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Guitar World put together a list of the 50 Greatest Guitar Solos. Jim Hendrix made the list 4 times, so you know it’s not a bad list. Here they are, ranked from bottom to top. Links go to videos of each song.

• 50: “Shock Me” (Ace Frehley)
• 49: “Europa” (Carlos Santana)
• 48: “Sympathy for the Devil” (Keith Richards)
• 47: “Jessica” (Dickey Betts)
• 46: “Hot For Teacher” (Edward Van Halen)
• 45: “Light My Fire” (Robby Krieger)
• 44: “Alive” (Mike McCready)
• 43: “Sharp Dressed Man” (Billy Gibbons)
• 42: “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” (Eric Clapton)
• 41: “Brighton Rock” (Brian May)
• 40: “Reelin’ in the Years” (Elliot Randall)
• 39: “Cortez the Killer” (Neil Young)
• 38: “Whole Lotta Love” (Jimmy Page)
• 37: “Sweet Child O’ Mine” (Slash)
• 36: “Black Star” (Yngwie Malmsteen)
• 35: “Cemetery Gates” (Dimebag Darrell)
• 34: “Paranoid Android” (Johnny Greenwood)
• 33: “The Thrill is Gone” (B.B. King)
• 32: “Machine Gun” (Jimi Hendrix)
• 31: “Stranglehold” (Ted Nugent)
• 30: “Surfing with the Alien” (Joe Satriani)
• 29: “For the Love of God” (Steve Vai)
• 28: “Mr. Crowley” (Randy Rhoads)
• 27: “Pride and Joy” (Stevie Ray Vaughan)
• 26: “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (Kurt Cobain:
• 25: “Aqualung” (Martin Barre)
• 24: “Fade to Black” (Kirk Hammett)
• 23: “Bulls on Parade” (Tom Morello)
• 22: “Sultans of Swing” (Mark Knopfler)
• 21: “Time” (David Gilmour)
• 20: “Bohemian Rhapsody” (Brian May)
• 19: “Floods” (Dimebag Darrell)
• 18: “Little Wing” (Jimi Hendrix)
• 17: “Cliffs of Dover” (Eric Johnson)
• 16: “Heartbreaker” (Jimmy Page)
• 15: “Highway Star” (Ritchie Blackmore)
• 14: “Layla” (Eric Clapton, Duane Allman)
• 13: “Texas Flood” (Stevie Ray Vaughan)
• 12: “Johnny B. Goode” (Chuck Berry)
• 11: “Voodoo Child (Slight Return)” (Jimi Hendrix)
• 10: “Crossroads” (Eric Clapton)
• 9: “Crazy Train” (Randy Rhoads)
• 8: “Hotel California” (Ben Felder, Joe Walsh)
• 7: “One” (Kirk Hammett)
• 6: “November Rain” (Slash)
• 5: “All Along the Watchtower” (Jimi Hendrix)
• 4: “Comfortably Numb” (David Gilmour)
• 3: “Free Bird” (Allen Collins, Gary Rossington)
• 2: “Eruption” (Eddie Van Halen)
• 1: “Stairway to Heaven” (Jimmy Page)

Guitar World provides reasons on why they chose each song on their web site, you can check it out here.

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