Jerry Cantrell Picks His Six Favorite Guitar Soloists

Alice In Chains’ Jerry Cantrell picked his six favourite guitar soloists throughout a current dialog with Rick Beato.

We’re just some weeks out from the discharge of Cantrell’s new solo album I Want Blood, so the guitarist mentioned the brand new materials, in addition to his profession with Alice In Chains, through the interview. Toward the top of the dialogue, Beato requested the rocker which guitar soloists are his favourite.

After itemizing his high selections, he stated, “To pick any one specific solo out, I don’t know if I could do that. There’s so many great ones.”

We listed Cantrell’s picks beneath, together with an instance of a solo that helps their greatness. You can watch Cantrell’s full interview with Beato towards the underside of the web page.

Eddie Van Halen

Not solely was Eddie Van Halen an enormous inspiration to Cantrell, however additionally they toured collectively within the early days of Alice In Chains.

“Anything Eddie Van Halen ever did, that guy was amazing,” Cantrell praised, later including that he received to listen to the legend soundcheck so much after they had been on tour collectively, and that he all the time appeared like himself no matter what gear he performed with.

Eddie Van Halen Guitar Solo

Angus Young

AC/DC’s Angus Young was the subsequent identify Cantrell talked about. He thought for a second, after which referred to Young as a “fucking lyrical soloist.”

Angus Young Guitar Solo

Jimi Hendrix

Cantrell known as legendary guitar innovator Jimi Hendrix “pretty badass,” after which added that there is one other guitarist of the identical identify he admires as nicely.

Jimi Hendrix Guitar Solo

Jimmy Page

You guessed it (or possibly did not) — Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin.

Jimmy Page Guitar Solo

David Gilmour

Interestingly, Cantrell spoke essentially the most in-depth about Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour.

“David Gilmour is something else, man. There’s a real fire in his playing, and he does it in a really understated way,” he explained.

“Occasionally, you hear him break loose — and I don’t mean to say this as any sort of a slight — in kind of a restrained way. And I really appreciate that and I dig that. Then you get these flashes that come out of nowhere and tear your face off.”

David Gilmour Guitar Solo

Tony Iommi

Black Sabbath riff-master Tony Iommi was the final guitarist Cantrell talked about. Iommi was one of many first guitarists to popularize drop tuning, and thus had a big impact on Cantrell’s signature sound.

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“These are all guys I like. Toni Iommi would do fucking two solos directly and put them each on the file. One monitor right here, one other monitor there — two solos occurring on the identical time. That’s badass.”

Tony Iommi Guitar Solo

Check out the full interview below.

Alice In Chains’ Jerry Cantrell on Rick Beato