This is probably the greatest improvised solo ever

Prince humbled everyone at the 2004 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. 🎸🔥 Nobody expected his solo on While My Guitar Gently Weeps to eclipse Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne. 🤔 Fun Fact: Prince didn't even show up for the final rehearsal; he arrived, stole the show, and threw his guitar into the air at the end, which vanished and never hit the ground. 🎩✨ Did you know? 🤯

One of the greatest guitar solo’s ever captured. One of the greatest live rock guitar moments of the modern era. This was a technical masterclass and an emotionally charged, culturally resonant moment. Prince was one of the greatest guitarist and musicians ever to have graced a stage.

If you look closely, you will see a religious experience going on among all of the other musicians on stage that day. Everyone of them fervently thanking God they did not have to follow Prince’s solo. Really, would you want to?

Dude playing on another dimension.

Here's the back story

This pops up constantly and no, not by a long shot. There’s so many, this has just become an internet thing

Sorry, but Jerry Garcia might want a word...

And the greatest question? Where did the guitar go at the end……

Show runner: ok Prince, we’ll have you do some little gentle weeping leads to vamp over the band. Prince: can these gentle tears melt the face tho?

🧐Great solo, but here's the greatest solo of all time.🎸

Prince was one HELL of a guitar player man 🥹

Prince was definitely one of the GOAT guitar players

"improvised" 😉 Amazing nonetheless 🎸

And it was truly improvised. George Clinton gave a talk at my work some weeks ago and that solo came up. Prince didn’t even really take a solo at the dress rehearsal, according to the Atomic Dog. He just DID that. Generational talent.

Not even close Prince is an all time great performer, NOT an elite guitar slinger

Rest in Peace Prince

Turned a boring song into a complete banger. People who don’t appreciate Prince don’t know music.

Why ? Cause he is black ? Great performance? Absolutely....Prince was a phenomenal guitar player....but greatest improvised solo ever ?? You need to get out more.

As the story goes, he refused to rehearse with them all week then came out and dropped that on the world. They had absolutely no idea what he was going to do until it was done. Incredible.

Not probably... the best ever!

My god, Prince is amazing.

It’s amazing, & also very likely rehearsed/not improvised.

LEGEND ‼️🖤

There has never been anyone else like him before or since. This is one of the defining moments in the History of Rock & Roll and he will be forever missed... I miss him so damn much...

I don't know about that, but he sure looks fly doing it.

To non guitar players, this seems incredible. To people who have played guitar for years (me), it is good but not anywhere near greatest of all time. There is a lot of flash over a standard minor pentatonic lead. It’s not bad at all, and rocks out. But not near greatest ever.

This is what people who don’t really understand guitar solos say.

Prince 💜EPIC solo RIP purple one💜

I would eliminate the word “probably”. For sure, and by far, that’s the greatest IMPROVISED solo in guitar history. As always, Prince didn’t attend a single rehearsal. 🎸

Its called " While my guitar GENTLY weeps"...not while it screams its head off!

Michael Schenker say hold me beer

The solo kinda blows the premise of the song up in the best way possible

And Tom Petty looked annoyed as shit

Have you ever seen Prince smile on stage in the company of other great musicians? They were in a groove and knew that moment would never happen again. The joy of playing live. Just waiting for the guitar connoisseur’s comments diminishing his solo as usual.

There’s nothing like electric guitar and Prince was a genius. RIP