50 Greatest Guitar Solos

1) "Stairway to Heaven" (Jimmy Page) - Led Zeppelin 2) "Eruption" (Eddie Van Halen) - Van Halen 3) "Free Bird" (Allen Collins, Gary Rossington) - Lynyrd Skynyrd 4) "Comfortably Numb" (David Gilmour) - Pink Floyd 5) "All Along the Watchtower" (Jimi Hendrix) - The Jimi Hendrix Experience 6) "November Rain" (Slash) - Guns N' Roses 7) "One" (Kirk Hammett) Metallica 8) "Hotel California" (Don Felder, Joe Walsh) - The Eagles 9) "Crazy Train" (Randy Rhoads) - Ozzy Osbourne 10) "Crossroads" (Eric Clapton) Cream 11) "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" (Jimi Hendrix) - Jimi Hendrix Experience 12) "Johnny B. Goode" (Chuck Berry) - Chuck Berry 13) "Texas Flood" (Stevie Ray Vaughan) - Stevie Ray Vaughan 14) "Layla" (Eric Clapton, Duane Allman) - Derek and the Dominos 15) "Highway Star" (Ritchie Blackmore) - Deep Purple 16) "Heartbreaker" (Jimmy Page) - Led Zeppelin 17) "Cliffs of Dover" (Eric Johnson) - Eric Johnson 18) "Little Wing" (Jimi Hendrix) - The Jimi Hendrix Experience 19) "Floods" (Dimebag Darrell) Pantera 20) "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Brian May) Queen 21) "Time" (David Gilmour) - Pink Floyd 22) "Sultans of Swing" (Mark Knopfler) - Dire Straits 23) "Bulls on Parade" (Tom Morello) - Rage Against the Machine 24) "Fade to Black" (Kirk Hammett) Metallica 25) "Aqualung" (Martin Barre) - Jethro Tull 26) "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (Kurt Cobain) Nirvana 27) "Pride and Joy" (Stevie Ray Vaughan) - Stevie Ray Vaughan 28) "Mr. Crowley" (Randy Rhoads) - Ozzy Osbourne 29) "For the Love of God" (Steve Vai) - Steve Vai 30) "Surfing with the Alien" (Joe Satriani) - Joe Satriani 31) "Stranglehold" (Ted Nugent) - Ted Nugent 32) "Machine Gun" (Jimi Hendrix) - Jimi Hendrix 33) "The Thrill is Gone" (B.B. King) - B.B. King 34) "Paranoid Android" (Johnny Greenwood) Radiohead 35) "Cemetery Gates" (Dimebag Darrell) - Pantera 36) "Black Star" (Yngwie Malmsteen) - Yngwie Malmsteen 37) "Sweet Child O' Mine" (Slash) - Guns N' Roses 38) "Whole Lotta Love" (Jimmy Page) - Led Zeppelin 39) "Cortez the Killer" (Neil Young) - Neil Young and Crazy Horse 40) "Reelin' in the Years" (Elliot Randall) - Steely Dan 41) "Brighton Rock" (Brian May) Queen 42) "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (Eric Clapton) - The Beatles 43) "Sharp Dressed Man" (Billy Gibbons) - ZZ Top 44) "Alive" (Mike McCready) - Pearl Jam

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"Light My Fire" (Robby Krieger) - The Doors "Hot For Teacher" (Edward Van Halen) - Van Halen "Jessica" (Dickey Betts) - Allman Brothers Band "Sympathy for the Devil" (Keith Richards) - Rolling Stones "Europa" (Carlos Santana) - Carlos Santana "Shock Me" (Ace Frehley) Kiss

The best rock instrumental

5Peaches En Regalia - Frank Zappa Albatross - Fleetwood Mac Alice in Blunderland - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Alley Cat - Bent Fabric Any Colour You Like - Pink Floyd Apache - Incredible Bongo Band Apache - The Shadows Baja - The Astronauts Beck's Bolero - Jeff Beck Black Star - Yngwie Malmstein Born Under A Bad Sign - Jimi Hendrix Breathless - Todd Rundgren Bumble Bee Boogie - B. Bumble & The Stingers Careful With That Axe Eugene - Pink Floyd Cecilia Anne - The Pixies Cissy Strut - The Meters Classical Gas - Mason Williams Cliffs of Dover - Eric Johnson Crystal Planet - Joe Satriani Djed - Tortoise East-West - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band Embryonic Journey - Jefferson Airplane Erotomania - Dream Theater Eruption - Van Halen Europa - Santana F*cking In The Bushes - Oasis Fingertips Part 2 - Little Stevie Wonder Fire on High - Electric Light Orchestra Flipside - The Breeders Flying - The Beatles Foggy Mountain Breakdown - Flatt & Scruggs For The Love Of God - Steve Vai Foreplay - Boston Frankenstein - Edgar Winter Group Freeway Jam - Jeff Beck Funeral For A Friend - Elton John

Glad - Traffic Grazing In The Grass - Hugh Masekela Green Onions - Booker T & The M.G.s Hang 'em High - Booker T. & the M.G.'s Hideaway - Freddie King Hocus Pocus - Focus Honky Tonk Pt. 1 & 2 - Bill Doggett I Robot - Alan Parsons Project In Memory of Elizabeth Reed - Allman Bros. Band Interstellar Overdrive - Pink Floyd Iron Butterfly Theme - Iron Butterfly Is This Music? - Teenage Fanclub Jack The Ripper - Link Wray Japan In A Dishpan - Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band Jessica - Allman Brothers Band La Villa Strangiata - Rush Larks Tongue in Aspic - King Crimson Last Date - Floyd Cramer Last Night - Mar-Kays Lenny - Stevie Ray Vaughan Let's Go Away for Awhile - Beach Boys Let's Go Trippin' - Dick Dale Linus and Lucy - Vince Guaraldi Little Wing - Stevie Ray Vaughan Love Is Blue - Paul Mauriat Love's Theme - Love Unlimited Orchestra Maggot Brain - Funkadelic Medley - Fairport Convention Meeting in the Aisle - Radiohead Memphis - Lonnie Mack Miami Vice Theme - Jan Hammer Miserlou - Dick Dale & his Del-Tones Moby Dick - Led Zeppelin Mood For A Day - Yes New Orleans Instrumental No. 1 - R.E.M. Number Three - Ben Harper One of these Days - Pink Floyd Orion - Metallica Outta Space - Billy Preston Overture (Tommy) - The Who Pali Gap - Jimi Hendrix Peter Gunn theme - Henry Mancini Pick Up The Pieces - Average White Band Pipeline - The Chantays Quadrophenia - The Who

Raunchy - Bill Justis Rebel Rouser - Duane Eddy Red - King Crimson Reoccuring Dreams - Husker Du Riviera Paradise - Stevie Ray Vaughn Rock And Roll Part 2 - Gary Glitter Rumble - Link Wray Samba Pa Ti - Carlos Santana Satch Boogie - Joe Satriani Scuttle Buttin' - Stevie Ray Vaughan Slaughter On 10th Avenue - Mick Ronson Sleepwalk - Santo & Johnny Song of The Wind - Santana Soul Finger - Bar-Kays Soul Sacrifice - Santana Soul Twist - King Curtis Soulful Strut - Young Holt Unlimited Space Guitar - Johnny "Guitar" Watson Sparks - The Who Speed of Life - David Bowie Surf Rider - The Lively Ones Surfin With the Alien - Joe Satriani Take Five - Dave Brubeck Quartet Telstar - The Tornadoes Tequila - The Champs The Call of Ktulu - Metallica The Happy Organ - Dave Baby Cortez The In Crowd - Ramsey Lewis Trio The Lonely Surfer - Jack Nitzsche The Noonward Race - Mahavishnu Orchestra The Star Spangled Banner - Jimi Hendrix The Tenant - Japan Theme from A Summers Place - Percy Faith Third Stone from the Sun - Jimi Hendrix Experience Time Is Tight - Booker T & the M.G.s Toccata - Emerson Lake and Palmer Walk Dont Run - The Ventures Whale and Wasp - Alice In Chains Whammer Jammer - J. Geils Band Wipe Out - Surfaris Wonderful Land - The Shadows Wonderland By Night - Bert Kaempfert Yakety Sax - Boots Randolph YYZ - Rush