ha! Carl and I are at cross-purposes, almost exactly at the moment i propose a Great Guitar Solos duel, he's launched an exploration of music's tender side, starting with this wonderful post on lyrics that express simple human truths with tear-jerking power...

perhaps we should press 'pause' on Solos until Carl has "worked through" this topic? i am keen to hear more revelations and, while this is not a contest, may chip in with a few of my own. (In a bizarre coincidence, I just got questionaire-d along with a bunch of other people by an Australian gentleman who's writing a piece on Sad Songs. Don't want to scupper his "scoop" but there's definitely stuff to talk about re. this topic).

in the mean time, though, do keep the Solo suggestions coming, already got some great candidates