My Top 10 Underrated Guitar Solo's

10. NUNO BETTANCOURT - Flight Of The Wounded Bumblebee.

The best solo from the most underrated guitarist. Its fast, tough and really good. Its just a shame that Extreme's most famous song is an acoustic song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6DYsi9lBcI










9. MARK KNOPFLER - Local Hero.

Slow, rhythmic and classy from one of the greats. His style of finger picking is put to great effect throughout this whole song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqTXXOqIPts









8. LED ZEPPELIN - Rock and Roll.

For me this Led Zeppelin's most underrated solo. Whilst it may not be as great as Whole Lotta Love or Stairway To Heaven, most guitarists would kill to write a solo this good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeJkDewhTEw






7. IRON MAIDEN - Run To The Hills.

Just as good as The Trooper but doesn't get the same recognition. In short an awesome solo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9OAfOwTZaU









6. AC/DC - Let There Be Rock.

A solo that shows everything Angus is about. Fast playing, hard rocking and putting on a great show. As it says in the title LET THERE BE ROCK!!!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVLRKk0EJTI






5. SANTANA - Smooth

Santana's biggest hit was a collaboration with Rob Thomas. Whilst its a great pop song the guitar solo is brilliant.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXp413NynFk








4. BUCKETHEAD -Jordan

Kind of hard to describe this solo so i'll just say one of the best solo's from one of the best guitarists.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTcg9JybEp8










3. THE KNACK - My Sharona.

Not an obvious choice but I just love this solo and don't think it gets the love it deserves.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbr60I0u2Ng&ob=av3n










2. TOTO - Hold The Line

Hard to chose one specific reason for this. I think its better than the song Africa and think its a greatly underrated solo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9okL8JucF-o










1. MICHAEL JACKSON - Beat It.

Typical EVH solo. Fast, hard to play, involves lots of intricate fret movement, tapping, hammer ons and pull offs. Maybe not as good as Eruption, but still a perfect example as to why EVH is one of the finest guitarists ever.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym0hZG-zNOk&ob=av3n

My Life With Muscular Dystrophy.

First of all, let me explain what Muscular Dystrophy is. Muscular Dystrophy is a lack of Dystrophin being produced by the body causing the muscles to break down. There are many types of MD including Duchenne MD, Beckers MD, Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Limb Girdle disease plus many other types. Duchenne is by far the most common of all Muscular Dystrophies and is fatal in every case.
  I have Beckers Muscular Dystrophy. This is similar to DMD however it is much milder. It affects around 3-6 of every 100,000 boys. Both my brother and I have the problem. The disorder is inherited with an X-linked recessive inheritance pattern. The defective gene is located on the X chromosome. Only females can be carriers of the disease. It usually only affects men as we only have 1 X chromosome whereas women have 2. There is more information about it in this link:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001725/
  The first sign that I had the problem was when it took me until I was 18 months old to walk. To find out what I had, a piece of muscle was taken from me. It was then we found out.
  My legs are the worst affected area of the body but my arms are still affected. When I was younger I would get severe cramps in my legs.  To get rid of these cramps I had to use an electric wellies machine which would increase in pressure to get my blood circulating again. Of course my brother would always turn the pressure up when no-one was watching. I also had to wear splints for the first 10 years of my life. I hated those things. To get them made I had to have Plaster of Paris all over my legs to get the shape. I had to wear them at school. I also had to wear them at night. However I always ended up taking them off as I would get too hot. It was the same when I wore Gators too. I also had to have physio once every week. When at Primary School it was done at home, but when at Secondary School it was done there, meaning i could skive off for a bit.
  I have to visit the Hospital every year so I can have an Ultrasound and Lung Function tests. This is because my Heart and Lungs will eventually become affected. I also have a curved Spine which will cause some problems later in life. I also have especially big calfs. Because so much muscle has been wasted I can't run or walk particularly far. Neither can I stand for hours or lift heavy objects. By the age of 25-30 BMD may find their ability to walk severely hampered. In a worse case scenario I may end up in a wheelchair.
  However, recently great gains have been made in the fight against MD. For example just this year an exon skipping clinical test showed encouraging results in the fight against DMD. These results can be viewed in greater detail here:
http://www.muscular-dystrophy.org/research/news/4180_encouraging_results_of_uk_duchenne_exon_skipping_clinical_trial_published
Essentially what is showed is that by skipping exon 51, the drugs used showed increased Dystrophin activity with the people who were tested. It may only be a start, but its the biggest break through we've had since the discovery of the recessive gene.
 Anyway, thats my life coping with MD.