The guitar playing in “Hotel California” regularly, and quite justifiably, turns up in “Greatest solo” lists. However it’s not a solo at all, of course – it’s a duet if anything. In olden times it might have been called a guitar duel….so who won? Don Felder has an immediate advantage as he is playing a cool double neck so he gets to do the tinkly bits, and his extremo string bending is unbeatable. But…but…Joe is upstaged by no man and seems to be plugged into some extra force, coming up with stuff no one else does. So the questions, who won?

P.S. This is what you ponder when driving to Ikea in Milton Keynes in the holidays…

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