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      <title>Best Guitar Solo Ever?</title>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><span class="font-large">I've always been impressed by lead guitar breaks, especially when the solo becomes the propelling accent that drives the song along. I've not prepared a top ten, but very high up there would be George Harrison's solo on I've got my mind set on you wher he actually plays only three bent notes. George was a master of minimalism. Larry Carlton's Kid Charlamagne is another classic that took the song to another level.</span></p>

<p><span class="font-large">My all time favourite though is Robben Ford, twelve bar punch in solo on this somewhat obscure track, Don't Let Me Down, by Michael Macdonald.</span></p>

<p><span class="font-large">So imagine you are playing the guitar. It's a session AFAIK and you're brought in to do a twelve bar solo. How much energy can you raise? There is no harmonic movement and unusually the song is in 6/4 time, probably unfamiliar rythmycally. Well Robben pulled out a textbook tour de force solo. It has a beginning, a middle and an end, builds dynamically, has tension, passion and power. When I first heard this solo I listened to it again and again worshipping at the Robben Ford altar.</span></p>

<p><span class="font-large">OK you could argue there are more technical, faster, or more harmonically ingenious solos out there, but for me this represents a really economical, creative and powerful solo for what was probably a Friday afternoon session. If I were the producer I would have been tickled pink. Enjoy! (If you're impatient the solo starts at 2:27)</span></p>

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      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Oct 2013 17:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
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