# The Best Bo Diddley Guitar Solos

> The 14 best Bo Diddley guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Bo Diddley (1955), then Who Do You Love? and Mona. Every video starts at the solo.

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Bo Diddley treated the electric guitar as a drum, and his pounding, tremolo-soaked rhythm patterns became one of the foundation stones of rock and roll. His breaks are less about fast runs than about sheer attack, texture and hypnotic groove, which is why generations of players from the Stones to the Stooges borrowed them.

Informed by: [Wikipedia: Bo Diddley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Diddley), [Wikipedia: Bo Diddley discography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Diddley_discography)

1. [Bo Diddley](https://greatestsolos.com/song/bo-diddley-bo-diddley/) — Bo Diddley · solo by Bo Diddley · 1955
2. [Who Do You Love?](https://greatestsolos.com/song/bo-diddley-who-do-you-love/) — Bo Diddley · solo by Jody Williams · 1956
3. [Mona](https://greatestsolos.com/song/bo-diddley-mona/) — Bo Diddley · solo by Bo Diddley · 1957
4. [Road Runner](https://greatestsolos.com/song/bo-diddley-road-runner/) — Bo Diddley · solo by Bo Diddley · 1960
5. [I'm a Man](https://greatestsolos.com/song/bo-diddley-i-m-a-man/) — Bo Diddley · solo by Bo Diddley · 1955
6. [Pretty Thing](https://greatestsolos.com/song/bo-diddley-pretty-thing/) — Bo Diddley · solo by Bo Diddley · 1956
7. [Diddley Daddy](https://greatestsolos.com/song/bo-diddley-diddley-daddy/) — Bo Diddley · solo by Bo Diddley · 1955
8. [Hey! Bo Diddley](https://greatestsolos.com/song/bo-diddley-hey-bo-diddley/) — Bo Diddley · solo by Bo Diddley · 1957
9. [Say Man](https://greatestsolos.com/song/bo-diddley-say-man/) — Bo Diddley · solo by Bo Diddley · 1959
10. [Crackin' Up](https://greatestsolos.com/song/bo-diddley-crackin-up/) — Bo Diddley · solo by Bo Diddley · 1959
11. [Before You Accuse Me](https://greatestsolos.com/song/bo-diddley-before-you-accuse-me/) — Bo Diddley · solo by Bo Diddley · 1957
12. [Dearest Darling](https://greatestsolos.com/song/bo-diddley-dearest-darling/) — Bo Diddley · solo by Bo Diddley · 1958
13. [Bring It to Jerome](https://greatestsolos.com/song/bo-diddley-bring-it-to-jerome/) — Bo Diddley · solo by Bo Diddley · 1955
14. [Diddy Wah Diddy](https://greatestsolos.com/song/bo-diddley-diddy-wah-diddy/) — Bo Diddley · solo by Bo Diddley · 1956

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