Which McCready Guitar Solo is the best?

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  • Army & Navy
    Army & Navy Posts: 120
    Get Right
    Red Mosquito
    Down
    Alive
    Nothing As It Seems
    I Am Mine

    To name a few....Legend.
  • thunderDAN
    thunderDAN Posts: 2,094
    Come Back when he doesn't screw it up
  • Niko80
    Niko80 Posts: 1,613
    November Hotel
    I will swallow poison
  • opsopcopolis
    opsopcopolis Posts: 1,214
    restlesssoul wrote:
    birth of the alive solo.


    doors - five to one
    kiss - she
    pearl jam - alive

    all have the same elements and are copied from eachother


    It's widely influenced by Freebird too.
    I love the studio solo from Come Back.
    Gives me chills every time when he goes from echoey to distorted.
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  • SENROCK
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    Evolution6579 wrote:
    November Hotel is pretty fucking awesome, too.
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  • Beav
    Beav Posts: 223
    I suppose I'll go with Alive and Why Go. All in all though he's one of my least favorite soloists. Just not diverse enough.. To each their own though :D
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  • zacman13245
    zacman13245 Posts: 294
    Black from either Live on Two Legs, or Boston 2006 boot
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  • Gremmie95
    Gremmie95 Posts: 749
    Evenflow----Chicago
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  • locked
    locked Boston Posts: 4,048
    gotta be "Little Wing / Maggot Brain" from

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  • Gonzo1977
    Gonzo1977 Posts: 1,696
    Shit...forgot about "Comeback" that was a really unique solo...I love it.

    Actually...now that I think about it...add "Life Wasted", "Comatose", and "Severed Hand" to the list.

    Avacodo had some kick ass solos from Mikey. I'm glad they reallly found some space for him on that album. It just didn't seem like they were using him to his full capacity on their later work.

    "Red Mosquito" and "1/2 Full" are pretty bad ass too.

    Mike is a bad ass MOFO no question about it.
  • fugawzi
    fugawzi Posts: 891
    Little Wing/Maggot Brain with Chad Smith on drums

    Black from Live on Two Legs

    Black from Milan, Italy 2000

    Immortality from Wembley Arena 2000

    Porch from Saratoga 2000

    Evenflow from State College 2003

    All or None from Mansfield, Mass 2003

    those are a few of my faves, and there's a bunch more I'm forgetting
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  • Evo2010
    Evo2010 Posts: 90
    Considering Mike is my Idol I cant just pick one so here we go.

    Ten-Alive
    Vs.-Go
    Vitalogy-Immortality
    No Code-Red Mosquito
    Yeild-Low Light (so simple so sweet)
    Binuaral-Breakerfall
    Riot Act-I am Mine (perfect end)
    Avacado-Severed Hand

    Live- any corduroy or black

    However my personal fave of all time has to be November Hotel. The first time I heard it it felt like being hit by Mack truck. Insane
  • vedderoffdead
    vedderoffdead Posts: 688
    'Wake up' from Mad Season. He takes an already incredible song and bumps it up a whole BUNCH of notches when he starts that solo. Gets me every time...
  • 1STmammal2wearPants
    1STmammal2wearPants Worcester, MA Posts: 2,983
    most definitely the studio versions of 'Go' and 'Alive.' Like someone else said, the solo from Go was never replicated again like it was there.....amazin.
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  • 12345AGNST1
    12345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    A little upsetting that his best solos are from other bands....

    november hotel
    reach down

    but dont forget alive, which i still think is the best to hear.
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  • zootown
    zootown Posts: 666
    I love his solos on 1/2 full from the easy street show- just ripping. Also a fav is the crazy mary solo from Gorge I in 05 is SICK!
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  • MagnusonPark82
    MagnusonPark82 Posts: 180
    CitizenRick wrote:
    The solo on Black from LO2L. So powerful it leaves you speechless!

    Tha's also my favorite!
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  • Army & Navy
    Army & Navy Posts: 120
    opsopcopolis wrote:
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    I love the studio solo from Come Back.
    Gives me chills every time when he goes from echoey to distorted.


    God that bit makes me think of an awful Bon Jovi power ballad. Come Back and Thumbing My Way were 2 big attempts from Ed to write THE emotional ballad. Both came out feeling cheesy
  • azwyldcats
    azwyldcats Posts: 711
    Mike pretty much destroyed Porch on Unplugged. Also, any live Rearviewmirror.
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  • Zoso
    Zoso Posts: 6,425
    I have to say I love comatose but Immortality wins for me.
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