Hmmmmmmmmm
No, I think Tango in the Night, Go Your Own Way, Book of Love, and Countdown are all much better electric solos than ANYTHING Van Halen or Eric Clapton have ever done. Both because of the fingerpicking style and also because of their construction and listening pleasure. I don't hear similar sound pleasure in solos by VH, EC or even Stevie Ray Vaughn. Although the guy in Huey Lewis and the News (I forget his name--Chris Hayes maybe?) did a great job with the solo on I Want a New Drug.
Lindsey's guitar work at the end of Peacekeeper reminds me of Elton John's piano work in the background on George Harrison's Cloud 9 album songs Fish on the Sand, Wreck of the Hesperas, and Devil's Radio.
Chris
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