring to TGW version.

lilgish said:

you're right, a 100% Last in Line was nice, but it didn't stick to my ribs like HD. And i kind of shunned Black Sabbath when Ozzy left.

..

Couldn't list all my favorites, here's some:


Curtis Mayfield

Think
People Get Ready


Jeff Beck:

Diamond Dust
Cause We've Ended As Lovers
The Final Peace
Space Boogie
The Saint and The Rascal(w/ Narada Michael Walden)
Lookin' for Another Pure Love(w/ Stevie Wonder)



Jimi Hendrix

May This Be Love
Star-Spangled Banner
Machine Gun
Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
Power Of Soul("Paper Airplanes" version)
Izabella



Eddie Hazel
Maggot Brain
Vital Juices
Soul Mate(raw version)




Carlos Santana

Awakening(with Narada Michel Walden)
Take Me With You
Europa
Blues For Salvador
Toussaint L'Overture
First Love (w/ Narada Michael Walden)


Nile Rodgers

Savoir Faire
Golden Girl(w/ Al Jarreau)



Jean Paul Bourelly

Rock The Cathartic Spirits
Toxic U Love
The Black Triumvirate
The Restless Wave

Ernie Isley

Hope You Feel Better Love
Voyage To Atlantis
Who Loves You Better
Summer Breeze
All In My Lover's Eyes



George Benson

Affirmation
Lady



Wes Montgomery

Caravan
Relaxin' At Camarillo




Allan Holdsworth

Metal Fatigue
Non-Brewed Condiment
Tokyo Dreams
The Un-Merry Go Round


Frank Zappa

Love (w/ George Duke)




Lewis Taylor

A Little Bit Tasty
Leader Of The Band




Pat Metheny

Third Wind
Tell It All
Have You Heard
Eighteen





Kevin Eubanks

The Sundance Began
Thought About Thinking
Shadow Prophets




Wayne Krantz

Whipper Snapper
One Of Two
Signals




Nile Rodgers

Savoir Faire
Golden Girl(w/ Al Jarreau)



Wayne Johnson

Spirit Of The Dancer
Grasshopper
Ramble Scamplin'
Three Man Junta
Rock Runner



Prince

Joy In Repitition
Just My Imagination (Live Aftershow)
Witness(Alternate Version)
Scandalous Sex Suite, Part II
The Ride (live)
Shhh (live)




Adrian Belew

Matte Kudasai
Tell'em To Me (w/ R. Sakamoto)
Elephant Talk



Mike Stern

Mood Swings
Upside Downside


Corrado Rusticci

The Dance Of Life
Victory Suite Part II




Kazumi Watanabe

Half-Blood
Capri
Sayonara



Hiram Bullock

I Cry, I Smile (w/ Narada)
Half-Life
You Send Me (w/ Al Jarreau)


Larry Carlton

Frenchman's Flat
Friends
LA- NY








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Btw, got to mention Al diMeola's album "Elegant Gypsy", esp..
- Flight Over Rio (from 77 or 78 or so)

Pretty impressive. This guy must be kidding.

So may great guitarists and great licks. I'll have to add my own.

Dick Dale
Miserlou (Theme from "Pulp Fiction")

Mark Knopfler
Sultans of Swing
Brothers In Arms

David "the Edge" Evans (U2)
Bullet The Blue Sky
Until the End of the World
I Will Follow

Jesse Johnson (or Prince?)
777-9311

mint condition; (o'dell/jellybean)
i wonder if she likes me
so fine
breakin my heart (live)

heart;(nancy wilson)
baracuda
crazy on you
magic man
alone

kool & the gang;(claydes smith)
funky stuff
jungle boogie
summer madness
who's gonna take the weight?

ozzy osbourne;(randy rhoads)
crazy train

forgeiner; (mick jones)
double vision

the who; (pete townshend)
baba o'riley

issac hayes (jimmy reed)
walk on by
hyperbolicsylabisesaqedalmistic
shaft

curtis mayfield
little child runnin wild
future shock
freddie's dead
fly guy w/fishbone
superfly
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Come Together-Beatles
Do It Roger-Roger & Zapp
Joy In Repetition Live Version-Prince
Cold Shot-Stevie Ray Vaughan
Purple Haze-Jimi Hendrix
Breezin'-George Benson

Stymie said:

i know there must be a riff on that Funkentatonic comp that you must like!

sinisterpentatonic said:

I knew your ass was gonna show up and say that.

Okay,

even though "Hi" is about two seconds long, it has killer fuckin' axe on it. that better, Sin?

A lot of great riffs mentioned already (though, I'm not seeing much of a distinction between riffs and hooks -- these are going to be riffs and, in some cases, basslines that constitute riffs).

Fishbone -- about half of the Give a Monkey a Brain disc -- chief among them Black Flowers and Lemon Meringue.

Living Colour
Time's Up
This is the Life
Love Rears its Ugly Head
Cult of Personality
Open Letter to a Landlord
Type
many others, God bless 'em

Lenny Kravitz
Rock N Roll is Dead
Are You Gonna Go My Way
Mama Said
SistaMotherLover

Clapton
Sunshine of Your Love
Pretending
Pilgrim

Beatles & Co.
Live & Let Die
Day Tripper
Paperback Writer
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band (reprise)

Marcus Miller
Ethiopia
Rampage
Panther
Blues
Power


Stevie Wonder (Since others are including hooks, indulge me, dangit!)
Higher Ground
Superstition
Tell Your Heart
Dark and Lovely
Characters

Van Halen
Black and Blue

Slash
Paradise City

Vai
The Animal

Ray Obiedo
Werewolf

Mozart
Dies Irie from the Requiem

Henryk Gorecki
Lamentations (Third Symphony)

Bach
Air on a G-String

Dave Matthews
Stay or Leave
Crash
The Stone
Don't Drink the Water
Crush

Harry Connick Jr.
Little Farley
She
Star Turtle (OH MY GOSH, it rocks so hard and melodically, it maddens me!)


Doyle Bramhall IISong from the Grave
Green Light Girl
L I F E
Problem Child
Last Night

There are more, but it's late. G'night...



(Mozart-not-Beethoven edit)
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Tommy Bolin - Alexis, Stratus, Quadrant 4, Nitroglycerin

Jesse Johnson - Bare My Naked Soul, Stop, Look and Listen, Lovestruck, Can U Help
Me, Skillet, Blondie,

Prince - Why U Wanna Treat Me So Bad, Get It Up, 3 Chains 'o Gold

Jimi Hendrix - Everything

Ernie Isley - Summer Breeze, Ballad of the Fallen Soldier, Hope You Feel Better Love, Love Fever, Ain't Givin' Up on Love, Atlantis, Back to Square One, Rising From the Ashes,

Vito Bratta (White Lion) - Sweet Little Loving, Wait, Little Fighter

Eddie Van Halen - Everything (David Lee Roth era)

Ty Tabor (King's X) - Goldilocks

Eric Gales - Sign of the Storm, Handwriting on the Wall, Angel of the Night, Bang That Bell

Eddie Hazel - Everything

sinisterpentatonic said:

The post ozzy albums are killer all the way to Eternal Idol , even Dehumanizer when Dio returns in the early 90's is a good album.

Randy Rhoads, Eddie Hazel, Jimi, Stevie Ray, Howlin' Wolf, Zapp, Elmore James, Clapton, Ritchie Blackmore, Jeff Beck.

Track/riff wise, just pick something

Slave2daGroove said:

Somebody picked The Wolf?!?

Alright, i'm gonna add Smokestack Lightning and Spoonful to my list! And for Randy i'll throw Diary of a Madman and Suicide Solution on there too.

Stymie said:

That's better! i don't think you could've went wrong with anything you pick on there.

i think i would take Weapon of Choice's "Iz Funk Aroma Thera "P" utik! Them boys got all kind of cool stuff happening in that song.