What is your favorite Keith Richards guitar solo on a Rolling Stones studio album? (Sorry if this has been posted before. I tried to search for it…)



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You Got The Silver

I have two favourites:

Almost Hear You Sigh and Where The Boys Go.

Gimme Shelter - Monkey Man comes close; but Gimme Shelter stands out in the history of rock'n'roll, blues and pop, in my opinion.

I've always been addicted to Keith's "Chuck Berry on steroids" stylings...

...but the solo and fills on SFTD remain some of nastiest and most menacing guitar ever recorded.

A song where he sings or a guitar solo?

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Koen
A song where he sings or a guitar solo?

Ha...I read 'solo' as vocal. But yeah it probably reads better as guitar solo.

In that case, for me, SFTD.

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treaclefingers
You Got The Silver

Of course! And at the opposite side of the KR spectrum I'd add "999".

My 3rdfav would be "Demon", a totally overlooked track, alas...

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treaclefingers

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Koen
A song where he sings or a guitar solo?

Ha...I read 'solo' as vocal. But yeah it probably reads better as guitar solo.

In that case, for me, SFTD.

Sorry! I meant guitar solo. Should’ve been clearer.

"Time Is On My Side"

Short & curlies, very juicy and melodic throughout the entire song.

Ok, there I have to go to the roots. When Keith Richards played Little Queenie and Whole Lotta Shakin´with with Jerry Lee 1983 - and I got to see it on Swedish televison - that really blew my mind. And it still does. So RAW and rocking and tasteful and it was like...amzing. Not Some Girls, not Tattoo You, not Undercover. It was Keith. Freedom!!!

Bitch,Tumbling Dice,IORR ,Almost Hear You Sigh,Honky Tonk Women,She Was Hotand Wild Horses

Bitch and IORR

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Taylor1
Bitch,Tumbling Dice,IORR ,Almost Hear You Sigh,Honky Tonk Women,She Was Hotand Wild Horses

She Was Hot is a good one. Tie You Up, too.

I like his solo and overall playing on Already Over Me a lot.

My top 5:

1. Let Me Go
2. Almost Hear You Sigh
3. You Don’t Move Me
4. Slave
5. Star Star

I love that choppy solo on Ain't Too Proud to Beg on the IORR album.

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EasterMan
I like his solo and overall playing on Already Over Me a lot.

I always thought the solo was Ron

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TheflyingDutchman
Short & curlies, very juicy and melodic throughout the entire song.

That's Keith? Sounds more like Mick Taylor to me.

1- Bye Bye Johnny
2- Gimme Shelter
3- It's Only Rock & Roll

SFTD and Gimme Shelter — the solo as well as the haunting intro for the latter.

Stray Cat Blues
Star Star

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Koen

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TheflyingDutchman
Short & curlies, very juicy and melodic throughout the entire song.

That's Keith? Sounds more like Mick Taylor to me.

It's Keith. The slide is Taylor.

Bye Bye Johnny - 1972 MSG

Around and Around - 1977 El Mocambo

Gimme Shelter - 1969 Olympic Studios

Route 66 - 1964 Regent Sound Studios

She was hot - 1982 Pathé Marconi Studios/ 1983 The Hit Factory



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SFTD

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TheflyingDutchman
Short & curlies, very juicy and melodic throughout the entire song.

I like when he sticks to the rhythm or keeps the leads short and sweet.

Great video Dutchman, this is like a Rorschach test for a Stones fan-if you can understand why this throwaway song on a second tier album is better than anything released in the last forty years you truly understand The Rolling Stones.

Oh, there’s so many! For me, it’s helpful to look back to their earliest years, when he really was more of a ‘lead-guitarist’

Amongst my favourites:

Bye Bye Johnny
Route 66
Little By Little
Down the Road Apiece
She Said Yeah

The one with that feedback effect in "Stoned" has been always my favourite ones. It probably is his first released solo as well. A great start. A young and eager Keith.

But the very favourite is the mighty "Sympathy" one - one of the most striking solos ever released by anyone ever. No bullshitting, pure genius.

- Doxa



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I don´t know. Haven´t really thought about it. Studio - he´s there, doing a great job, but nothing that blows me away. Keith comes alive on stage. 1981 to 1990 is my thing, if we are talking solos. But sure, Where the boys go, and SFTD ain´t tooo shabby...