What are your favorite instrumentals?

[high and dry in n.y.]

Sleepwalk/Santo and Johnny
Dixie Breakdown/the Burritos
Anythimg by Jeff Beck
A taste of honey/Herb Alpert

[TonyNYC]

Paradise By The C/Springsteen and the E Streeters
Do The Murray/Los Lobos
Pet Sounds/Beach Boys
Jessica/Allman Brothers Band
Celtic Swing/Van Morrison
Groovin'/Booker T & The MGs

Way too many jazz pieces to list, but

St Thomas/Sonny Rollins
Five Spot Blues & Monk's Dream/Thelonious Monk Quartet
Flights/Ahmad Jamal

[Quinn53]

http://youtu.be/fASQwMDyoYI

[David Densmore]

Cast your fate to the wind- Schroeder ( I mean Vince Guaraldi ). I also like John Inmon's ( Lost Gonzo Band ) version.

[sunsetkidd]

Allman Bros., Blue Sky and Little Martha.

opps! Blue Sky isn't instumental, but it should be.

Yeah I love Blue Sky.
Speaking of Allman Bros., Jessica was always one of my favorites. Dickey has another great one, think it's on Win Lose or Draw, called High Falls (too lazy to get up and check but pretty sure that's it).
Besides Grand Junction, I also think highly of those other Poco ditties Fools Gold and High Sierra.
Like Blue Sky, some songs are really mostly instrumental. I love Speedway at Nazareth by Mark Knopfler; the last half of that song is just great. And then there's PPL's Same Old Country Song from their first album, ending with an extended instrumental. Then of course, I have to include Outlaws' Green Grass and High Tides. Not instrumentals, but...
How about the No Nukes version of Heart of the Night? I crank that jam at the end. They went for the same thing on the 2004 live one with Richie but I think it wasn't pulled off as well.
Back to straight instrumentals, Soldier's Joy from the first Circle project by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. I never zip past it on the iPod.

[brinash]

"Emperor Of Wyoming" kicks off Neil Young's first album perfectly. Always been one of my faves. Pretty much anything on "Suite Steel" would qualify. Finally, I've always liked "Nice Day For Something" and "Christo Redemptor" off Charlie Musselwhite's "Tennessee Woman" album.

[Bogeyfire]

Allman Bros., Blue Sky and Little Martha.

opps! Blue Sky isn't instumental, but it should be.

Yeah I love Blue Sky.
Speaking of Allman Bros., Jessica was always one of my favorites. Dickey has another great one, think it's on Win Lose or Draw, called High Falls (too lazy to get up and check but pretty sure that's it).
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"Jessica" and "Hot 'lanta" are the ones I never skip on my iPod. Carlos Santana always reaches my heart as well as a bevy of Al DiMeola instrumentals. I'm always enthralled with Jeff Beck, but he is over the top when if you aren't divorced of all other distractions of life.

I'm drawing a blank on Mark Knopfler instrumentals, but the outros on "Tunnel of Love", "Telegraph Road", and "Romeo & Juliet" should get him honorable mention.

All of Monte Montgomery, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Jimi Hendrix doing "Little Wing" are all super special.

[ctkeith]

Bluebird Canyon Stomp - Beaver & Krause, an oldie but goodie. They used to use it as a filler before the news on WNEW for a long time when a song ended a minute or so before the news and the DJ did not feel like talking.

[jerzeypocofan]

Slowly Burning....Neil Young

Lets Go Away For Awhile....Beach Boys

Water Song....Hot Tuna

[Kim]

Alllman Brothers - Jessica
Allman Brothers - Little Martha
Wishbone Ash - Outward Bound
Joe Satriani - Summer Song
Mark Knopfler - Theme from Local Hero
Poco - Grand Junction
Focus - Sylvia
FM - Aphrodisiac
ELP - Fanfare for the common man
Santana - Samba Pa ti
John Williams - Cavatina (Theme From The Deer Hunter)
Sky - Toccata
Paul Simon - Anji