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Jun 1, 2026 1 hr 9 min

Completely Conspicuous 676: Out There

from Completely Conspicuous Hosted by Jay Kumar

Part 2 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey as we discuss our favorite guitar solos. Show notes: Continuing our top 10 Phil's #9: Trey Anastasio of Phish stretches out No studio version of the song Jay's #9: The concise awesomeness of Alex Lifeson A virtuoso in a band of virtuosos Phil's #8: Back to the jam with RIck Mitarotonda of Goose Another band that saves their best for the live setting Jay's #8: Another Matthew Sweet song, this time featuring Richard Lloyd on lead guitar Features a fake ending with even more soloing Phil's #7: Square dancing in gym class led Phil to this Beatles song George Harrison with a beautiful, heartfeld solo Great video, too Jay's #7: A ripping solo from J. Mascis from '93 Video wasn't directed by Matt Dillon; he did the "Get Me" video Mascis has recorded a ton of great solos over the years Phil's #6: Eddie VH's magnum opus The instrumental that changed the face of hard rock Wasn't meant to be recorded at first Jay's #6: Less overplayed solo from Jimmy Page A lesser-known album from Zeppelin Phil's #5: Mick Taylor shines for the Stones The band started jamming at the end of the song and they kept recording Jay's #5: Robert Fripp with a ripper of a solo for Brian Eno Eno's first solo album after Roxy Music Phil's #4: The Allman Brothers' tribute to Django Reinhardt Three different solos Jay's #4: More Richard Lloyd along with Tom Verlaine on a 10-minute art-rock classic Kind of jam band adjacent Phil's #3: Neil Young with an epic love song Recording starts in the middle of a jam Jay's #3: Monster instrumental featuring Eddie Hazel's psychedelic playing Mike Watt does a cover with J. Mascis handling the guitar The interesting career of Prakash John Phil's #2 and Jay's #1: Hendrix blows minds with acid blues rock SRV does an incredible cover Jay's #2: Nasty riff and solo from Eddie VH One of Van Halen's darker songs Phil's #1: A Grateful Dead classic that highlights Jerry Garcia Cover of a Bonnie Dobson folk song Builds to a roaring crescendo Completely Conspicuous is available wherever you get podcasts. Subscribe and write a review! The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

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