Take this as you will, but I can think of at least five Trey riffs from Phish songs that are better than 90% of these, but then again it’s not something unexpectd from Spinner and AOL.
Good for a 
These polls always seem to favor more mainstream…a couple really nice ones in there though. Overall a big 
. Still love reading those though.
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that the first song listed is a Peal Jam’s Alive. 
for Jessica though. My honorable mention goes to Black Hearted Woman.
5 Trey riffs I like better, not in order.
- Simple
- Tweezer and Tweeprise
- David Bowie (the David Bowie!)
- Mike’s Song
- Stash
^ I was thinking the same thing about Jessica . . .a definite 
Love that the Meter’s made the list as well as Sly Stone, but Slayer 
Oh yeah, and everybody still loves Jack White 
1-10 should only be Keith Richards.
PYITE
Character Zero
Limb By Limb
Weigh
Free
Cavern
Speaking of Jessica, check this out: “As the Allman Brothers’ tribute to legendary guitarist Django Reinhardt, who could use only two fingers on his fretting hand, Betts plays the entire thing with only two of his own.” 
Holy shit man. I mean, I know it’s a slide part and all but… damn! I also had no idea that Django only had two fingers on his fretting hand.
The Jack White riff they put on the list IS a powerful and catchy riff, BUT it took me about 7 seconds to learn it, less than a year after I started playing the bass. And it’s no harder on guitar.
Glad to see Johnny B. Goode and Voodoo Child near the top, but if it were me, I would have had it:
- Voodoo Child
- Johnny B. Goode
- Layla
- Jessica
- Hit It and Quit It
And that’s just if I had to use the ones on the list. But yeah, Trey should be on that thing.
Another silly poll…
WORST VAN HALEN PICK EVER!!! PANAMA SHOULD BE ON THERE, WTF!!!
And for the record…
Steve Howe riffs his ass off!!!
Allman brothers blue sky is missing. Some good ones in there.
EXCELLENT choice. Or at the very least give us Traveling Man. Or frickin Whipping Post…
And what the heck…Life in the Fast Lane??? Ain’t Talking Bout Love? Those songs blow. And I can think of like ten Iron Maiden riffs that should be on there…at very least “Wasted Years” should be there ahead of the Trooper. Nice to see Slayer get a little love though…
you mean rambling man? frankenstein is pretty sweet too…
Forgot how much I love Teen Age Riot by Sonic Youth. That song is just so good.
Interesting fact about layla. while eric clapton was recording at non other than the Muscle shoals Sound studio. Clapton had met Duane Allman at which time Duane had been working on that lick and felt that it was perfect for the song. You can also hear Duan playing on the song. I love Duane Allman!!!
The Mountain Jam riff is a favorite of mine.