I’m sure we’ve had a thread similar to this before, and I’m sure I picked this. I was right to do so.
Your choice surprised me Tony, maybe I don’t appreciate guitar enough from a player’s perspective but I found that song odd, quirky (a bit Eric Morecambe - sorry!) and sounding like he/she had only been playing for a couple of years with a madly widdled plectrum and one finger finding a handful of notes on the fretboard. I’ve never forgotten your Classic comment years ago that you didn’t like widdly-widdly guitar, lol!
With your encyclopaedic knowledge of music I thought you would name a fabulous jazz or indie spot of genius I was oblivious to.
For myself I find it almost impossible to pick one amidst listening to a lifetime of rock, heavy rock, blues, jazz and other styles. Beyond all the well known hall of fame glitz type guitarists, I have liked solos from many others. Erm Martin Taylor, Jesse Cooke, BB King Buddy Guy et al, Bonamassa, George Benson, Joe Pass as well as surprises such as a Junkyard song called Blooze - kind of LA punk/rock blues from memory.
But I do like the less is more approach so maybe another vote for Wayne Perkins with his solo from Worried About You in the mid 70s when he auditioned for the Rolling Stones and that sat in the archives until they put it on their ‘81 album Tattoo You.
