PAGE, VAN HALEN, SLASH, HAMMETT, RHOADS Named Top Guitar Soloists Of All Time

January 17, 2006

LED ZEPPELIN guitarist Jimmy Page of has been voted the top guitar soloist of all time for the song "Stairway to Heaven". According to The Sun Online, Page's performance topped the survey held by the web site AboutGuitars.com and beat out the likes of Eddie Van Halen for the track "Eruption". The third place was occupied by the dual guitar solo by Allen Collins and Gary Rossington on LYNYRD SKYNYRD's "Freebird".

The top 10 guitar solos, according to AboutGuitars.com, are:

01. "Stairway to Heaven" - Jimmy Page (LED ZEPPELIN)
02. "Eruption" - Eddie Van Halen (VAN HALEN)
03. "Freebird" - Allen Collins and Gary Rossington (LYNYRD SKYNYRD)
04. "Comfortably Numb" - David Gilmour (PINK FLOYD)
05. "All Along the Watchtower" - Jimi Hendrix
06. "November Rain" - Slash (GUNS N' ROSES)
07. "One" - Kirk Hammett (METALLICA)
08. "Hotel California" - Don Felder and Joe Walsh (THE EAGLES)
09. "Crazy Train" - Randy Rhoads (OZZY OSBOURNE)
10. "Crossroads" - Eric Clapton (CREAM)

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