Which STONE solo is the best?

I_Got_Shit
I_Got_Shit Posts: 325
edited June 2008 in The Porch
OK, this is going to be tougher than coming up with your favorite McCready solos, but in the interest of equal opportunity...

We all know Stone as more of a riffmaster (In Hiding, anyone?) but his solos are very tasteful, usually more melodic than Mike's blazing pentatonics. I love the wah-wah solo on Rats (I admit, I thought this was Mike until a couple years ago) and RITFW from Boston 2 in '06 (with Theo Epstein on rhythm guitar!).

Of course, you know Stoney is really feeling it during a solo when he gets this pained look on his face like someone is removing his appendix without anesthesia:

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*Does not include encore of Garden and Leash.
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  • ChadsStillAlive
    ChadsStillAlive Indianapolis Posts: 452
    Not For You is classic, and I love all the mini-solos in Do the Evolution, which, by the way, is a pure Stone tour de force.
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  • restlesssoul
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    i saw him solo in san fran on fuckin up and it is just stellar. he goes off like i have never seen stone go off before. check the dvd boot and you guys will see. i think it was the 16 06. show the second of the 3 shows.
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  • Rhinocerous Surprise
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    Not For You, Lolla 07.
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  • Perrymasterflex
    Perrymasterflex Posts: 54
    Some of the things he does during live versions of Indifference are very melodic. Specifically Boston 06.
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  • jrrrrr15
    jrrrrr15 Posts: 95
    restlesssoul wrote:
    i saw him solo in san fran on fuckin up and it is just stellar. he goes off like i have never seen stone go off before. check the dvd boot and you guys will see. i think it was the 16 06. show the second of the 3 shows.

    Fuckin up from DC was amazing! He absolutely ripped it. RITFW at lolla last year was also really tight!
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  • Veddernarian
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  • Ledbetterman10
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  • MattyJoe
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    Brain Of J is a great one. He really shreds on that.
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  • loveboat captain
    loveboat captain Posts: 125
    Not For You is the quintessential Stone solo....but Rockin in the Free World is usually the most impressive.
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