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Originally Posted by SteveMacD
I always thought the solo for "Sultans Of Swing" sounded very much like something Lindsey would have done on GYOW. I really wish they would have added him to the ranks in 1987, because I think his style was a much better fit for Fleetwood Mac.
Anyway, if we're being honest, some of the other Mac guitarists could kick Lindsey's butt in the guitar solo department. I don't see Lindsey being able to pull off a solo like Peter, Danny on "Something Inside Of Me," or Rick Vito on "Save Me." Lindsey's biggest asset is his finger style guitar, i.e. a live version of "Big Love," not his solos. I'm NOT saying his solos are bad, but they're just not as good as some of the others, technically speaking. But, I also think that Lindsey, in some ways, frowns upon the guitar solo, feeling it's a necessary evil.
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True. All of them are better. But Lindsey's solo's have more spunk, punk and emotion in rawnes, quitkyness and playing on the absolute edge. Knopfler's SOS-solo is brilliant but Lindsey's GYOW-solo tells the whole emotional story.
Knopfler in the band in 87? Oh my god I'm glad he didn't. I'd have died yawning.