I heard Stairway to Heaven on the radio on the way to uni practice tonight and there is only about 15 seconds in the whole song where the guitar is “solo”.
It is a great piece of guitar work but in most of the song the guitar is either accompanied by another instrument or is accompanying the vocals.
To me VanHalen’s Eruption is a solo. Freebird is a guitar jam.
So, back to my earlier question: How much accompaniment is allowed for it still to be considered “solo”?
And, I can’t believe Classical Gas didn’t make that top 100 list.