Top 3 favourite guitar based instrumentals ?

DrCornelius

I've been listening a lot to my Zappa 'Guitar' album this weekend which led to a bit of a Youtube rabbit hole of listening to lots of different versions of Watermelon in Easter Hay.

I was then left thinking would the tune make my current top 10 of guitar instrumentals  (spoiler alert....yes)

1. Cause we ended as lovers - Jeff Beck
2. The Messiah will come again - Roy Buchanan
3. Watermelon in Easter Hay - Zappa

Maybe its the way the world is at the moment , they all sound a bit melancholy , perhaps in a few months time when we are out and about and the pubs are open it will be.

1. Satch Boogie
2. Eruption
3. Little Green Men

Anyone got any favourites they'd like to share that I may not have heard yet... I definitely have the time to have a listen online !

DiscoStu

Orion - Metallica

The Call of Ktulu - Metallica

To Live is to Die - Metallica

viz

Isn’t For The Love Of God supposed to be number 1?

DrCornelius

Not on my list Viz :-)

MagicPigDetective

1. For the Love of God, yes no. 1! And I only discovred it a couple of years ago.

2. Is This Music? By Teenage Fanclub. Sounds so....... Scottish and Indie.  An old favourite.




3. Melvins, Junebug. A bit of a mad mix of heavy bass, a clean melodic guitar then mad distorted riffage. 

adampeter

1. Steppin Out Mayal + Bluesbreakers
  2. Hideaway Mayal + Bluesbreakers
  3. Albatross Fleetwood Mac

scrumhalf

The Stumble - Bluesbreakers w/Peter Green (there's a live version on youtube which is gobsmacking).

Driving South - Hendrix (from ther BBC sessions)

Stepping Out - Bluesbreakers w/Eric Clapton

Winny_Pooh

tone1

Having an Average Weekend- Shadowy men on a Shadowy planet

Wonderful land - Shadows

The Supernatural - Moore/Green

https://youtu.be/cmU3FYlRZNM

DrCornelius

@Winny_Pooh   - thanks that Julian Lage one  has gone right on my playlist 

wesker123

Jim Campongo - Backburner & I've got blisters on my fingers.
Eric Johnson - Cliffs of Dover (yes obvious I know but so good).

Neill

For tonight it's:

"Sylvia" by Focus

"Europa" by Santana

"Let's go Tripping" by Dick Dale.

Logie

Summer Song Joe Satriani

The Equalizer  Jan Cyrka

Farm Fiddlin'  Zakk Wylde

ArchtopDave

Not tracks as such, but as Albums.

Kenny Burrell - start with Midnight Blue. There's some good live Albums as well.
Johnny A - first two Albums have good stuff.
Emily Remler -  almost anything she recorded.

DrCornelius

ArchtopDave said:

Not tracks as such, but as Albums.

Kenny Burrell - start with Midnight Blue. There's some good live Albums as well.
Johnny A - first two Albums have good stuff.
Emily Remler -  almost anything she recorded.

Nice , I’ve got Midnight Blue and love it and like Emily Remler too so I’ll try some Johnny A tomorrow 

Whitecat

Pink Floyd - Marooned
David Gilmour - 5AM
Rush - YYZ

Tannin

1: Jethro Tull: Bouree (Flute and bass, but bass counts as guitar here.)
2: Hank Marvin: Sacha. Or Apache. Or any of many others.
3: That thing I came up with this morning as  was messing about with some chords.

(Well, OK, probably not #3.)

duotone

There’s 1 that I never get bored of listening to: Slabo Day by Peter Green

guitars4you

DrCornelius said:

ArchtopDave said:

Not tracks as such, but as Albums.

Kenny Burrell - start with Midnight Blue. There's some good live Albums as well.
Johnny A - first two Albums have good stuff.
Emily Remler -  almost anything she recorded.

Nice , I’ve got Midnight Blue and love it and like Emily Remler too so I’ll try some Johnny A tomorrow 

I was looking down this list, wondering what I could post and Johnny A + Kenny Burrell were both on my list - Believe Johnny A has a new album out shortly as well

Certainly a few good J Beck Tracks from Wired/Blow by Blow and Guitar Workshop - But I'm going to go with SRV and Scuttle Buttin + Riviera Paradise

Vibetronic

I’ve always liked the shreddy stuff, and would have to have Vai in one of those positions. It’ll either be Touching Tongues, Liberty or An Earth Dwellers Return (I really like those first tracks on P&W/S&R). Others would be Jeff Beck -Where Were You-just as it’s a beautiful piece of music played with amazing skill - and Scarified by Racer X, as it completely melted my face when I first heard it.

EricTheWeary

I never know on this but if I start humming what comes out is a mangled Attitude Song by Steve Vai. Otherwise several Freddie Kings, several Ernest Ranglins and some Sonny Sharrock. And most of Jim Campilongo's back catalogue. And some Kenny Burrell. Couple of Rory Gallagher tracks. Some Dick Dale. And who doesn't love Egyptian Reggae by Jonanathan Richman and the Modern Lovers? 
Three from the above just to give an answer: 




    



If you aren't familiar with the last one there are some live and cover versions on youtube which may induce a WTF moment.