100 Greatest Guitar Solos

The following are the top guitar solos of all time,
as voted by Guitar World magazine readers.

• song: Stairway to Heaven
  guitarist: Jimmy Page
  band: Led Zeppelin
  album: Led Zeppelin IV
• song: Eruption
  guitarist: Eddie Van Halen
  band: Van Halen
  album: Van Halen
• song: Freebird
  guitarist: Collins/Rossington
  band: Lynyrd Skynyrd
  album: Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd
• song: Comfortably Numb
  guitarist: David Gilmour
  band: Pink Floyd
  album: The Wall
• song: All Along the Watchtower
  guitarist: Jimi Hendrix
  band: Jimi Hendrix Experience
  album: Electric Ladyland
• song: November Rain
  guitarist: Slash
  band: Guns n’ Roses
  album: Use Your Illusion I
• song: One
  guitarist: Kirk Hammet
  band: Metallica
  album: And Justice for All
• song: Hotel California
  guitarist: Don Felder/Joe Walsh
  band: The Eagles
  album: Hotel California
• song: Crazy Train
  guitarist: Randy Rhoads
  band: Ozzy Ozbourne
  album: Blizzard of Ozz
• song: Crossroads
  guitarist: Eric Clapton
  band: Cream
  album: Wheels of Fire
• song: Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
  guitarist: Jimi Hendrix
  band: Jimi Hendrix
  album: Electric Ladyland
• song: Johnny B. Goode
  guitarist: Chuck Berry
  band: Chuck Berry
  album: Chuck Berry Is On Top
• song: Texas Flood
  guitarist: Stevie Ray Vaughan
  band: Stevie Ray Vaughan
  album: Texas Flood
• song: Layla
  guitarist: Clapton/Allman
  band: Derek and the Dominoes
  album: Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
• song: Floods
  guitarist: Dimebag Darrel
  band: Pantera
  album: The Great Southern Trendkill
• song: Heartbreaker
  guitarist: Jimmy Page
  band: Led Zeppelin
  album: Led Zeppelin II
• song: Cliffs of Dover
  guitarist: Eric Johnson
  band: Eric Johnson
  album: Ah Via Musicom
• song: Little Wing
  guitarist: Jimi Hendrix
  band: Jimi Hendrix Experience
  album: Axis: Bold as Love
• song: Highway Star
  guitarist: Ritchie Blackmore
  band: Deep Purple
  album: Machine Head
• song: Bohemian Rhapsody
  guitarist: Brian May
  band: Queen
  album: A Night at the Opera
• song: Time
  guitarist: David Gilmour
  band: Pink Floyd
  album: Dark Side of the Moon
• song: Sultans of Swing
  guitarist: Mark Knopfler
  band: Dire Straits
  album: Dire Straits
• song: Bulls on Parade
  guitarist: Tom Morello
  band: Rage Against the Machine
  album: Evil Empire
• song: Fade to Black
  guitarist: Kirk Hammet
  band: Metallica
  album: Ride the Lightning
• song: Aqualung
  guitarist: Martin Barre
  band: Jethro Tull
  album: Aqualung
• song: Smells Like Teen Spirit
  guitarist: Kurt Cobain
  band: Nirvana
  album: Nevermind
• song: Pride and Joy
  guitarist: Stevie Ray Vaughan
  band: Stevie Ray Vaughan
  album: Texas Flood
• song: Mr. Crowley
  guitarist: Randy Rhoads
  band: Ozzy Ozbourne
  album: Blizzard of Oz
• song: For the Love of God
  guitarist: Steve Vai
  band: Steve Vai
  album: Passion and Warfare
• song: Surfing With the Alien
  guitarist: Joe Satriani
  band: Joe Satriani
  album: Surfing With the Alien
• song: Stranglehold
  guitarist: Ted Nugent
  band: Ted Nugent
  album: Ted Nugent
• song: Machine Gun
  guitarist: Jimi Hendrix
  band: Jimi Hendrix
  album: Band of Gypsies
• song: The Thrill is Gone
  guitarist: B.B. King
  band: B.B. King
  album: Completely Well
• song: Paranoid Android
  guitarist: Jonny Greenwood
  band: Radiohead
  album: OK Computer
• song: Cemetery Gates
  guitarist: Dimebag Darrel
  band: Pantera
  album: Cowboys From Hell
• song: Black Star
  guitarist: Yngwie Malmsteen
  band: Yngwie Malmsteen
  album: Rising Force
• song: Sweet Child O’ Mine
  guitarist: Slash
  band: Guns n’ Roses
  album: Appetite for Destruction
• song: Whole Lotta Love
  guitarist: Jimmy Page
  band: Led Zeppelin
  album: Led Zeppelin II
• song: Cortez the Killer
  guitarist: Neil Young
  band: Neil Young
  album: Zuma
• song: Reelin’ In the Years
  guitarist: Elliot Randall
  band: Steely Dan
  album: Can’t Buy a Thrill
• song: Brighton Rock
  guitarist: Brian May
  band:Queen
  album: Sheer Heart Attack
• song: While My Guitar Gently Weeps
  guitarist: Eric Clapton
  band: The Beatles
  album: The White Album
• song: Sharp Dressed Man
  guitarist: Billy Gibbons
  band: ZZ Top
  album: Eliminator
• song: Alive
  guitarist: Mike McCready
  band: Pearl Jam
  album: Ten
• song: Light My Fire
  guitarist: Robby Krieger
  band: The Doors
  album: Doors
• song: Hot For Teacher
  guitarist: Eddie Van Halen
  band: Van Halen
  album: 1984
• song: Jessica
  guitarist: Dickey Betts
  band: The Allman Brothers
  album: Brothers and Sisters
• song: Sympathy for the Devil
  guitarist: Keith Richards
  band: The Rolling Stones
  album: Beggar’s Banquet
• song: Europa
  guitarist: Carlos Santana
  band: Santana
  album: Amigos
• song: Shock Me
  guitarist: Ace Frehley
  band: Kiss
  album: Love Gun
• song: Master of Puppets
  guitarist: Kirk Hammet
  band: Metallica
  album: Master of Puppets
• song: Star Spangled Banner
  guitarist: Jimi Hendrix
  band: Jimi Hendrix
  album: Jimi Hendrix: Woodstock
• song: Since I’ve Been Loving You
  guitarist: Jimmy Page
  band: Led Zeppelin
  album: Led Zeppelin III
• song: Geek USA
  guitarist: Billy Corgan
  band: Smashing Pumpkins
  album: Siamese Dream
• song: Satch Boogie
  guitarist: Joe Satriani
  band: Joe Satriani
  album: Surfing With the Alien
• song: War Pigs
  guitarist: Tony Iommi
  band: Black Sabbath
  album: Paranoid
• song: Walk
  guitarist: Dimebag Darrel
  band: Pantera
  album: Vulgar Display of Power
• song: Cocaine
  guitarist: Eric Clapton
  band: Eric Clapton
  album: Slowhand
• song: You Really Got Me
  guitarist: Dave Davies
  band: The Kinks
  album: Kinks
• song: Zoot Allures
  guitarist: Frank Zappa
  band: Frank Zappa
  album: Zoot Allures
• song: No More Tears
  guitarist: Zakk Wylde
  band: Ozzy Osbourne
  album: No More Tears
• song: Money
  guitarist: David Gilmour
  band: Pink Floyd
  album: Dark Side of the Moon
• song: Black Hole Sun
  guitarist: Kim Thayil
  band: Soundgarden
  album: Superunknown
• song: Little Red Corvette
  guitarist: Prince
  band: Prince
  album: 1999
• song: In Bloom
  guitarist: Kurt Cobain
  band: Nirvana
  album: Nevermind
• song: Blue Sky
  guitarist: Allman/Betts
  band: The Allman Brothers
  album: Eat a Peach
• song: Beat It
  guitarist: Eddie Van Halen
  band: Michael Jackson
  album: Thriller
• song: Starship Trooper
  guitarist: Steve Howe
  band: Yes
  album: The Yes Album
• song: And Your Bird Can Sing
  guitarist: George Harrison
  band: The Beatles
  album: Revolver
• song: Purple Haze
  guitarist: Jimi Hendrix
  band: The Jimi Hendrix Experience
  album: Are You Experienced?
• song: Maggot Brain
  guitarist: Eddie Hazel
  band: Funkadelic
  album: Maggot Brain
• song: Walk This Way
  guitarist: Joe Perry
  band: Aeorosmith
  album: Toys in the Attic
• song: Stash
  guitarist: Trey Anastasio
  band: Phish
  album: A Picture of Nectar
• song: Lazy
  guitarist: Ritchie Blackmore
  band: Deep Purple
  album: Machine Head
• song: Won’t Get Fooled Again
  guitarist: Pete Townsend
  band: The Who
  album: Who’s Next
• song: Cinnamon Girl
  guitarist: Neil Young
  band: Neil Young and Crazy Horse
  album: Everybody Knows This is Nowhere
• song: Man in the Box
  guitarist: Jerry Cantrell
  band: Alice in Chains
  album: Face Lift
• song: Truckin’
  guitarist: Jerry Garcia
  band: The Grateful Dead
  album: American Beauty
• song: Mean Street
  guitarist: Eddie Van Halen
  band: Van Halen
  album: Fair Warning
• song: You Shook Me All Night Long
  guitarist: Angus Young
  band: AC/DC
  album: Back in Black
• song: Sweet Jane
  guitarist: Hunter/Wagner
  band: The Velvet Underground
  album: Loaded
• song: 21st Century Schizoid Man
  guitarist: Robert Fripp
  band: King Crimson
  album: In the Court of the Crimson King
• song: Scuttle Buttin’
  guitarist: Stevie Ray Vaughan
  band: Stevie Ray Vaughan
  album: Couldn’t Stand the Weather
• song: Santeria
  guitarist: Brad Nowell
  band: Sublime
  album: Sublime
• song: Moonage Daydream
  guitarist: Mick Ronson
  band: David Bowie
  album: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
• song: Whipping Post
  guitarist: Allman/Betts
  band: The Allman Brothers
  album: The Allman Brothers Band
• song: Cult of Personality
  guitarist: Vernon Reid
  band: Living Color
  album: Vivid
• song: Kid Charlemagne
  guitarist: Larry Carlton
  band: Steely Dan
  album: The Royal Scam
• song: Killing in the Name
  guitarist: Tom Morello
  band: Rage Against the Machine
  album: Rage Against the Machine
• song: Let it Rain
  guitarist: Eric Clapton
  band: Eric Clapton
  album: Eric Clapton
• song: Heard It Thu Grapevine
  guitarist: John Fogerty
  band: CCR
  album: Cosmo’s Factory
• song: Stray Cat Strut
  guitarist: Brian Setzer
  band: Stray Cats
  album: Built for Speed
• song: The End
  guitarist: Robbie Krieger
  band: The Doors
  album: The Doors
• song: Working Man
  guitarist: Alex Lifeson
  band: Rush
  album: Rush
• song: Yellow Ledbetter
  guitarist: Mike McCready
  band: Pearl Jam
  album: Jeremy
• song: Honky Tonk Women
  guitarist: Keith Richards
  band: The Rolling Stones
  album: Let it Bleed
• song: Cherub Rock
  guitarist: Billy Corgan
  band: Smashing Pumpkins
  album: Siamese Dream
• song: Under a Glass Moon
  guitarist: John Petrucci
  band: Dream Theater
  album: Images & Words
• song: Cause We’ve Ended as Lovers
  guitarist: Jeff Beck
  band: Jeff Beck
  album: Blow by Blow
• song: Three Days
  guitarist: Dave Navarro
  band: Jane’s Addiction
  album: Ritual de lo Habitual