TOP 10 LIST: GREATEST GUITAR SOLOS

I had a great time this week talking with BIG 100 listeners about your favorite guitar solos.

I saw a list from 'Planet Rock' when I was over in England last month, and wondered how our tastes here in the DMV may differ.

Of the 10 songs you chose, I think Eruption is my favorite solo.

Here is the Top 10 according to BIG 100 listeners:

1. Comfortably Numb, Pink Floyd
2. Free Bird, Lynyrd Skynyrd
3. Stairway to Heaven, Led Zeppelin
4. Hotel California, Eagles
5. November Rain, Guns N' Roses
6. Sweet Child O' Mine, Guns N' Roses
7. Eruption, Van Halen
8. Bohemian Rhapsody, Queen
9. Layla, Derek & the Dominoes
10. Highway Star, Deep Purple

Meanwhile, a similar survey by Planet Rock had the results listed below.

Breaking down their list, the decade with the most songs was the '70s with 32.

The '80s and '90s had 16 apiece, with the '60s and 2000s at five each. The 2010s have one.

Metallica had the most songs on the list with five followed by AC/DC, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple and Guns N’ Roses with four; and Led Zeppelin, UFO, Dire Straits and Ozzy Osbourne with three.

When it comes to the guitarists with the most solos, Ritchie Blackmore and Slash each have five -- Blackmore has three with Deep Purple and two with Rainbow, and Slash has four with Guns N’ Roses and one solo song.

And one song, "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," appears twice -- the original by The Beatles, and Peter Frampton's version.

The "75 Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time" are:

1. Pink Floyd - "Comfortably Numb"
2. Lynyrd Skynyrd - "Free Bird"
3. Alter Bridge – "Blackbird"
4. Led Zeppelin – "Stairway to Heaven"
5. Eagles – "Hotel California"
6. Guns N’ Roses – "November Rain"
7. Van Halen – "Eruption"
8. Guns N’ Roses – "Sweet Child ‘O Mine"
9. Rainbow – "Stargazer"
10. Queen – "Bohemian Rhapsody"
11. Dire Straits – "Sultans of Swing"
12. UFO – "Rock Bottom"
13. Gary Moore – "Parisienne Walkways"
14. Deep Purple – "Highway Star"
15. Jimi Hendrix Experience – "All Along the Watchtower"
16. Bon Jovi – "Dry County"
17. Deep Purple – "Child in Time"
18. Prince - "Purple Rain"
19. Gary Moore – "Still Got the Blues (For You)"
20. Derek & The Dominoes – "Layla"
21. Ozzy Osbourne – "Mr Crowley"
22. Joe Bonamassa – "Sloe Gin"
23. Jimi Hendrix Experience – "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)"
24. Metallica – "Master of Puppets"
25. Thin Lizzy – "Still In Love With You"
26. Extreme – "Get the Funk Out"
27. Metallica – "One"
28. Queen – "Brighton Rock"
29. Led Zeppelin – "Since I’ve Been Loving You"
30. AC/DC – "Whole Lotta Rosie"
31. Cream – "Crossroads"
32. Ozzy Osbourne – "Crazy Train"
33. Joe Bonamassa – "India / Mountain Time"
34. Marillion – "Easter"
35. Metallica – "Fade to Black"
36. Ozzy Osbourne – "No More Tears"
37. Megadeth – "Tornado of Souls"
38. AC/DC – "Let There Be Rock"
39. Deep Purple – "Smoke on the Water"
40. Genesis – "Firth of Fifth"
41. Pink Floyd – "Time"
42. The Beatles – "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
43. Slash – "Anastasia"
44. Peter Frampton – "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
45. Dire Straits – "Telegraph Road"
46. Pink Floyd – "Shine on You Crazy Diamond"
47. Pantera – "Cemetery Gates"
48. Rush – "La Villa Strangiato"
49. Metallica – "The Unforgiven"
50. Rainbow – "Gates of Babylon"
51. AC/DC – "Thunderstruck"
52. Deep Purple – "Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming"
53. Steve Vai – "For the Love of God"
54. Dire Straits – "Brothers in Arms"
55. Thin Lizzy – "Emerald"
56. Dragonforce – "Through the Fire and Flames"
57. Fleetwood Mac – "The Chain"
58. Metallica – "Nothing Else Matters"
59. Pearl Jam – "Alive"
60. Stevie Ray Vaughn – "Little Wing"
61. Eric Johnson – "Cliffs of Dover"
62. Led Zeppelin – "Whole Lotta Love"
63. UFO – "Love to Love"
64. AC/DC – "Back in Black"
65. Extreme – "Play With Me"
66. Free – "All Right Now"
67. Judas Priest – "Beyond the Realms of Death"
68. Neil Young – "Like a Hurricane"
69. UFO – "Lights Out"
70. Iron Maiden – "Powerslave"
71. Bon Jovi – "Wanted Dead or Alive"
72. Guns N’ Roses – "Estranged"
73. Guns N’ Roses – "Paradise City"
74. Iron Maiden – "Hallowed Be Thy Name"
75. Pink Floyd – "Wish You Were Here"

Among the more notable guitarists who did not make the list are:

• Joe Perry (Aerosmith)
• Ace Frehley (KISS)
• Keith Richards and Brian Jones (Rolling Stones)
• Carlos Santana (Santana)
• Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath)
• Steve Howe (Yes)
• Stephen Stills
• Jeff Beck
• Mick Ralphs (Bad Company)

Source: Planet Rock and Premiere