Steve Howe's solo in Yes' cover of Simon & Garfunkel's "America."
Steve Howe's guitar playing is just insane in this song. He solos when solos like when Jon doesn't sing and then he solos right over Jon's singing. You just can't stop him from soloing! You can almost imagine Steve Howe as some 19th century immigrant coming to America and being awed by all the different types of music he hears. But then he's like this Absorbatron soaking it all up, and playing it back in one song. He starts out slow and modest, does some chicken pickin, but then he really lets loose after Jon worns about the bow tie being a camera. His references Chuck Berry, Duane Eddy and Chet Atkins can be heard with riffs, licks, and fills that he plays loose, clean and articulately. And beside Hard Rock stuff, he does Jazz runs, throws in a little Funk/Disco near the end. It's like a time capsule of 70's music. And he really doesn't plays not even half of what he knows, still you hear him paying homage to his influences and you hear his own style as well. He really proves he is a genius on guitar with this song.
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