y'know, like the Hendrix version of the Star-Spangled Banner.

November 28, 2011 7:46 PM

I'm looking for more songs like this and this - long, wailing, meandering instrumental electric guitar music. Please recommend me some!

what I'm not looking for:
- vocals. too distracting while working.
- excerpts or parts of songs. I'd like to build a youtube or MP3 playlist eventually.
- heavy or fast metal (except maaaaaybe something like this, sans vocals of course)

thanks in advance!

posted by xbonesgt to media & arts (15 answers total)

Lots of things by Joe Satriani.
posted by 3FLryan at 7:58 PM on November 28, 2011

Bonus
posted by 3FLryan at 8:01 PM on November 28, 2011

Buckethead
posted by mikeand1 at 8:02 PM on November 28, 2011

Meant to link to some Buckethead.
posted by mikeand1 at 8:03 PM on November 28, 2011

Earthless.
posted by norbulator at 8:09 PM on November 28, 2011

Explosions in the sky I think is what you're looking for.
posted by Lutoslawski at 8:11 PM on November 28, 2011

Broken Social Scene's first album, Feel Good Lost, is all meandering guitar instrumentals, though maybe more ambient than what you're looking for:

Guilty Cubicles
Love and Mathematics

And definitely check out Earth:

Old Black
Raiford the Felon Wind
Hung From the Moon

And the Dirty Three, if you feel like having some crazy violin in the mix:

Sue's Last Ride
posted by otolith at 8:21 PM on November 28, 2011

There are generally vocals, but when I'm looking for long, meandering electric guitar, I often turn to Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, Neil Young with Crazy Horse.
posted by brennen at 8:41 PM on November 28, 2011 [1 favorite]

Maybe some Durutti Column.
posted by zombieman000 at 9:12 PM on November 28, 2011

You might want to check out some Pelican or Wake This Day.
posted by KingEdRa at 10:27 PM on November 28, 2011

Sonny Sharrock
posted by BitterOldPunk at 12:17 AM on November 29, 2011

A Watermelon in Easter Hay - Zappa
posted by subajestad at 7:53 AM on November 29, 2011 [1 favorite]

Dark Star...1/2 hour of Dead. Shut up N Play Yer Guitar by Zappa - the whole album.
posted by shushufindi at 9:56 AM on November 29, 2011 [1 favorite]

Frusciante and Omar Rodriguez Lopez did a great album together. Stream it here: http://omardigital.rodriguezlopezproductions.com/album/omar-rodriguez-lopez-john-frusciante
posted by popaopee at 11:05 AM on November 29, 2011

Mogwai and Jakob.

Also Godspeed you black emperor, though that's less on the guitar side of things.

Post Rock is a good phrase to search on.
posted by Sebmojo at 7:06 PM on November 29, 2011