# The Best Guitar Solos of 1973 > The best guitar solos of 1973, ranked. #1 is Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd, then Time and Jessica. Every video starts at the solo. 20 solos from 1973. Canonical URL: The 20 greatest guitar solos released in 1973, 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 Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd, Time by Pink Floyd and Jessica by The Allman Brothers Band. 1. [Free Bird](https://greatestsolos.com/song/lynyrd-skynyrd-free-bird/) — Lynyrd Skynyrd · solo by Allen Collins & Gary Rossington · 1973 2. [Time](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pink-floyd-time/) — Pink Floyd · solo by David Gilmour · 1973 3. [Jessica](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-allman-brothers-band-jessica/) — The Allman Brothers Band · solo by Dickey Betts · 1973 4. [La Grange](https://greatestsolos.com/song/zz-top-la-grange/) — ZZ Top · solo by Billy Gibbons · 1973 5. [Money](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pink-floyd-money/) — Pink Floyd · solo by David Gilmour · 1973 6. [Firth of Fifth](https://greatestsolos.com/song/genesis-firth-of-fifth/) — Genesis · solo by Steve Hackett · 1973 7. [That Lady, Pts. 1 & 2](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-isley-brothers-that-lady-pts-1-2/) — The Isley Brothers · solo by Ernie Isley · 1973 8. [The Rocker](https://greatestsolos.com/song/thin-lizzy-the-rocker/) — Thin Lizzy · solo by Eric Bell · 1973 9. [Quadrant 4](https://greatestsolos.com/song/billy-cobham-quadrant-4/) — Billy Cobham · solo by Tommy Bolin · 1973 10. [Rocky Mountain Way](https://greatestsolos.com/song/joe-walsh-rocky-mountain-way/) — Joe Walsh · solo by Joe Walsh · 1973 11. [Ramblin' Man](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-allman-brothers-band-ramblin-man/) — The Allman Brothers Band · solo by Dickey Betts, Les Dudek · 1973 12. [Search and Destroy](https://greatestsolos.com/song/iggy-and-the-stooges-search-and-destroy/) — Iggy and the Stooges · solo by James Williamson · 1973 13. [Jesus Just Left Chicago](https://greatestsolos.com/song/zz-top-jesus-just-left-chicago/) — ZZ Top · solo by Billy Gibbons · 1973 14. [Dancing with the Moonlit Knight](https://greatestsolos.com/song/genesis-dancing-with-the-moonlit-knight/) — Genesis · solo by Steve Hackett · 1973 15. [Walk on Hot Coals](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rory-gallagher-walk-on-hot-coals/) — Rory Gallagher · solo by Rory Gallagher · 1973 16. [Night and Day](https://greatestsolos.com/song/joe-pass-night-and-day/) — Joe Pass · solo by Joe Pass · 1973 17. [Rock Candy](https://greatestsolos.com/song/montrose-rock-candy/) — Montrose · solo by Ronnie Montrose · 1973 18. [Birds of Fire](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mahavishnu-orchestra-birds-of-fire/) — Mahavishnu Orchestra · solo by John McLaughlin · 1973 19. [Dream](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mahavishnu-orchestra-dream/) — Mahavishnu Orchestra · solo by John McLaughlin · 1973 20. [Everybody Needs a Friend](https://greatestsolos.com/song/wishbone-ash-everybody-needs-a-friend/) — Wishbone Ash · solo by Andy Powell & Ted Turner · 1973 --- 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/)