Voyage to Atlantis
The Isley Brothers, 1977, from Go for Your Guns. Solo by Ernie Isley.
A slow ballad with long, soaring guitar lines by Ernie Isley.
Voyage to Atlantis is a slow, dreamy ballad, and Ernie Isley's guitar is the tide that carries it. His lead lines are long and soaring, drenched in sustain, gliding over the chord changes with a vocal quality that matches the song's romantic yearning. Rather than one contained solo, the guitar keeps rising up between vocal lines and then takes over, building in intensity as the song closes. It shows how he adapted a Hendrix-inspired sound to sweet soul music without losing either side's character. Listen for the long bends that slowly swell in volume, giving the sense of a wave gathering before it breaks.
Voyage to Atlantis by The Isley Brothers is featured in our Funk & Soul (#13) list. The solo is played by Ernie Isley and the song was released in 1977.
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Who played the guitar solo on Voyage to Atlantis?
Ernie Isley played the solo on The Isley Brothers's Voyage to Atlantis (1977).