# The Best Guitar Solos of 1970

> The best guitar solos of 1970, ranked. #1 is Layla by Derek and the Dominos, then Since I've Been Loving You and Machine Gun. Every video starts at the solo.

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The 20 greatest guitar solos released in 1970, ranked: solos our consensus of published lists rates highest come first, then our genre and artist rankings, with no more than three per artist. Led by Layla by Derek and the Dominos, Since I've Been Loving You by Led Zeppelin and Machine Gun by Jimi Hendrix.

1. [Layla](https://greatestsolos.com/song/derek-and-the-dominos-layla/) — Derek and the Dominos · solo by Eric Clapton & Duane Allman · 1970
2. [Since I've Been Loving You](https://greatestsolos.com/song/led-zeppelin-since-i-ve-been-loving-you/) — Led Zeppelin · solo by Jimmy Page · 1970
3. [Machine Gun](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jimi-hendrix-machine-gun/) — Jimi Hendrix · solo by Jimi Hendrix · 1970
4. [War Pigs](https://greatestsolos.com/song/black-sabbath-war-pigs/) — Black Sabbath · solo by Tony Iommi · 1970
5. [25 or 6 to 4](https://greatestsolos.com/song/chicago-25-or-6-to-4/) — Chicago · solo by Terry Kath · 1970
6. [Child in Time](https://greatestsolos.com/song/deep-purple-child-in-time/) — Deep Purple · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1970
7. [Paranoid](https://greatestsolos.com/song/black-sabbath-paranoid/) — Black Sabbath · solo by Tony Iommi · 1970
8. [Black Magic Woman](https://greatestsolos.com/song/santana-black-magic-woman/) — Santana · solo by Carlos Santana · 1970
9. [All Right Now](https://greatestsolos.com/song/free-all-right-now/) — Free · solo by Paul Kossoff · 1970
10. [Southern Man](https://greatestsolos.com/song/neil-young-southern-man/) — Neil Young · solo by Neil Young · 1970
11. [Truckin'](https://greatestsolos.com/song/grateful-dead-truckin/) — Grateful Dead · solo by Jerry Garcia · 1970
12. [Samba Pa Ti](https://greatestsolos.com/song/santana-samba-pa-ti/) — Santana · solo by Carlos Santana · 1970
13. [Let It Rain](https://greatestsolos.com/song/eric-clapton-let-it-rain/) — Eric Clapton · solo by Eric Clapton · 1970
14. [Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen](https://greatestsolos.com/song/santana-black-magic-woman-gypsy-queen/) — Santana · solo by Carlos Santana · 1970
15. [Looking at You](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mc5-looking-at-you/) — MC5 · solo by Wayne Kramer, Fred "Sonic" Smith · 1970
16. [Let It Be](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-beatles-let-it-be/) — The Beatles · solo by George Harrison · 1970
17. [Dirt](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-stooges-dirt/) — The Stooges · solo by Ron Asheton · 1970
18. [Funk #49](https://greatestsolos.com/song/james-gang-funk-49/) — James Gang · solo by Joe Walsh · 1970
19. [Iron Man](https://greatestsolos.com/song/black-sabbath-iron-man/) — Black Sabbath · solo by Tony Iommi · 1970
20. [The Width of a Circle](https://greatestsolos.com/song/david-bowie-the-width-of-a-circle/) — David Bowie · solo by Mick Ronson · 1970

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