your 10 most favorite Eagles guitar solos

[sodascouts]

A most bizarre Eagles-related thread in the KISSFAQ forum: http://www.kissfaq.com/forum11/viewt...p?f=1&t=106777

I don't mean "bizarre" in that he's insulting Felder. It's just that I have never thought of Ace when I've heard Don and vice versa.
Before anyone starts bashing Ace, I just want to say that he recorded lots of brilliant solos on KISS albums. Very memorable and hummable ones - songs within songs.
What do you think, does the solo sound like Ace Frehley?
(Slightly off-topic here, but I don't think something like this deserves a thread of its own.)

I don't know, but perhaps I should ask my cousin's wife. She plays "Lace Frehley" in an all-female tribute band to KISS based in LA called PRISS, and since she has to play his parts note for note, she would have a pretty informed opinion!

[sodascouts]

I asked her. This was her reply:

"Some of the phrasing of the solo has an 'Ace-like' feel to it (a few licks here and there). Definitely not his tone though."

[chaim]

I asked her. This was her reply:

"Some of the phrasing of the solo has an 'Ace-like' feel to it (a few licks here and there). Definitely not his tone though."

Thanks for asking her!

I agree with her in that it's definitely his tone.

"PRISS"

[Eagles7]

In an interview, Glen described himself as the 3rd best guitarist in the band.

[Annoying Twit]

10 is too many, too much thought required for a Sunday morning. This is a biased list. If I could take the time to relisten to all albums, this list would expand and change.

Some of my favourites.

Try and Love Again
One of these Nights
Life in the Fast Lane
Already Gone
Hotel California
King of Hollywood
Long Road out of Eden
Frail Grasp on the Big Picture
Witchy Woman

[chaim]

In an interview, Glen described himself as the 3rd best guitarist in the band.

[thelastresort]

In an interview, Glen described himself as the 3rd best guitarist in the band.

Presumably that was after Felder was hired!

[Eagles7]

Yes.

[Annoying Twit]

In an interview, Glen described himself as the 3rd best guitarist in the band.

There are two parts of being a lead guitarist. One is the technical ability to play the notes. The other is the melodic/compositional ability to decide what notes to play. Glenn was nowhere near as good as Don F and Joe in the former. However, I think he was their equal in the latter. I'm sure I read somewhere that some of Don F's solos or parts were hummed to him by Glenn, and then Don would play them.

[UndertheWire]

That's an important distinction. Glenn's strength was his feel for melody rather than his technical execution.

It makes me think of what I've read about Wishbone Ash, a band that was famous for its twin lead guitars. When writing songs, the bassist says that he would sing the guitar parts to the guitarists who would then work out how to play them. Even stranger, he also used to teach one of the lead guitarists as he had more knowledge of how to play guitar at that point but he just wasn't that good at actually playing.