MileenasFeet t1_j615kpb wrote
To me the best guitar solo is most definitely The Star Spangled Banner by Jimi Hendrix.
A lot of people will talk about their favorite concerts and I think Jimi live at Woodstock is one of the best live performances ever captured. It also showed how much of a powerhouse Jimi was on the guitar and how much he commanded the stage.
Your_Product_Here t1_j63ronr wrote
The context of his playing the Star Spangled Banner is what makes it truly legendary.
He didn't go on until 9am Monday, most of the crowd had gone back to their daily lives at that point after 4 days of Armageddon that was Woodstock, apparently the band did not know he was going to play it hence the sporadic accompaniment, then there's the Vietnam fuckin' war...
All the chaos that he includes is no accident and is a stark political statement. Those are the whistles of bombs dropping, people's cries, alarms sounding. He also throws Taps in. He tells a whole story via an instrumental.
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