Tribute to Jimmy Page - 10 Greatest Guitar Solos.

[@0dteESmini]

10. 7:21 Ten Years Gone 9. 9:07 Good Times Bad Times 8. 10:20 The Rover 7. 11:44 Whole Lotta Love 6. 13:25 Dazed and Confused 5. 15:53 Heartbreaker 4. 18:19 Black Dog 3. 20:33 Achilles Last Stand 2. 22:56 Stairway to Heaven 1. 24:50 Since I've Been Loving You ;)

[@OutOnTheTiles]

Thank you! 👍

[@waynegardner9487]

I’d add Tea For One… stunning in its melodic feel and uniqueness.

[@manitheman0806]

I think the Song Remains the Same should be considered for part 2

[@jimharris3889]

Dude you NAILED those solos!! Most excellent!!

[@marvinbernard2566]

Absolutely love The Rover. Fun song to play, beautiful solo.

[@flynlulus]

Dazed n confused was fn great!!! Thanks for that playing!

[@butterflywing61]

Masterfully played ! Hats off to you Kelly ! I spent my paper route money to see the Song Remains the Same 2 nights in a row. Gawd I loved the Zep then and now!

[@OutOnTheTiles]

Greatest player ever! Jimmy live between 69-73 can’t be touched. His live playing during those years was off the charts. No one could touch him live. Also, Fool In the Rain has one of those incredible Jimmy solos. It’s like it’s own song within the song. Jimmy was famous for that….it’s like his solos picked you up and told you a little story and then placed you back down. Just so many great solos to choose from! This was a great episode. Thank you. Subscribed. 👍

[@FLORIDAERO]

I thought even going to '75 was exceptional.

[@ronaldedsinga187]

One other good one, the outro solo from the ocean. Thanks Dean and Well done another classic arrangement. And history lesson. Thanks again.

[@racheljones5013]

Thanks for your wonderful commentary as well as sharing your list! :) So many naysayers seem to totally fail to understand what Page is about... his brilliance and creativity are unparalleled. After all, he once described Zeppelin's style as 'Tight but loose'! Until he got too heavily into drugs in the later 70s, his live improvisation was also unbelievably inspired, in my opinion. And, for my part, if it wasn't for Jimmy Page I would never have picked up a guitar. For that I will be forever grateful.

[@KellyDeanAllenGuitar]

Thanks Rachel! Glad you enjoyed it. I enjoyed putting it together.

[@manitheman0806]

New subscriber here. Prompts to Kelly for his absolute incredible interpretation and explanation of JP's soloing style I ever heard. This podcast was mind-blowing. THANK YOU

[@anthonypreziosi30]

GREAT GUITAR WORK...AWESOME!!!

[@lino8leum]

All of Jimmy Page's Solos are Jimmy Page's best solos. You play that beautifully !🤘🤘

[@zane.walker]

Great "play by play" - always enjoy your perspective. I blurted out "loose not sloppy" before you got there - sloppy implies that Jimmy couldn't play better whereas loose implies a style that he was purposely targeting, as you correctly point out. I was also holding my breath until the end fearing that you had forgotten about the "Since I've Been Loving You" solos. So glad that you put them at #1 as the song has always been one of my favourite.

[@donmason3382]

You continue to amaze me on guitar. We sure do agree on his #1 solo’s. Was my favorite in 71 and still is

[@karljoseph5924]

This is an amazing documentary!!! Thank you so much for your efforts. I pray that young guitarists will find this and carry on the tradition. Bless you.

[@PadawanIan]

jimmy wasn’t as wasted from 69-73 ish and even live he would go off on his solos and always come back and i always seem to enjoy them it’s like listening to a new version of the song

[@darrylhubbard931]

@Kelly Dean Allen Guitar Great video great guitar playing, it's cool to see how Jimmy's fingers would have moved along the neck of the guitar. Think I will share this video to a Led Zepp FB group. Cheers from Canada! PS I subscribed.....

[@yinoveryang4246]

Great job on the first ‘since I’ve been loving you’ solo there. 24:51. You really captured the dynamics and expression in that one, and it’s a true pleasure to listen to your rendition. Incidentally to my knowledge (and ears) Jimmy perhaps played a strat on that one. These days of course, some guitarists, the majority in fact, all get caught up In brute-force and speed as more important than dynamics or expression. often seemingly deliberately drowning-out or hiding any expression in the music. It’s special moments like that solo of Jimmy’s , that should remind us of the true purpose of playing any instrument.

[@MrDavid997]

I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Thanks Kelly.

[@StratsRUs]

Beautiful playing.Well Done. My faves are Black Dog, the sweet acoustic solo in Thank You and The Song Remains The Same guitar leads.Since I've Been Loving You is jaw-dropping. Led Zeppelin were known as Tight But Loose.I ignore the naysayers , Jimmy is now 78 .Well done on a wonderful video.

[@T289c]

Awesome job! I love your articulate “writerly” descriptions and insights. I also appreciate using the right guitar for the right song.

[@weallliveintrees]

What an incredible and entertaining video Mr. Allen. I think you just encapsulated all of the desires and longings of my entire teenage years in just under thirty minutes. Your playing is phenomenal and certainly evoked a few memories from my (very) misspent youth.

[@robertgarcia3031]

Great job. Page was my inspiration to pick up the guitar all those years ago. Thanks for the inspiration and music Mr. Page.

[@FLORIDAERO]

That was truly amazing. Thank you. First time seeing your Page... pun intended. jimmy back in 1976 or so was what inspired me to take up the guitar. You are a truly an amazing player.

[@geebards]

Many thanks mate. You've helped me appreciate the music I have long loved even more. Very informative too. BTW ... you are a superb performer and I just enjoy watching and listening to you play.

[@frankc2119]

Great list and great playing. I really liked your phrasing on Good Times Bad Times, in particular the licks before the ascending pentatonics. Song Remains the Same has some of my favorite Jimmy Page solos; I never get tired of listening to them.

[@kungstu22]

This guy’s a treasure. Page, too!

[@cliffbaker8563]

Great video! A very fair analysis of Page’s playing

[@christophertorres8225]

WONDERFUL LIST! GREAT PLAYING. sir, you did all these solos justice

[@Memphissippi714]

Simply....Freaking Awesome!!....So much emotion in these solo's ! Great Job!!!

[@KellyDeanAllenGuitar]

Thanks Kipper!

[@dbclassic8733]

Great video mate... Your Page reenactments were superb. Subscribed!

[@grantwilcox3738]

Excellent Kelly! I enjoyed both the playing and take on Jimmy Page. I will be trying to learn them all. Thanks

[@jean-pierrejurkowski7494]

Super interprétation pour moi Jimmy page est le meilleur guitariste. Il a tout inventé. Bravo pour ton top dix peut-être manquerait il le solo jazzy de nos quater have a good Time best regards from Paris France 😊

[@tomf2275]

So happy to hear you place Since I've Been Loving You as #1. It has always been #1 for me since I heard it the day the album came out. The emotion in it just destroys me. It's a heart breaking solo to be sure. You played it superbly. Thanks!

[@darylmorse]

I really enjoyed this video. Not only your choices, but the way you played them. Fantastic!

[@KellyDeanAllenGuitar]

Thanks for watching mate!

[@darylmorse]

@@KellyDeanAllenGuitar Glad to watch it! You should do a sequel of some of his other solos.

[@MarckieGee]

Very coherent and cogent analysis and soloing. I learned a lot. Thank you.

[@tylercoursey7826]

This was an amazing video, and some amazing playing.

[@timculp4126]

Van Gogh was also criticized for being sloppy. So, there ya go.

[@Pedro_MVS_Lima]

Great analogy! I actually feel it's more than that, I think that's exactly what Page is going for, the highlighting of the impression of those blues/rock/country/folk sounds. Too much precision and you'd spoil the effect. Sound impressionism.

[@hellogais2177]

its more real, shows human nature, we love people for their imperfections and paige took advantage of knowing that

[@castleanthrax1833]

I did not know that Vincent also played the guitar... fascinating. 😂

[@counterbalancelife4305]

@@castleanthrax1833 He played a Fender Strativarius

[@thebluesrockers]

I like every one of the songs off of "The Song Remains The Same" better on the studio tracks, However, "Since I've Been Loving You" sounds so much better to on that album. The solo's are altered from the studio version but man does he sound awesome on that tune live. If it's been awhile since you've given that version a listen I highly recommend it. Great choices on this video. Very cool watching those solo's being played up close and personal. I know this video is over a year old but I really enjoyed this one. Jimmy has been my favorite guitar player since I was a little kid. Next to Jimmy has always been Gilmour for the melodic solo's. I'd love to see you do another top 10. Maybe cover Eddie Van Halen's top 10. Not Van Hagar. haha Peace Joe

[@ElektroHaus]

Fantastic playing and history lesson, thanks for putting this together …

[@johnpeter1999]

I don't know who you are my friend. But as a guitar player for 5 5 years, I feel immensely entertained. Thank you, I've subscribed

[@KellyDeanAllenGuitar]

Cheers mate, and thanks!

[@psychedelic-guitar-art]

I got to see Led Zeppelin in the early 70s, when they played four hour shows. He never missed the note and was very precise with all his guitar leads. Years later, I saw him play with the Firm and he had a young hot shot guitar player playing all the leads to all of the songs. He could barely stand in his dragon embroidered pants, and I felt so sorry for him. That must've been the height of his drug use and it did put a tear in my eyes. 🏴‍☠

[@psychedelic-guitar-art]

@DFV Louderilk I agree

[@mauroolivero5575]

GREAT KELLY !!! besides being a perfect guitar player, you are completely RIGHT: I always have been amazed by the perfection and originality of SINCE I'VE BEEN LOVING YOU solo - I would listen to it dozens of times... Stairway to heaven is as well a great solo, really MAGIC / and all the rest make Jimmy one of the most charismatic rock guitarists of all times / I had the luck to see them live in Zurich, June 29th, 1980, just a few months before John Bonham's death... PRINTED IN MY MIND / Thanks again, I'm subscribing - MAURO amateur guitar player, Italy

[@billwarkentin3630]

Great list! Even greater playing! Bravo, Kelly!

[@KellyDeanAllenGuitar]

Thanks Bill!

[@ohwowtommyboy]

The KZbin Algorithm brought me here, while your commentary and legendary guitar skills kept me here! Subscribed! Thanks and keep on rocking!

[@KellyDeanAllenGuitar]

You mean the KZbin algorithm has finally discovered me after 350 videos? haha. That's awesome, thanks!

[@WarinTbone]

Came across your Reddit post on r/OldSchoolCool and man I got to say, your videos are amazing. I recently got a Kramer Baretta and learning to shred on it, stuff like George Lynch and Warren Demartini haha.

[@Pedro_MVS_Lima]

How, but how on earth do you manage to replicate so precisely Jimmy's sl... looseness? I'm glad I'm not the only one praising your commentary skills, I think it's one of the corner stones of your channel. Thanks!

[@KellyDeanAllenGuitar]

Thanks Pedro, appreciate the kind words. I have to say, that few things annoy me more than comments complaining about my talking too much. It's what I do. It's a big part of what my channel is all about. I've even been putting little disclaimers at the beginning of my videos now, TELLING people that I'm going to talk and that if you want to skip ahead, please do. They still complain, haha. I like that my channel is kind a mix of playing and almost podcast-like rock and roll history lessons.

[@Dan-zq5wt]

Damn Dazed and Confused is cool!

[@Frodojack]

That was very enjoyable. I can't disagree with your list at all. Those would be my top ten solos as well.

[@KellyDeanAllenGuitar]

Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed it. Cheers

[@Marine_Ret]

When I was in 5th grade (1972) we still had Show-n-tell. Classmate brought in a record, put it on the record player and out the single speaker the class (and teacher) heard “Hey hey momma said the way you move, gonna make you groove…”. The teacher immediately yelled “TAKE THAT OFF”…been a Zep fan ever since.

[@saenzarts]

Great job!

[@paulyg1742]

Great playing! You have Jimmy Pages sound and solos down note for note. Thanks for your videos and channel.

[@KellyDeanAllenGuitar]

Thanks Mr. G! Appreciate that very much.

[@MrWgm250]

Freaking Awesome start to my Day. THANKS

[@MarckieGee]

I agree that the solo to The Rover is one his best and certainly most underrated. Very well structured. Tells the story of the song.

[@kristijansudra3727]

Nice list great solos!!

[@seanneil6397]

Nice work. You as well Kelly :)

[@KellyDeanAllenGuitar]

Thanks Sean! And thanks for the guitar. 🤘

[@Dan-zq5wt]

BTW, I absolutely agree with your choices and love your playing. Thank you!

[@dougvolinski5824]

Nailed it, melody, without it it is not music

[@psychedelic-guitar-art]

Love the commentary. 🏴‍☠📫

[@Dan-zq5wt]

Love your defense of the brilliant Jimmy Page man! One important thing though - Jimmy Page often played sensationally live if you listen to bootlegs from 1969-1973. There are spectacular moments, and the guy played rhythm and lead and improvised his ass off 3 hours a night and it was mostly kickass!! I think the hard stuff caught up to him in 1975, but before then he really kicked ass. Listen to even some of the playing on The Song Remains the Same. No Quarter for example. And his rhythm playing was always world class. Joe Satriani recently said he’s been listening to those Zep bootlegs and Page blew him away. I think you should listen and amend some of those statements about Page live in his prime. But love ya man! BTW, my personal favorite is Osaka 9/29/71. The guy was on fire. The dude was a genius, is all I can say.

[@justincase4925]

Very accurate and great sound

[@duanemiller5878]

Thank You!

[@dwaynejessome1728]

Awesome job, love it!! Hey that PRS seems to have grown covers on the pickups, grew some binding, knobs and a poker chip, and morphed the headstock to look suspiciously like another single cut away maker, all while retaining that beautiful finish ;)

[@KellyDeanAllenGuitar]

A borrowed Les Paul. My best friend Sean has an incredible high end guitar collection. All at my disposal whenever I wish. He likes to see them get played.

[@dwaynejessome1728]

@@KellyDeanAllenGuitar Nice! Everyone needs a friend like Sean! I heard mention the other day that you were putting away some duckettes for a dream guitar possibly - was thinking that maybe you made the jump for a beauty LP Standard. Thanks man!

[@edzappia2892]

Really nice.

[@jayyorg9101]

Nice work, inspiring! Your Rover solo has this cool moment at at around 10:50 where it almost sounds like you're playing octaves? Am I wrong? Is that an effect you've added to the solo? It sounds fantastic.

[@davidrees1840]

If he'd been sloppy he wouldn't have made it as a session musician. Heartbreaker is like a car chase where our hero is always on the edge of disaster -very exciting, visceral. You mentioned drugs and alcohol when playing live, and I'd add that like the car chase example, he was often improvising, really hanging it out there, taking risks which payed off some times better than others. Great video, playing, and love your explanations. Thanks!

[@KellyDeanAllenGuitar]

Thanks David, appreciate that very much. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@gerhardprasent3358]

Agree absolutely with the first three ... hardly any other choice😮

[@edzappia2892]

Nice.

[@FLORIDAERO]

Watching your fingers move like that reminds me so much of jimmy. Kinda a moot point. LOL Great top 10. My favorite is Achillies Last Stand. So much emotion in his phrasing.

[@MarckieGee]

Achilles Last Stand could use a bit more commentary about the cerebrally-executed sense of phrasing, spacing and pauses. Combined, these elements lend no less than an other-worldly drama that is Greek mythology. What a brilliant guitar solo! You could justify this solo at 1, 2 or 3 and convince many people either way.

[@jerrydingus7915]

Heartbreakers is a masterpiece !!! The bends are brilliant. His playing live was mesmerizing as he danced better than everyone sans Chuck Berry!

[@TheHumbuckerboy]

From In Through the Out Door I would include the solo on 'In The Evening' . My favourite ever JP solo (and one of my favourite ever solos) is his solo on the live version of 'No Quarter' from 'The Song Remains the Same'. So many great Page solos in his rich catalogue !

[@akshaydalal6987]

I completely agree, shredding solos often lack a lot of feel and mind blowing elements. They sometimes become too predictable.

[@carterhart5435]

Page was more a stream of consciousness type of player, like ha was channeling. He was pretty fearless live, it was honest even with the flaws. He certainly didn't try to hide his playing in the mix, front and center all the way. I agree, The Rover solo is my favorite, it absolutely takes flight. To be honest, all his solos were mind blowing.

[@79antigua]

nicely done, music is about writing songs and Jimmy Page did that better than all the other guitarists.

[@MarkDavidBuckles]

So freaking good!

[@KellyDeanAllenGuitar]

Thanks man!

[@gregurosevic5412]

Very good job. Much kudos! I Just wish you would mention which key the solos were played in. Thank you for the vid.

[@Zepln21]

He wasn't sloppy till the heroin yrs mid to late 70s... And back in the day he was ridiculously fast for that time in music... He played on the edge and put on a guitar show. He paved the way for hard rockers and blueprint for heavy metal as well as some great acoustic. Even Eddie Van Halen credits Page in the song Heartbreaker for introducing him to hammer ons and pull offs...

[@Dad-Gad]

Totally agree that Graffiti is better than lV , a lifelong Zep fan 👍👍👍👍

[@lazsupervision]

How is there not one not played until 7:24 in the video? Editing?

[@KellyDeanAllenGuitar]

Because a big part of this video is a discussion about Jimmy Page. I stated that at the very beginning. I was even kind enough to tell people to skip ahead if you don't want to listen.

[@manitheman0806]

Remember everyone. Page came from that period of time where there wasn't any signal processors or modified amplifiers that can help your playing and cover up mistakes....They relied on the best sound they could get from those amps and the their personal techniques. Big Jimmy Page fan

[@stratman9449]

absolutely top 10 and top marks from me too....:-)....couldn't have played it more true and accomplished....very good indeed....as an even "older" Jimmy Page fan right from the beginning....it couldn't get any better....haha.... and NO...Jimmy wasn't (isn't) sloppy.....but genius....:-)

[@d1velndon770]

Can you PLEASE PLEASE tell me how you get that tone for the second since I’ve been loving you solo, just recently getting into pages playing for real, and that tone has me ina chokehold

[@henryb160]

Tremendous display of not only Page's genius but your own fantastic ability as a guitarist! Please tell me what model Tele you are playing during the STH solo and say if the neck HB came as stock or was your own modification.

[@KellyDeanAllenGuitar]

Hey thanks! It's a Squier vintage modified tele with Seymour Duncan pickups.

[@henryb160]

@@KellyDeanAllenGuitar Sounds great. I've got matching MIK Fender Tele and Strat from 2006 (both in natural ash) with SD pickups fitted as issued. I haven't played them for years because they both need some serious setting up and I've got six other Teles and four other Strats to meet my needs but will get to them soon. I bought a hipshot G/B bender to go on the Tele but it was that long ago i can't even remember where I' put it! Many thanks for replying.

[@seanmcguire6998]

Whole lotta love #1

[@seanmcguire6998]

Since #2, Tea #3, Rock and Roll #4…

[@onemakerstudios5854]

Whole Lotta Love is really one of the worst guitars solos I know... it sounds like a beginner who's just learned the Emin pentatonic and tries to play it fast

[@jondavies2583]

Let’s face it , if Mr Page didn’t want the solo(s) on Heartbreaker to sound exactly like they are on the record - he could have just recorded it again and again until it was ‘perfect’ His genius is that his lead is not predictable , it’s always raw , imperfect and a bit challenging . It boils down to the sounds on the Zep albums are exactly what that band wanted them to be. Respect.

[@ChasingTone666]

Plus Jimmy didn’t just stand there live like another fav of mine David Gilmour. Jimmy danced and pranced and shook the roof off. Not note for note but heartbeat by heartbeat

[@johnperiard9594]

I hope Sick Again is on here!

[@timbrady6473]

Did anyone use note bending to greater effect than Page?

[@digiorno1142]

That had to have been the best STH cover I’ve ever heard….

[@KellyDeanAllenGuitar]

Thanks mate!

[@jusupdjidjimidjimilovic3677]

I agree completely, although not on being regularly wasted. He entered in problems with heroin in '76, also with booze sometimes, so his damned American tour after Presence album you can hear in first half of tour that he is in very bad shape. But what was with Page, he was a player who played every time new solo, never repeating same from album, and his best solos were on stage, what you can hear on their numerous bootlegs which are very bad in quality, but extremely informative about him and about whole band, who on stage always created music from beginning, not like others, today much more appreciated musicians who always played same tones in same manner.

[@will_mcfarland]

I'm Gonna Crawl should be on this list.

[@ChasingTone666]

Page live was a man taking chances in the moment on the go. Courageous if you ask me. Nothing worse than seeing someone play exactly what you hear on the recording. Sterile and boring. Jimmy flew by the seat of his pants and when it wobbled or failed it was somewhat of a mess, but when it worked it was pure bliss. Genius and breathtaking like the wheels could come off any minute. What a ride. Give me man playing in the moment over anyone you can name.

[@psychedelic-guitar-art]

If you listen to Jimmy Page when he play with the Neil Christian & The Crusaders, you will hear him play guitar leads that he later used on the first and second album in totally different Led Zeppelin songs. 🏴‍☠🏴‍☠

[@robertgreene800]

From 1969;to 1973 no one could come close to jimmy and. Mean no one

[@JMK65]

You missed TEA FOR ONE... what a shame!

[@andrewtate8303]

Love the phrase " technical wankery " and your damn rite ied rather listen to Jimmy page .

[@MUSIC4EVA55]

O was going to skip ahead and then you said, "please don't" I like politeness 😂

[@davetribbett8577]

Good video, I pretty much agree but you really need a top 100 for Zep. The greatest band ever, period. The only way to measure any instrumentalist is their music, people don’t give a shit about technical skill unless it sounds good otherwise Vai (terrible music) and the surfing with an alien dude would be the greatest and their not even in the top 100 IMHO. Glen Campbell was better then both of them combined. Anyway, loved the video, the energy and the playing...

[@gabriel_cr12]

People call Jimmy Page sloppy because they are just not acquainted with the concept of "interpretation" anymore. I doubt there is someone who is into classical music who would say sloppy after listening to his playing. Sloppy and interpretation may seem very alike for musical ears who are not trainned for recognizing the difference, but it's whopping for trained ears. The fact is that when a musician has the ability to interpret when playing, doubting about his mastering of the instrument basics makes no sense at all, because interpreting on a musical instrument is a whole other level than just playing the correct tempo. Obviously Jimmy Page could play the basic tempo, any student with the least experience on the instrument can do that. Also people who believe this about Page don't realize that John Bonham did the same thing, but obviously with lesser intensity as long as the drums lead the base tempo. The point is that Led Zeppelin's music asks for that kind of swing, and it's one of the most charming thing their music has to offer. That's what so magic about Page's playing. The thing about the concerts is that Page clearly didn’t took the live playing as work. He drunk until he could barely stand and got on the stage to have fun by playing his music. If you see the recordings of their live performances when they were not famous yet, you'll see it's a whole other story.

[@OutOnTheTiles]

“He drank till he could barely stand up” What are you talking about? Jimmy was on fire live between 69-73. He was focused and his playing was slick during those years. Go listen to any bootleg and you’ll see. He was unfocused in later years but his playing was still great just not near as tight.

[@Dan-zq5wt]

@@OutOnTheTilesagree. I made the same statement. The boots tell the story. Page was a man on fire in that era.

[@moonman6984]

I think heartbreaker is one of the best solos ever. to me it seems like a mess and clean at the same time