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--- In , "red_thundr" <red_thundr@y...>
wrote:
> > PS Yes, I know a lot of jazzbos could and did play really
> > fast 'shred'-like stuff way before the early sixties - but this is
> > the earliest solo I know that's truly a r&r shred solo. That's
all
> > I'm saying.
>
> Nah, not even close. The first R&R shred solo was in Bill Haley and
> the Comets' "Rock Around The Clock". That truly has all the
elements
> of a shred solo. To this day, it never fails to get me pumped up,
and
> that truly laid the groundwork for all shred to come.
Well, you have a point. And though I see what you're saying, to my
ears that still sounds a lot more like a jazz solo than a rock solo,
though certainly within a rock song. Nitro Heat sounds a lot more
like an eighties metal solo.
Ivan
