# The Best Guitar Solos of 1975 > The best guitar solos of 1975, ranked. #1 is Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen, then Cause We've Ended As Lovers and Shine On You Crazy Diamond. 20 solos from 1975. Canonical URL: The 20 greatest guitar solos released in 1975, 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 Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen, Cause We've Ended As Lovers by Jeff Beck and Shine On You Crazy Diamond by Pink Floyd. 1. [Bohemian Rhapsody](https://greatestsolos.com/song/queen-bohemian-rhapsody/) — Queen · solo by Brian May · 1975 2. [Cause We've Ended As Lovers](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jeff-beck-cause-we-ve-ended-as-lovers/) — Jeff Beck · solo by Jeff Beck · 1975 3. [Shine On You Crazy Diamond](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pink-floyd-shine-on-you-crazy-diamond/) — Pink Floyd · solo by David Gilmour · 1975 4. [Walk This Way](https://greatestsolos.com/song/aerosmith-walk-this-way/) — Aerosmith · solo by Joe Perry · 1975 5. [Stranglehold](https://greatestsolos.com/song/ted-nugent-stranglehold/) — Ted Nugent · solo by Ted Nugent · 1975 6. [Cortez the Killer](https://greatestsolos.com/song/neil-young-cortez-the-killer/) — Neil Young · solo by Neil Young · 1975 7. [The Calvary Cross](https://greatestsolos.com/song/richard-linda-thompson-the-calvary-cross/) — Richard & Linda Thompson · solo by Richard Thompson · 1975 8. [Freeway Jam](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jeff-beck-freeway-jam/) — Jeff Beck · solo by Jeff Beck · 1975 9. [It Makes No Difference](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-band-it-makes-no-difference/) — The Band · solo by Robbie Robertson · 1975 10. [Help on the Way/Slipknot!](https://greatestsolos.com/song/grateful-dead-help-on-the-way-slipknot/) — Grateful Dead · solo by Jerry Garcia · 1975 11. [Roy's Bluz](https://greatestsolos.com/song/roy-buchanan-roy-s-bluz/) — Roy Buchanan · solo by Roy Buchanan · 1975 12. [Have a Cigar](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pink-floyd-have-a-cigar/) — Pink Floyd · solo by David Gilmour · 1975 13. [Wish You Were Here](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pink-floyd-wish-you-were-here/) — Pink Floyd · solo by David Gilmour · 1975 14. [Sweet Emotion](https://greatestsolos.com/song/aerosmith-sweet-emotion/) — Aerosmith · solo by Joe Perry · 1975 15. [Slow Ride](https://greatestsolos.com/song/foghat-slow-ride/) — Foghat · solo by Rod Price · 1975 16. [I'm So Afraid](https://greatestsolos.com/song/fleetwood-mac-i-m-so-afraid/) — Fleetwood Mac · solo by Lindsey Buckingham · 1975 17. [Muffin Man](https://greatestsolos.com/song/frank-zappa-muffin-man/) — Frank Zappa · solo by Frank Zappa · 1975 18. [Green Grass and High Tides](https://greatestsolos.com/song/outlaws-green-grass-and-high-tides/) — Outlaws · solo by Hughie Thomasson, Billy Jones · 1975 19. [Catch the Rainbow](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rainbow-catch-the-rainbow/) — Rainbow · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1975 20. [Slipknot!](https://greatestsolos.com/song/grateful-dead-slipknot/) — Grateful Dead · solo by Jerry Garcia · 1975 --- 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/)