On the "ABB soloists" thread, the point was made that Dickey, Duane, and Chuck all have solos that both old fans or casual listeners might hear and recognize as prime playing by a musician with a distinct sound making a definitive STATEMENT.
Dickey on "Blue Sky," Duane on "Statesboro," Chuck on "Jessica" - these are magical moments that other musicians study, mini compositions others might woodshed to emulate. Iconic solos. Instantly recognizable.
These examples have the benefit of having been perpetuated by classical rock radio, of course, in ways that a Derek Trucks or Jimmy Herring may never enjoy, radio being the wasteland that it is.
Imagine if radio or MTV was better. In that better world, what would be Derek Trucks's iconic solo? Or, imagine that you want to turn a good music fan on to Derek Trucks' s playing. What solo would you pick?
For me, it remains the Crossroads DVD performance of "Midnight in Harlem," although the studio version of "Bock to Bock" gets me too. What's your pick?
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Nice.
"Blind crippled and crazy'
There are so many. Hard to pick one.
1.Sahib teri bondi is pretty awesome.
2. His playing is beautiful on desdemona from live at Beacon theatre.
That's obvious ... The next one. I'm sure that's what Derek would say.
with the allmans, i think derek's iconic solo is High Cost of Low Living. It's studio, it's Allmans and it's awesome.
there are too many live awesome solos from his time with the Bros. This may be the most recognizable.
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I think his solo on Why Does Love Got TO Be So Sad at the Beacon in 2009 with Clapton was awesome!! If you watch the video, you can tell that even Clapton is impressed with him!!
I would go with the jam in the middle of rockin horse. I love that. surreal playing. soaring solo
You beat me to it redlegs...just incredible
[Edited on 7/4/2016 by TuffJew]
Do you mean the studio version of Rocking Horse?
there is a live one i'm thinking of from mt jam 2008 or 2009. very very nice
I was thinking of this over the weekend after reading that same comment on the soloist thread.
Sticking to major releases, I would have to agree with the solo at the end of High Cost of Low Living off of Hittin' The Note. That's the one I always played for people back in the day to introduce them to his playing. I also think the following would be in the running:
Rocking Horse - One Way Out
Desdemona - One Way Out
Midnight in Harlem - Revelator
Come See About Me - Revelator
Darling Be Home Soon - Everybody's Talkin'
Storm - Made Up Mind
Let Me Get By - Let Me Get By
Volunteered Slavery - Songlines
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free - Live at the Georgia Theatre
Sweet Inspiration - Already Free
Rastaman Chant - Roadsongs
Anyday - Roadsongs
He has many great ones, but his signature solo is Midnight in Harlem, particularly the Crossroads version:
With the coda to High Cost of Low Living studio version being honorable mention.
I always enjoyed his work on versions of Joyful Noise (and many, many others too).
A real nasty lead in intro on Son House's "Preachin' Blues" is know to raise a few arm hairs too.
"Is that a real poncho or is that a Sears poncho?"
With the ABB on new material from the Derek era - his solos on all the 2005 versions of Egypt are ridiculous. 7-22-2005 and 8-27-2005 being excellent examples - but they pretty well all smoke.
Elsewhere - his solo on Kick N Bach from the Frogwings live album is really good.
For My Brother off the Songlines DVD is phenomenal.
But of course, the one that would be iconic if radio was still a thing is Midnight in Harlem. If that song comes out in 1969 we'd have all heard 35 million times each by now.
Off the top of my head something not already posted
Layla: that youtube vid when he was a kid
Merry christmas baby: from a warren haynes christmas show.
Little queen of spades w/eric clapton and doyal bramhall
Good morning little school girl
I also liked will the circle be unbroken from the gregg allman show. I just loved how everyone on stage just started trying to get a look at him playing.
He would like more than anything not to be remembered for 1 'iconic' solo, but for being a lifelong innovator and master musician.
with the allmans, i think derek's iconic solo is High Cost of Low Living. It's studio, it's Allmans and it's awesome.
Agree. The high water mark of that whole album IMO.
[Edited on 7/12/2016 by alloak41]
without a doubt 'Midnight in Harlem' transitioning into Blue Sky,a bit of Layla's key slide parts then finishing it all off & coming back to 'Midnight in Harlem'. That would be a nice iconic solo...but he can make anything sound great!
How can there be any wrong answer here?
For me, it's High Cost of Low Living. Glad I got to see it at the last Beacon show.
I've always thought his solo on 700 Houses on Susan's Back to the River Album was a perfect solo. It fits perfectly in that song. That album is one of the best all around albums I've ever heard. And Derek takes those songs to another level.
