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Another slide giant, Johnny Winter. If Duane used a bottle of Corcidin to play it, Winter opted for a piece of pipe, which would become one of his hallmarks. In April of 1969 he released Johnny Winter, his first album for Columbia, which opened with one of his best songs, I'm Yours & I'm Hers, which highlighted his playing and a much more rock sound than usual, although on this album was not yet using his iconic Firebird but a Fender XII 66 with six strings. The song has two guitar tracks, Winter’s two, one with slide and one without, which sound at the same time - and the result is magnificent and became one of the favorite songs of Brian Jones (another one that could appear on that list). After his tragic death the Stones gave a free concert in Hyde Park and they opened it by interpreting this song.

You cannot write an article about slide and not talk about Duane Allman, it's like talking about Coca and not about Cola, about Lennon without naming McCartney ... I could have done this special with 10 Duane solos perfectly but I decided to choose only one by each artist. It could have been one of the Allman Brothers like Statesboro Blues, Mountain Song or anything from the Fillmore but in the end I decided on this one, much less representative but totally unique. Duane is pushed by Clapton (just like Clapton for him) and returns some of the most incredible notes in history with his slide. Nobody, not even Duane, returned to the intensity of his first solo, still in the electric part, or the melancholy that displays his strange solo in the coda, a perfect example of what Beethoven said: "to play a wrong note it's insignificant... to play without passion is inexcusable. " If Tom Dowd, the producer of the album, spoke of telepathy to explain the relationship between Duane and Clapton, here it is as if the eldest Allman was able to read the mind of the former Cream member, feeling all the passion, pain and rejection of his relationship with Pattie Harrison and transforming them into musical notes. Duane Allman with Derek & The Dominos on Layla off of the '70 Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs album.

Mick Taylor is another of the greats of the slide of all time, and he has left masterful examples throughout his career, whether with John Mayall or Bob Dylan, but the most important are in his four years as a member of "the greatest rock and roll band of all time ", the Rolling Stones. There are many examples, like his incredible Love In Vain on Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out or on several songs from Exile On Main Street, but I prefer the two incredible solos with his Les Paul (the first one with slide and the second one my favourite of his whole career) of the wonderful Sway, one of the best songs off the '71 Sticky Fingers album.

The guitarist of the Beatles may not be a prodigy of technique but his originality and innovation on the six strings are available to very few, making George Harrison the most identifiable slide guitarist in history. Just listen to the first notes of his slide on this song and you will already find all the essentials you need, an extension of his personality, spiritual, happy and sad at the same time, like a breath of life made music. It is a piece of sublime music and, possibly, the one that best reflects his peculiar and unique sound on the slide, a sound that seems like a reflection of his own soul. Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth) off of his '73 Living In The Material World LP.

Totally agree!

Rory Gallagher recorded Who's That Coming for the remarkable 1973 Tattoo but, as usually used to happen with the Irishman, the song found its best live version, specifically on the legendary Irish Tour the following year. For the song Gallagher abandons, momentarily, his legendary Stratocaster from 61 to play with one of his favourites on the slide, his white 66 Fender Telecaster. The results are as spectacular as one would expect from one of the best guitarists of all time.

Little Feat on Cold Cold Cold/Tripe Face Boogie. The final solo on the first with George's slide is a true beauty (at 8:07), at the height of one of those forgotten albums that is worth re-claiming, the '74 Feats Don’t Fail Me Now.

Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page on slide playing In My Time Of Dying off of the '75 Physical Graffiti album.

A very young Ry Cooder performing Vilgilante Man back in '73 live at the Old Gray Whistle Test.

John Hiatt knows how to recognize a good slide. In 1987 he was presented with the incredible opportunity to choose his favorite musicians to record with, and he did not hesitate to choose Ry Cooder on guitar and that is how the wonderful 'Bring the Family' was created. However for the live performances Cooder was not available and so Hiatt hired an unknown band, The Goners, whose guitarist he had fallen in love with, Sonny Landreth. This man stepped into the shoes of a legend and did not disappoint: the following year appeared the remarkable 'Slow Turning' that was the first great proof that the slide had found another myth. Sonny Landreth takes the spotlight along with fellow guitarists Derek Trucks and Eric Clapton on Congo Square live at the 2013 Crossroads Guitar Festival.

I'll see ya with the Allman Brothers performing Desdemona in March '03 live at the Beacon Theatre, New York, NY. Derek Trucks on slide guitar, natch.

I'll kick in an '80 live performance by Mink DeVille of Just To Walk That Little Girl Home, off of their '80 Le Chat Bleu LP. What an underrated artist.

"I think you might have missed Poco and maybe Timothy B Schmit?" That's what the etc. was about. LOL Too many great southern rock artists to list off the top of my head. But, boy, you nailed it with Willy DeVille doing Mixed Up, Shook Up Girl live. 9+ minutes of musical ecstasy.

Dickey Betts' solo '74 Highway Call full album featuring fiddle legend Vassar Clements, Leon, Walter & Frank Poindexter, and Allman Bros. pianist Chuck Leavell. Put yourself on the road through the Great Smokey Mountains during a camping trip whilst listening to this. Perhaps a joint now and again. Now that's atmosphere!

Here's a great Grinderswitch tune. Pickin' The Blues, off of their '75 Macon Tracks LP.

Lynyrd Skynyrd Street Survivors full album. BTW, what other southern rock did you especially like? Early to late 70's was the golden era. I did a lot of road trips through the U.S. and we always loaded up with southern rock cassettes. Skynyrd, Charlie Daniels, Allman Bros., Marshall Tucker, ZZ Top, Elvin Bishop, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, The Outlaws, Waylon and Willie, Johnny Winters, Black Oak Arkansas, Wet Willie, Hank Williams Jr., Pure Prairie League, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Grinderswitch, Dickie Betts & The Great Southern, etc. Bluegrass as well.

Perhaps in the UK but by '76 they had already achieved rock star status in the Southern rock genre. Lynyrd Skynyrd was a must on long road trips through the vast expanses of wilds of the American countryside.

Odd, I don't see a video???? No problem, and I'll take your good advice, sir. Lynyrd Skynyrd 21 August 1976, Knebworth. Full set list.

A medley of blues slide guitar featuring Derek Trucks playing unknown tunes at an unknown concerts at an unknown times and at an unknown locations. Sometimes there's just no info. But hey, we've got the name of the artist!

The Steve Miller Band with Stevie "Guitar" Miller playing slide on the title track of their '73 The Joker LP.

Would be a nice theme, eh? Best of the best slide and pedal steel guitar tunes? You in? Some of the best are country songs. Waylon Jennings performing The Last Letter live in Texas in Sept. '74 off of his '76 Waylon Live LP. Steel guitar player: Ralph Mooney.

Excellent choice, KannikaP.

Yes, great version as well. But John Fogerty's masterful eerie guitar sounds are absolute genius. CCR's sound captures the mystic essence of this beloved song. Fogerty also has the perfect bayou vocals to match. Truly a rendition for the ages.

Might just be the marketing these days. And I would say it is. Check out the top songs by month for 2022. Best have a large pail handy for anyone who wants to sample this noise. The mainstream music industry has definitely gone Hollywood. The title of the, of the, well, I don't want to use the word song, but the title says it all. The more freakish it is the more it's promoted. It's a reflection of a good deal of society today, in my humble opinion. Freakish. And it sells. My apologies for posting the below but it's merely for educational purposes, you understand. https://mybirthdayhits.com/us/2022/

This is most likely my favourite song for slide guitar.