One of his most classic solos occurs in his ode to another guitarist: Check any of the many recorded versions of “Keith Don’t Go.”Ĭheck out: “Keith Don’t Go” 72: Steve VaiĪ great guitarist of amazing technical ability, Steve Vai has kept one foot in hard rock, and the other in serious composition. But Nils Lofgren’s no slouch of a songwriter himself, and his solo projects give him more room to stretch out than Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young do. When you’re a current, full-time member of both Crazy Horse and the E Street Band, your status as a great songwriter’s guitarist is unshakeable. Satriani would turn down numerous lucrative band offers to pursue his solo mix of fusion, metal, and prog.Ĭheck out: “Surfing with the Alien” 73: Nils Lofgren (Crazy Horse, E Street Band)
“Surfing With the Alien,” the title track of his hit ‘87 album, was four solid minutes of impossible licks, but the track still had the gonzoid appeal of a vintage surf instrumental.
Flashy guitar solos by anybody but Eddie Van Halen were falling out of fashion in the late 80s until Joe Satriani made them fun again.
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