Best Instrumental?

[arglebargle]

Well, this is sorta the category of 'single instrumental that got captured'. Because you can be almost sure that the best ones got away, living only in memory.

Best instrumentalist/soloist instead? I feel that Richard Thompson is the best guitarist around, possibly ever. Both electric and acoustic, he spans a gigantic variety of styles. And here's some examples why. Oh, and every solo he does is an improv...

Though John Mclaughlin can make a great technical case as well.

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Hmmn...Mclaughlin...and Paco de Lucia...

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[Signals]

Way too many to choose from but here's one of the first that come to mind.

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[YosemiteSam]

Best Instrumental

 

[vta]

Best Instrumental

 

[67CowboysFan]

Last Date
Floyd Cramer

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[YosemiteSam]

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[Seven]

Ain't no way to pick one... and these are just a few great ones...

Star Spangled Banner - Jimi Hendrix
Zap - Eric Johnson
Hawaii Five-O - The Ventures
The Sauce - Lee Ritenour
YYZ - Rush
Surfing With The Alien - Joe Satriani
Riviera Paradise - Stevie Ray Vaughn
La Villa Strangiato - Rush
Walk-Don't Run - The Ventures
Cliffs of Dover - Eric Johnson
Foreplay - Boston
Frankenstein - Edgar Winter Group

..................

 

[Seven]

"Where's my thing" by Rush ain't bad either.

 

[burmafrd]

Wagner's Ride Of The Valkyries

 

[Duane]

Two old school favorites:

Feels So Good - Chuck Mangione
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Mason Williams - Classical Gas
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[Duane]

The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five
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[vta]

The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five
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Awesome.

 

[67CowboysFan]

The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five
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I had totally forgotten about this song. It was a theme song for something at one time but I can not remember what. Maybe for late night movies on WGN out of Chicago? Or an actual movie? Totally awesome tune.

 

[Cowboysfan22]

Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven hands down especially knowing the back story.