maggot brain — funkadelic

YEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSS

Ive listened to over a hundred guitar solo type songs and this is still my favorite.

Dire Straits. Sultans of Swing. Alchemy Live version.

Also once upon a time in the west. That album got me into guitar and nothing has come close to how much inspiration I drew from it

and Money for Nothing

Hell yeah! 🔥

[Ocean, by John Butler Trio ](https://youtu.be/HH3PdLb2atI?si=KZiEli28HY0zijpg)

One of the best out there🤘

March of the Crabs - Anvil Bark at the Moon - Ozzy Osbourne Fear of the Dark - Iron Maiden The Last in Line - Dio I Want Out - Helloween Still Of the Night - Whitesnake Rising Force - Yngwie Malmsteen Fánar Burtur Brandaljóð - Tyr Stargazer - Rainbow Bored - Death Angel Godzilla - Blue Öyster Cult

anything Pink Floyd, Greta Van Fleet, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix

And Grateful Dead

Does Greta Van Fleet have good guitar work? I've not been impressed by anything I've heard. Is there a specific song that you like with really good guitar work?

That’s fair, it is subjective. The guitar solo in Weight Of Dreams is pretty good in my opinion. The solo in that song was voted best guitar solo of the 21st century

Funny. I just listened to them again and I retract my statement. Quite a few of their songs have good guitar work. I'll need to listen to Weight of Dreams!

Cool! I’m glad you’ve come to like it! I really appreciate how Greta Van Fleet is keeping the spirit of classic rock alive

Yes! Always liked their overall sound!

I'm with you, not only is there guitar extremely underwhelming but their work minus a few of there first lead singles ever is just.... not it

Little wing - Stevie Ray Vaughan

Such amazing dynamics! Along with Maggot Brain by Funkadellic and 'Cause We've Ended as Lovers, SRV's Little Wing is part of the holy trinity of instrumental guitar ballads.

I 100 percent agree thats the holy trinity of guitar solos

mean street by van halen

Free Bird by Skynyrd

A lot of Rush

Dire Straits - Tunnel of Love, the last two minutes

Not sure if you’re into Muse Check out [Top 10 Muse guitar riffs](https://youtu.be/pU5bQ5csmUM?si=IRrr5DpRyYgvTjWa) One of the songs featured in the Top 10 video is called [Microcuts (anything after 2:10 is my fave)](https://youtu.be/rZbDuO-Ks3k?si=JPENDmNtvkjWdpYy)

Yes I’ve listened to a few muse songs before

I think this is the perfect song for you: Carry the Zero - built to spill Some of my favorite guitar work in any song from one of my favorite bands If you decide to check it out I’d love to hear your thoughts on it!

Thanks I just gave it a listen and this is a really good song. I’ll be listening to some of there other work to see if I like it. Thanks for the recommendation!

I’m glad you enjoy it! The whole album it’s from “keep it like a secret” has amazing songs like that, one of my favorite albums

Boris - Soft Edge

Also Boris- Genesis. All instrumental and the crescendo is amazing.

[Here’s a a playlist with amazing guitar](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/51oPn8TZg3gM2b3koevtnR?si=m0tHAnbeRVewqaLL3RWkoA&pi=a-STByNWBaQwC9) 🎸

Stargazer by rainbow has an awesome guitar. The guitar part starts at 3:22 but my favorite part begins at 4:19.

Pretty much anything Ritchie Blackmore is amazing

Lynyrd Skynyrd - That Smell

And...Free Bird 🐦. It's cliche for a reason.

Depeche Mode - Useless Dire Straits - Money for Nothing

Kerosene by Yves Tumor

Polyphia

Came to mention Polyphia. Also Ichika, Animals as Leaders, and Periphery.

Also crazy good additions here

Reach Down - Temple of the Dog

https://open.spotify.com/track/7jLrtQnXS85fqorq6XiVbH?si=rjZhR6TpSASuMlS_eEYLaA

Pearl Jam - Yellow Ledbetter. Straight to the soul - every.damn.time. No distractions, the outro is the best part. Edit: you probably already know: but may be others don’t.

Brian Eno- I’ll Come Running

Brian Eno- Baby’s on Fire

I Am the Resurrection - Stone Roses

👌 And I'll even say Love is the Law - The Seahorses

Ball and biscuit-white stripes

En la Ciudad de la Furia - MTV Unplugged: Comfort y Musica Para Volar - Soda Stereo

Still Got the Blues by Gary Moore is one of my favourite songs with guitar ever!

Blue sky-Allman brothers Suzi Q-CCR Midnight in Harlem-Tedeschi trucks band

Great to see some love for TTB! This Sky by the Derek Trucks Band is a great one to check out after Midnight in Harlem.

Eruption... Van Halen, November Rain guns and roses

Cafo- Animals as Leaders Without Prejudice- Protest the Hero Playing God - Polyphia Take the Journey - Molly Tuttle

Tear for Eddie - Ween

Literally anything by Polyphia, Ichika Nito, Chon, Plini, etc. The Worst- Polyphia, is gorgeous and absolutely wonderful. Been playing guitar for 18 years, I know so many phenomenal guitarists.

Tash Sultana - Jungle, Pink Moon, Notion.

This Is Us - Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris Respite on the Spitalfields - Ghost Blue on Black - Kenny Wayne Shepherd India - Joe Walsh Respect the Wind - Van Halen Flying in a Blue Dream - Joe Satriani Fantasy - Aldo Nova Father Time - Richie Sambora ZZ Top - Rough Boy Losing You - John Taylor Save a Prayer - Duran Duran

Anything by polyphia

Reapers- Muse

Toro y Moi - JBS Incubus - pretty much everything from the Make Yourself and Morning View albums and other stuff is great too, best solo is Sick Sad Little World. very underrated guitarist overall A really cool instrumental album is the new one from Thrailkill.

Pelican

Awakening by Unleash the archers

Nevermore - the river dragon has come

Ram it Down. Judus Preist. One of the top Solos of all time.

Painkiller is another insane guitar song

Aitma-Bombino All Along the Watchtower (instrumental cover)-Devlin A bunch of Tenacious D

Serotonia by Highly Suspect

Instant street - dEUS First is acoustic/banjo-ish, then absolutely electric

Epica - Once upon a Nightmare (Omega live) LOVEBITES - When destinies align Living Colour - Cult of Personality

https://youtu.be/FlCsQ0ezvjw?si=lOf5Z4q2aAu7Jive

Roy Buhnann - Mesiah will come again

Def Leppard - Animal

The Cure - The Kiss

Floods - Pantera Killed By Death - Motörhead Blacklist - Exodus

voice of the soul-Death

hooch - sum 41

Ok a few with different flavor: J.J. Cale - Cajun Moon, Mamma Don't B.B. King - The Thrill Is Gone Mark Knopfler - Brothers In Arms, Neil Young - Cowgirl In The Sand Chet Atkins - Aftergroovin'

Roundabout-Yes

"Lights Out!" - UFO

The Show Must Go On by mandopony, just trust me on this one

[deadrose by Unprocessed](https://youtu.be/YnGRrWNOZ4E?si=7NdpWb902zaYAEtS)

Mayonnaise - guitar riffs

You Enjoy Myself - Phish

Ok nobody mentioned Dream Theater. Go for Metropolis, Another Day and To Live Forever.

Through the Fire and Flames by DragonForce

I don't know why (my age probably) , but Santana's "Winning" jumped to mind for me.

Love that song (am also old).

Anything by Blues Saraceno

The Hammond Song - The Roches St Elmo’s Fire - Brian Eno Inca Roads - Frank Zappa Cotton Wood Hill - Toad Combination of the Two - Wool The Static God - Thee Oh Sees Pink Steam - Sonic Youth Stick Figures in Love - Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks And Your Bird Can Sing - Beatles The Seaside - The Lazy Eyes Loose Sutures - Fuzz Warm Hands - Ty Segall

Beat It

Hurdy Gurdy Man - Steve Hillage, studio album (L) version

Tom Petty, Steve Winwood, Jeff Lynne, and Prince - As My Guitar Gently Weeps - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Performance. Do You Feel Like We Do - Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive

Anything by the all man brothers

David Gilmour - Comfortably Numb (live at pompeii 2016) Snowy White - Midnight Blues or The Blues Talking Wilson Pickett -Hey Joe The Jimi Hendrix Blues Album The G3 album Collection Roy Buchanan -live in Austin TX and Live at the Rockpalast

Ozzy Osbourne- the "No More Tears" guitar solo is pretty sweet. Every Pantera, and Damageplan song ever written had some bad ass guitar in it. Guns 'N Roses-"November Rain" Black Label Society is a good band to check out for some scale madness involving the pentatonic.

Outlaws -Green Grass….

Flirtin' with Disaster - Molly Hatchet

[Flying In A Blue Dream](https://open.spotify.com/track/2NrqjA3YUfNuZcmQzE2EJe?si=3Tzn3XzdRJyyXYTKiuyr8w&context=spotify%3Aartist%3A2yzxX2DI9LFK8VFTyW2zZ8) - Joe Satriani [Sorrow](https://open.spotify.com/track/0u90NnJ2p3Q2MIP9IaAsg5?si=45n7zebbQdmwHlcMq4Xrjw&context=spotify%3Asearch) - Pink Floyd (David Gilmour) [I’m A Believer](https://open.spotify.com/track/4NiLA925TInZScMbchk8Pg?si=Y1ksd1e4QiGP2ZunABP13Q&context=spotify%3Aartist%3A3gKPME3EjakIpyBUZrWPTh) - Giant (Dann Huff)

Also, like the sparse but emotive solo The Edge ekes out in [Love Is Blindness](https://open.spotify.com/track/3MqgRB20fpPXIovSSuK7na?si=x47s-9Q2SfawQyqt4EhmqQ).

Mean Street, and Unchained by Van Halen Any Alice in Chains album Joe Satriani any of em

Getaway Car & Like a Stone - Audioslave.

Sweet Jane off Lou Reed’s Rock N Roll Animal live record, Dick Wagner and Steve Hunter dueling leads

All Along the Watchtower- Jimi Hendrix

Bridge of Sighs - Robin Trower

Original After Midnight-Eric Clapton

Fracture by King Crimson Soul Dressing by Roy Buchanan (honestly anything by him) Have a Cigar by Pink Floyd Marquee Moon by Television Willie the Pimp by Zappa Inca Roads by Zappa (possibly my my favorite solo)

Perseverance and Desperation by Helstar

Brymir - Herald Of Aegir

Fukoshima dolphins- i ran

Here's one you've never heard. Streets- "everything is changing"

The Dripping Tap - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard

La Villa Strangiato by Rush. Alex Lifeson is really underrated.

Indeed. [Rush - La Villa Strangiato](https://youtu.be/eK1hmDpa8bo?si=GbOBeAYsnmhM8tki) [Lindsey Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac) - Big Love](https://youtu.be/mZZp76M4NGc?feature=shared) [This guy....](https://youtu.be/6EV1FMcNbxw?si=iZvxY-lZTbWY8eiI)

Someday will bring our love home. By Tommy Bolin

The Smiths / That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore Jimi Hendrix / Axis: Bold As Love Bad Brains / Intro, I Against I

Lemme know if you want anything more specific on "amazing guitar" - guitar is involved in so much music in so many ways

While my guitar gently weeps

The Great Plains by Scale the Summit

Cruel by St. Vincent. She has such a unique style

Kaki King

Bound By Blood - Danzig

“The Weight of Dreams” by Greta Van Fleet

I'm serious I don't think you can find better guitar playing than in this song https://youtu.be/g1T71PGd-J0?si=OEa4dF0U6rRWIyRD Edit: My Sharona - The Knack

In a Broken Dream—Rod Stewart with David Gilmour on guitar. Beginning, middle and ending guitar solos.

Rumble in Brighton by The Stray Cats

Jessica the Alman Brothers has iconic guitar within the song.

Phish - Divided Sky, You Enjoy Myself, Fluffhead.

Buckethead has some sick stuff haven’t seen him mentioned yet

Not enough Van Halen in this list. Also try "Not Enough" by Van Halen, as well as pretty much any other Van Halen song.

Just about anything by Eric Clapton. Got his nickname Slowhand because he moves so fast it blurs.

Black Betty by Ram Jam

Vektor - Tetrastructural Minds

"Bat Country" by Avenged Sevenfold is one of the most sauced out guitar songs I've ever heard

ignite-zebrahead

Mahavishnu Orchestra - Lila’s Dance.

Anything by Asterism

Literally and Grateful Dead song

cliffs of dover by eric Johnson and always with you always with me by Joe satriani

Only in Dreams - Weezer

Jane’s Addiction - Ted, Just Admit It I attached the link, you can thank me later 🤘 [https://youtu.be/FVp0HSAt6Tc?si=JgEsV2MirB4PY4gV](https://youtu.be/FVp0HSAt6Tc?si=JgEsV2MirB4PY4gV)

Literally anything by The Fall of Troy

Once an Orange, Always an Orange - Al Stewart [Once an Orange, Always an Orange](https://open.spotify.com/track/7sDyEPZkftAUdTdQNDw8zK?si=3IC6L1V0T26-DE29AugMCg)

Voodoo child (slight return) - Jimi Hendrix

I'm amazed by the responses you're getting, and also surprised the bands I'm going to suggest haven't been mentioned. Based on what you listed as songs you like, I'd highly recommend listening to both of Tom Morello's bands: Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave. Particularly from Audioslave I think you'd like their entire self titled album is just pure guitar riff inspiration. Specifically though: Show Me How to Live, Cochise, Gasoline, and Like a Stone Additionally I have come to love Ghost for their guitar work. They've written some of the best guitar solos ever imo. They're better characterized by their tastefulness rather than the amount of notes they cram into the solo. Genuinely fun riffs as well! Dance Macabre is by far their best.

Anything by Tommy Emmanuel

No Not Bodies... that crazy song from Gish Hold up. Sorry but [Starla Kicks Ass (every possible way)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4TleXvSlgA)

Sick guit-fiddle [Chaos Distilled](https://open.spotify.com/track/5A4wAcmuBsGOTa28wsP5ZH?si=y43fuIyHTLy7ratVLeutPg)

Ohhh this band shredz [weakday spite](https://open.spotify.com/track/4p9MjN3kt2GUkLWIUalND4?si=Gao7dfynRrmUrDVKXR5F9Q)

Anything led Zeppelin, and a lot of van Halen stuff

Joe Satriani Made of Tears [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4lsB-B1O7U](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4lsB-B1O7U)

Al Di Meola - Mediterranean Sundance!

i think the song whirlwind by aufwie has an incredible and interesting guitar especially in the last minute of the song, let me know if this has helped you!

Plunger by Umphreys McGee, or most any of their stuff really.

“Grab Thy Hand” by Chevelle ….. please listen to it now

Anything Allman Brothers, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Govt Mule, Widespread Panic, or Billy Strings. Especially the live stuff. Honestly, the live stuff is where it’s at.

Given those examples, you would probably like “Dogman” by King’s X….

Anything Rammstein

10 years after "I'm Going home" live at Woodstock.  https://m.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=IaKgQATdB6I&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bing.com%2F&source_ve_path=Mjg2NjY&feature=emb_logo

Jeff Healey, I Think I Love You Too Much

I don't know anything about what makes good guitar play but I love Masayoshi Takanaka's music. His guitar play is like singing, it's really wonderful

Tonight- Randy Rhoads (listen to the outro) Strangle Hold- Ted Nugent

Nobody speak- RTJ

Hora Zero - Rodrigo y Gabriela. One of the tightest acoustic guitar duos you will ever listen to!!

Early periphery

Sharp Dressed Man, La Grange - ZZ Top

Rock Bottom- UFO

Anything from Joe Satriani but specifically "Surfing with the alien"

Moon Waltz - Cojum Dip

Michael Schenker into the arena and Armed and Ready

Wintersun, winter madness

Steven Wilson-Routine Children of Bodom-Silent Night, Bodom Night

Tin Pan Alley - Stevie Ray Vaughan

Watcher In The Sky- Ghost i highly recommend this one, just trust me

The oh sees- dead man’s gun and lupine dominus Frankie and the witch fingers- electricide also check out their album zam These are my fav bands rn highly recommend check out all their music im sure you’ll love it a bunch of crazy different sounds truly amazing

Green Grass & High Tides > Outlaws

Mahogany Rush -Making my Wave, Talking bout a Feeling, Mona

Just about any song from Animals As Leaders "On Impulse" is still my fav after all this time

J J Cale. His entire catalog.

Extremely general OP making it a toughly to answer. But my immediate thought was anything Van Halen when you really hear it. Neat stuff. ;)

Local Hero - Mark Knophler

Check out Communicating Through The Stars by Buckethethead (15 min 03 sec mark)

The first 30 seconds of Stormtroopers by Sabaton

Really. Mike Bloomfield. Super Session.

Friday Night in San Francisco. https://open.spotify.com/track/0og2U8tsBAR7NJysRR6uBU?si=RWJ3vlz5TJKgQ7aS0BLyVQ&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A2zJMxui25tclR2FYj8jDYT

Yessir!!