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  • Name: (anonymous)
  • Member Since: September 2005
  • Location: NYC
I like many styles of music, but if it's got good guitar playing of any ilk I'm there. If an album on a List comes up Unavailable it has probably switched distributors, and looking up the album title in Search will get you the current page. Drag!

Greatest Instrumental Songs by BigD-Bluez

"Genre hopping greatest instrumental songs that I have been able to find here on eMusic. Yes, I am guitar-centric but I'll see what else I can find."


Last updated: Nov 5 2009
SONGS

“I Can't Stop Loving You”

FROM Toolin' Around

BY Arlen Roth

"Arlen Roth turns in a just heartbreak..." more

"Arlen Roth turns in a just heartbreakingly beautiful rendition of this classic song here. Great album BTW." less

"Great B.T.&MG's track - where's my du..." more

"Great B.T.&MG's track - where's my duster?" less

"My FAVORITE Booker T. track."

"Maybe fourth or fifth favorite B.T. t..." more

"Maybe fourth or fifth favorite B.T. track." less

“Munster Rag”

FROM Part II

BY Brad Paisley

"Fine instrumental from a guy who has ..." more

"Fine instrumental from a guy who has been such a hitmaker that it is sometimes overlooked that he is a fierce picker." less

"That's Okie Dokie Stomp please! One o..." more

"That's Okie Dokie Stomp please! One of the hottest swinging blues instrumentals ever." less

"Not my favorite rendition of this cla..." more

"Not my favorite rendition of this classic by Danny but it's here (favorite version is from some audience cassette tape a friend had)." less

“Melancholy Serenade”

FROM Unfinished Business

BY Danny Gatton

"One of the WOWingest instros ever - I..." more

"One of the WOWingest instros ever - I saw Danny in 1988 without knowing much about him and when he got to this song my jaw just dropped open - "Who is this guy?"." less

"Self-confessed showoff track that sta..." more

"Self-confessed showoff track that started as a Guitar Player magazine soundpage(funny little square black thing you put on your turntable -wow) where Danny was just running through the old bag of tricks. Pretty damn impressive." less

"Stellar melodic instro from the Maste..." more

"Stellar melodic instro from the Master of the Telecaster." less

"This will likely be the only keyboard..." more

"This will likely be the only keyboard driven tune on my guitar-centric list but it's so funky." less

"My candidate for one of the HEAVIEST ..." more

"My candidate for one of the HEAVIEST instros ever." less

“Cause We've Ended As Lo...”

FROM Blow By Blow

BY Jeff Beck

"Astonishingly beautiful track from Je..." more

"Astonishingly beautiful track from Jeff Beck. You could really just put the whole album here since it's all instrumental, and throw in Wired for good measure, but this song still gives me chills." less

"LOVE this song - you could actually j..." more

"LOVE this song - you could actually just put this whole album here." less

"Tight, right and tuff instro from the..." more

"Tight, right and tuff instro from the Fabulous Thunderbirds era." less

"The orchestral version so to speak, s..." more

"The orchestral version so to speak, slower and lopey." less

"Spectacular shimmering surfish instro..." more

"Spectacular shimmering surfish instro from an outstanding band." less

“Ace Of Spades”

FROM Good Rockin' Tonight

BY Link Wray

"One of my favorites by the godfather ..." more

"One of my favorites by the godfather of rock instrumentals. This one was playing during the Jackrabbit Slim's scene in Pulp Fiction." less

“Jack The Ripper”

FROM Good Rockin' Tonight

BY Link Wray

"My FAVORITE Link Wray song, well mayb..." more

"My FAVORITE Link Wray song, well maybe a tie with Run, Chicken, Run. Love it." less

"The classic instro interpretation of ..." more

"The classic instro interpretation of the Chuck Berry classic by one of America's greatest relatively unsung musicians." less

"THE SONG that spun heads and made peo..." more

"THE SONG that spun heads and made people think, "Damn. How's he play that fast?"" less

“Sleepwalk”

FROM Sleepwalk

BY Santo & Johnny

"One of my favorite instros ever, spaw..." more

"One of my favorite instros ever, spawning a legion of covers, you can find Danny Gatton's and Brian Setzer's on eMusic too." less

"The surf classic by the Chantays revv..." more

"The surf classic by the Chantays revved up and tossed on the barby by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Dick Dale - hot." less

"SRV's stunning instrumental version o..." more

"SRV's stunning instrumental version of the Hendrix classic - goosebump material." less

"Jeff Beck doing one of my favorite in..." more

"Jeff Beck doing one of my favorite instros of all time." less

“March of the Balloon An...”

FROM Dengue Fever Presents: ...

BY Various Artists

"And now for something completely diff..." more

"And now for something completely different... Funky." less

"Book 'em, Danno. You all know this one."

"Great blues instrumental - learn the ..." more

"Great blues instrumental - learn the guitar part intro and you'll impress everyone at the blues jam." less

"Great horn driven classic. Funky."

“Lullaby Of The Leaves”

FROM Greatest Instrumentals ...

BY Various Artists

"Intro sounds just like the Venture's ..." more

"Intro sounds just like the Venture's greatest hit but it's not - sort of like sonic mirror writing - check it out." less

"The Marketts doing their wayout best."

"The original of one of the best known..." more

"The original of one of the best known surf classics by the Chantays - if you can ever find the 80's cover by Dick Dale and Stevie Ray Vaughan check that out." less

"OK, this isn't musical rocket science..." more

"OK, this isn't musical rocket science but it's still cool." less

"That's THE HUCKLEBUCK, thank you - a ..." more

"That's THE HUCKLEBUCK, thank you - a great blues instro from Earl Hooker. Yes, Norton's favorite song." less

"One of my favorite instros, by Laika ..." more

"One of my favorite instros, by Laika and the Cosmonauts - the gods of Finnish instrumental rock. Seriously, they're way cool." less

"The incomparable Simon Chardiet. Five..." more

"The incomparable Simon Chardiet. Five star - check him out. Surf the Wild Gowanus, dude." less

"Great R&B instro classic - the 3 vers..." more

"Great R&B instro classic - the 3 verses of guitar near the intro are amongst the most lusted after licks by blueshounds everywhere." less

"No studio version available, so the l..." more

"No studio version available, so the live will have to do ya." less

"The KING of blues instrumentals, Fred..." more

"The KING of blues instrumentals, Freddy King, that is, in the original version." less

"The Ventures best known hit and top t..." more

"The Ventures best known hit and top ten contender." less

"Outstanding instro from the King of R..." more

"Outstanding instro from the King of Roots-Rock." less

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