Top 5 (or 10 if you're ambitious/greedy) favorite guitar instrumentals

[grhqofb5]

Pretty sure I remember vocals in that one.

Well, the vocals were unintelligible.

[No_Pressure]

Does this count? It isn't guitar only, but some of the other ones posted here were not either.

[MLSKINS]

Of the top of my head I can only think of these two. I think everything else I think of would be guitar solos...

[Bang]

Bang, is the Raybeats any relation to Link and his brothers? I think they wrote Jack the Ripper I&II

N/M, it has to be now that I'm hearing it. Link Wray is one of the most underrated, unknown guitar players and one of the true originators of R&R.

No relation,, Raybeats are heavily influenced obviously.
Raybeats only put out two albums in the early 80s, and the better one (It's Only a Movie) is out of print.. although I have a copy
Some of them have gone on to form Los Straitjackets.

I notice some folks listing Link Wray's "Rumble".. interesting how much trouble that song caused.
we all know of songs in the 50s being banned for supposedly suggestive lyrics.. but Rumble had no lyrics and was banned in a lot of places because of the 'invitation to delinquency" it's sound presented.


Link's a southern Marylander.. from accokeek. If you know a Wray in SOMD, chances are they're related.
It's nice he's getting his due.. he's a grandfather,, inventor of the power chord and supposedly fuzz distortion. (He got mad because he couldn't get the sound he wanted and kicked a hole in his amp.. and then it was perfect.)


Some Link Wray classics






Some more instrumentals worth hearing



sandy bull is interesting. think you've heard Chuck berry? guess again. let it play.


The Stones in the early early days


OK, a few words, but it's such a great tune. Seriously, if you can't groove to this, you may be dead.


if folks are interested, I'll post some more later. Right now I've got to get back to work.

~Bang

[Mad Mike]

In loose order but For the love of God is my absolute favorite solo guitar piece.

Steve Vai - For the love of God, Warm Regards, Tender surrender
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Lenny, Riviera Paradise, (and it's not a solo but it is one of my favorite all time songs.... TIn Pan Ally)
Jeff Beck - Amazing Grace
Al Di Meola - Race with the devil on a Spanish Highway

Special mention - any Joe Satriani

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=okLDkcexiVg

[mojo]

This has always been a favorite of mine. Steve Howe is amazing.

[Bliz]

Please note, this is for instrumentals only, not your top 5 guitar solos.

Frankenstein - Edgar Winter Group

Not to nitpick, but Frankenstein (while a great tune) is, to me at least, primarily a keyboard instrumental, not a guitar instrumental. Or keytar, I guess.


Pink Floyd - One of These Days

[Riggo-toni]

Not to nitpick, but Frankenstein (while a great tune) is, to me at least, primarily a keyboard instrumental, not a guitar instrumental. Or keytar, I guess.


Pink Floyd - One of These Days

True enough....I thought about posting the Gary Hoey remake because of that, but I still love the original.
Gilmour has a beautiful sax (yes, David Gilmour on sax) instrumental called Red Sky at Night on his On An Island LP.

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In loose order but For the love of God is my absolute favorite solo guitar piece.

Steve Vai - For the love of God, Warm Regards, Tender surrender
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Lenny, Riviera Paradise, (and it's not a solo but it is one of my favorite all time songs.... TIn Pan Ally)
Jeff Beck - Amazing Grace

Love it! I actually don't think I've heard JB do Amazing Grace. I will have to look that up. Love Steve Vai's Passion and Warfare CD. I actually like the live version Tin Pan Alley more than the studio. Surprised noone has mentioned SRV's instrumental version of Little Wing.

[Dan T.]

Bang, is the Raybeats any relation to Link and his brothers? I think they wrote Jack the Ripper I&II

N/M, it has to be now that I'm hearing it. Link Wray is one of the most underrated, unknown guitar players and one of the true originators of R&R.

Wasn't it Link Wray who punched holes in the front of his amp with an ice pick to get that fuzzy surf sound?

[Bang]

Wasn't it Link Wray who punched holes in the front of his amp with an ice pick to get that fuzzy surf sound?

Yep

~bang

[Dan T.]

Yep

~bang

After you posted I saw your earlier post. I didn't know he was a local guy.

I had an album he did with Robert Gordon that was just about the best rockabilly music in existence...



Cuts included My Gal is Red Hot, Flying Saucers Rock n' Roll, a great version of Summertime Blues, 20 Flight Rock, Sea Cruise...

[Koolblue13]

Wasn't it Link Wray who punched holes in the front of his amp with an ice pick to get that fuzzy surf sound?

Actually. He owned a tiny piece of crap amp it it sounded perfect. He got signed to a label, showed up to play and the manager said he had to us the new equipment he bought him, so he reached down, pulled a knife out of his boot and then went on to tear it up. Link Wray was the man. I'm pretty sure he just died after living in Sweden with a 20 year old wife, but that might of been Hazel Atkins (also ****ing cool).

[USS Redskins]

Pipeline - Agent Orange
Satch Boogie - Joseph Satriani
SRV - Eric Johnson
Cathedral - Van Halen (all volume knob)
Misirlou - Dick Dale

[thebluefood]

That instrumental bridge from "Don't Fear the Reaper" is so criminally underrated it hurts.

[MartinC]

Surprised no one has mentioned Surfing with the Aliens by Joe Satriani yet. Also - and this will probably tick off some purists - I really like the Head Cutting duel by Stevie Vai which is from a pretty mediocre film Crossroads.