Part 2 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey as we discuss our favorite guitar solos. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").
Show notes:
- Continuing our top 10
- Phil's #9: Trey Anastasio of Phish stretches out
- No studio version of the song
- Jay's #9: The concise awesomeness of Alex Lifeson
- A virtuoso in a band of virtuosos
- Phil's #8: Back to the jam with RIck Mitarotonda of Goose
- Another band that saves their best for the live setting
- Jay's #8: Another Matthew Sweet song, this time featuring Richard Lloyd on lead guitar
- Features a fake ending with even more soloing
- Phil's #7: Square dancing in gym class led Phil to this Beatles song
- George Harrison with a beautiful, heartfeld solo
- Great video, too
- Jay's #7: A ripping solo from J. Mascis from '93
- Video wasn't directed by Matt Dillon; he did the "Get Me" video
- Mascis has recorded a ton of great solos over the years
- Phil's #6: Eddie VH's magnum opus
- The instrumental that changed the face of hard rock
- Wasn't meant to be recorded at first
- Jay's #6: Less overplayed solo from Jimmy Page
- A lesser-known album from Zeppelin
- Phil's #5: Mick Taylor shines for the Stones
- The band started jamming at the end of the song and they kept recording
- Jay's #5: Robert Fripp with a ripper of a solo for Brian Eno
- Eno's first solo album after Roxy Music
- Phil's #4: The Allman Brothers' tribute to Django Reinhardt
- Three different solos
- Jay's #4: More Richard Lloyd along with Tom Verlaine on a 10-minute art-rock classic
- Kind of jam band adjacent
- Phil's #3: Neil Young with an epic love song
- Recording starts in the middle of a jam
- Jay's #3: Monster instrumental featuring Eddie Hazel's psychedelic playing
- Mike Watt does a cover with J. Mascis handling the guitar
- The interesting career of Prakash John
- Phil's #2 and Jay's #1: Hendrix blows minds with acid blues rock
- SRV does an incredible cover
- Jay's #2: Nasty riff and solo from Eddie VH
- One of Van Halen's darker songs
- Phil's #1: A Grateful Dead classic that highlights Jerry Garcia
- Cover of a Bonnie Dobson folk song
- Builds to a roaring crescendo
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The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.
