Прислали коллеги ссылку, которую я просто не мог не опубликовать :)
Оказывается недавно редакция журнала Guitar World опубликовала сотню самых лучших гитарных соло (по мнению читателей, видимо… скорее всего американских :))

В этот список вошли только рок-композиции. Поэтому многие замечательные, например, джазовые соло сюда не попали…

Ну а теперь, собственно, лучшие гитарные соло:

1. Stairway to Heaven – Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)
2. Eruption – Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen)
3. Freebird – Collins/Rossington (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
4. Comfortably Numb – David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
5. All Along the Watchtower – Jimi Hendrix (Jimi Hendrix Experience)
6. November Rain – Slash (Guns n’ Roses)
7. One – Kirk Hammet (Metallica)
8. Hotel California – Don Felder/Joe Walsh (The Eagles)
9. Crazy Train – Randy Rhoads (Ozzy Ozbourne)
10. Crossroads – Eric Clapton (Cream)

11. Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) – Jimi Hendrix (Jimi Hendrix)
12. Johnny B. Goode – Chuck Berry (Chuck Berry)
13. Texas Flood – Stevie Ray Vaughan (Stevie Ray Vaughan)
14. Layla – Clapton/Allman (Derek and the Dominoes)
15. Floods – Dimebag Darrel (Pantera)
16. Heartbreaker – Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)
17. Cliffs of Dover – Eric Johnson (Eric Johnson)
18. Little Wing – Jimi Hendrix (Jimi Hendrix Experience)
19. Highway Star – Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple)
20. Bohemian Rhapsody – Brian May (Queen)

21. Time – David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
22. Sultans of Swing – Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits)
23. Bulls on Parade – Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine)
24. Fade to Black – Kirk Hammet (Metallica)
25. Aqualung – Martin Barre (Jethro Tull)
26. Smells Like Teen Spirit – Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
27. Pride and Joy – Stevie Ray Vaughan (Stevie Ray Vaughan)
28. Mr. Crowley – Randy Rhoads (Ozzy Ozbourne)
29. For the Love of God – Steve Vai (Steve Vai)
30. Surfing With the Alien – Joe Satriani (Joe Satriani)

31. Stranglehold – Ted Nugent (Ted Nugent)
32. Machine Gun – Jimi Hendrix (Jimi Hendrix)
33. The Thrill is Gone – B.B. King (B.B. King)
34. Paranoid Android – Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead)
35. Cemetery Gates – Dimebag Darrel (Pantera)
36. Black Star – Yngwie Malmsteen (Yngwie Malmsteen)
37. Sweet Child O’ Mine – Slash (Guns n’ Roses)
38. Whole Lotta Love – Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)
39. Cortez the Killer – Neil Young (Neil Young)
40. Reelin’ In the Years – Elliot Randall (Steely Dan)

41. Brighton Rock – Brian May (band:Queen)
42. While My Guitar Gently Weeps – Eric Clapton (The Beatles)
43. Sharp Dressed Man – Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top)
44. Alive – Mike McCready (Pearl Jam)
45. Light My Fire – Robby Krieger (The Doors)
46. Hot For Teacher – Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen)
47. Jessica – Dickey Betts (The Allman Brothers)
48. Sympathy for the Devil – Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones)
49. Europa – Carlos Santana (Santana)
50. Shock Me – Ace Frehley (Kiss)

51. Master of Puppets – Kirk Hammet (Metallica)
52. Star Spangled Banner – Jimi Hendrix (Jimi Hendrix)
53. Since I’ve Been Loving You – Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)
54. Geek USA – Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins)
55. Satch Boogie – Joe Satriani (Joe Satriani)
56. War Pigs – Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath)
57. Walk – Dimebag Darrel (Pantera)
58. Cocaine – Eric Clapton (Eric Clapton)
59. You Really Got Me – Dave Davies (The Kinks)
60. Zoot Allures – Frank Zappa (Frank Zappa)

61. No More Tears – Zakk Wylde (Ozzy Osbourne)
62. Money – David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
63. Black Hole Sun – Kim Thayil (Soundgarden)
64. Little Red Corvette – Prince (Prince)
65. In Bloom – Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
66. Blue Sky – Allman/Betts (The Allman Brothers)
67. Beat It – Eddie Van Halen (Michael Jackson)
68. Starship Trooper – Steve Howe (Yes)
69. And Your Bird Can Sing – George Harrison (The Beatles)
70. Purple Haze – Jimi Hendrix (The Jimi Hendrix Experience)

71. Maggot Brain – Eddie Hazel (Funkadelic)
72. Walk This Way – Joe Perry (Aeorosmith)
73. Stash – Trey Anastasio (Phish)
74. Lazy – Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple)
75. Won’t Get Fooled Again – Pete Townsend (The Who)
76. Cinnamon Girl – Neil Young (Neil Young and Crazy Horse)
77. Man in the Box – Jerry Cantrell (Alice in Chains)
78. Truckin’ – Jerry Garcia (The Grateful Dead)
79. Mean Street – Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen)
80. You Shook Me All Night Long – Angus Young (AC/DC)

81. Sweet Jane – Hunter/Wagner (The Velvet Underground)
82. 21st Century Schizoid Man – Robert Fripp (King Crimson)
83. Scuttle Buttin’ – Stevie Ray Vaughan (Stevie Ray Vaughan)
84. Santeria – Brad Nowell (Sublime)
85. Moonage Daydream – Mick Ronson (David Bowie)
86. Whipping Post – Allman/Betts (The Allman Brothers)
87. Cult of Personality – Vernon Reid (Living Color)
88. Kid Charlemagne – Larry Carlton (Steely Dan)
89. Killing in the Name – Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine)
90. Let it Rain – Eric Clapton (Eric Clapton)

91. Heard It Thu Grapevine – John Fogerty (CCR)
92. Stray Cat Strut – Brian Setzer (Stray Cats)
93. The End – Robbie Krieger (The Doors)
94. Working Man – Alex Lifeson (Rush)
95. Yellow Ledbetter – Mike McCready (Pearl Jam)
96. Honky Tonk Women – Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones)
97. Cherub Rock – Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins)
98. Under a Glass Moon – John Petrucci (Dream Theater)
99. Cause We’ve Ended as Lovers – Jeff Beck (Jeff Beck)
100. Three Days – Dave Navarro (Jane’s Addiction)

Ради интереса собрал статистику:
В сотне лучших соло принимали участие около 70 различных гитаристов, некоторые попали в этот список не один раз:
6 раз: Jimi Hendrix
5 раз: Eric Clapton
4 раза: Jimmy Page, Eddie Van Halen
3 раза: Stevie Ray Vaughan, Kirk Hammet, Dimebag Darrel, David Gilmour

В этот список попали 2 различных песни из следующих альбомов:

• Nevermind (Nirvana)
• Surfing With the Alien (Joe Satriani)
• Electric Ladyland (Jimi Hendrix Experience)
• Texas Flood (Stevie Ray Vaughan)
• Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd)
• Siamese Dream (Smashing Pumpkins)
• Led Zeppelin II (Led Zeppelin)
• Machine Head (Deep Purple)

Друзья, понятно, что все эти рейтинги составляют довольно предвзято, поэтому может попробовать создать свой рейтинг? :)