Searching For The Best Guitar Solo Of All Times.

Okay, I'll try to make this short.

It is no secret that there are a lot of talented guitarists out there who can play
very fast solos. If you ever listened to "Heroes Of Our Time" by Dragonforce,
it would be hard to come up with many who can play faster than these guys.

But many of the really fast guitar solos, and they're a dime a dozen, are what
I call "nondescript." They're just a lot of notes with no soul and no real melody
behind it.

Yes, anybody can play fast. But to come up with something that is singable
from the first to the last note is a rare animal in this world.

There are two guitar solos that fit that description.

The one is UFO's "Only You Can Rock Me" which is my 2nd favorite guitar
solo of all time. It's the kind of solo I wish I had written, let alone play.

But number 1 has to go to this tune. A well known session guitarist was
asked to come in and play to a love song. At first he started playing this
mushy thing that you'd come to expect until the song's composer said to
him, "No, let it loose!" He wanted him to rock out. It was the beginning of
the power ballad solo long before the term power ballad ever existed and it
paved the way for everything else that came after it. So not only is this
solo amazing in its own right, but it's a pioneer in the field of pop music.

The year was 1972

The group was "The Carpenters"

The guitarist was Tony Peluso who just passed away 3 years ago.

The Song.

ANOTHER ONE I'd damn near forgotten.
Are you sure you weren't in Hamilton, Ohio say,
around '72 - '75?
Cause what you post is, for the most part, the same stuff we were playin'.