# The Best Ali Farka Touré Guitar Solos > The 14 best Ali Farka Touré guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Diaraby (1994), then Amandrai and Bonde. Every video starts at the solo. Canonical URL: Ali Farka Touré carried the hypnotic modal traditions of northern Mali onto the electric and acoustic guitar, and the Western world heard in his playing a missing link to the Delta blues. His lead lines are less about flash than about trance, circling riffs and bent phrases that made him the founding father of desert blues and a Grammy-winning bridge between Africa and America. Informed by: [Wikipedia - Talking Timbuktu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talking_Timbuktu), [Wikipedia - Ali Farka Touré (album)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Farka_Tour%C3%A9_(album)), [Wikipedia - In the Heart of the Moon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Heart_of_the_Moon), [Apple Music - Ali Farka Touré Essentials](https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/ali-farka-tour%C3%A9-essentials/pl.8dc7b531b4de492cb76eacbc484ef40b) 1. [Diaraby](https://greatestsolos.com/song/ali-farka-toure-and-ry-cooder-diaraby/) — Ali Farka Touré & Ry Cooder · solo by Ali Farka Touré, Ry Cooder · 1994 2. [Amandrai](https://greatestsolos.com/song/ali-farka-toure-amandrai/) — Ali Farka Touré · solo by Ali Farka Touré · 1988 3. [Bonde](https://greatestsolos.com/song/ali-farka-toure-and-ry-cooder-bonde/) — Ali Farka Touré & Ry Cooder · solo by Ali Farka Touré · 1994 4. [Timbarma](https://greatestsolos.com/song/ali-farka-toure-timbarma/) — Ali Farka Touré · solo by Ali Farka Touré · 1988 5. [Ai Du](https://greatestsolos.com/song/ali-farka-toure-and-ry-cooder-ai-du/) — Ali Farka Touré & Ry Cooder · solo by Ali Farka Touré · 1994 6. [Savane](https://greatestsolos.com/song/ali-farka-toure-savane/) — Ali Farka Touré · solo by Ali Farka Touré · 2006 7. [Kaira](https://greatestsolos.com/song/ali-farka-toure-and-toumani-diabate-kaira/) — Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté · solo by Ali Farka Touré · 2005 8. [Gomni](https://greatestsolos.com/song/ali-farka-toure-and-ry-cooder-gomni/) — Ali Farka Touré & Ry Cooder · solo by Ali Farka Touré · 1994 9. [Ai Bine](https://greatestsolos.com/song/ali-farka-toure-ai-bine/) — Ali Farka Touré · solo by Ali Farka Touré · 1999 10. [Singya](https://greatestsolos.com/song/ali-farka-toure-singya/) — Ali Farka Touré · solo by Ali Farka Touré · 1988 11. [Debe](https://greatestsolos.com/song/ali-farka-toure-and-toumani-diabate-debe/) — Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté · solo by Ali Farka Touré · 2005 12. [Soukora](https://greatestsolos.com/song/ali-farka-toure-and-ry-cooder-soukora/) — Ali Farka Touré & Ry Cooder · solo by Ali Farka Touré · 1994 13. [Allah Uya](https://greatestsolos.com/song/ali-farka-toure-allah-uya/) — Ali Farka Touré · solo by Ali Farka Touré · 1999 14. [Kadi Kadi](https://greatestsolos.com/song/ali-farka-toure-kadi-kadi/) — Ali Farka Touré · solo by Ali Farka Touré · 1988 --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)