# The Best Cage the Elephant Guitar Solos

> The 16 best Cage the Elephant guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Ain't No Rest for the Wicked (2008), then Mess Around and In One Ear.

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Cage the Elephant carried scrappy, blues-and-garage-rock guitar into 2010s alternative radio, favoring fuzzy riffs and wiry, economical leads over long solos. Lincoln Parish and later Nick Bockrath added sharper lead lines alongside Brad Shultz's rhythm playing, especially on the Dan Auerbach-produced Tell Me I'm Pretty.

Informed by: [Wikipedia - Cage the Elephant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cage_the_Elephant), [Wikipedia - Tell Me I'm Pretty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tell_Me_I%27m_Pretty)

1. [Ain't No Rest for the Wicked](https://greatestsolos.com/song/cage-the-elephant-ain-t-no-rest-for-the-wicked/) — Cage the Elephant · solo by Lincoln Parish · 2008
2. [Mess Around](https://greatestsolos.com/song/cage-the-elephant-mess-around/) — Cage the Elephant · solo by Nick Bockrath · 2015
3. [In One Ear](https://greatestsolos.com/song/cage-the-elephant-in-one-ear/) — Cage the Elephant · solo by Lincoln Parish · 2008
4. [Around My Head](https://greatestsolos.com/song/cage-the-elephant-around-my-head/) — Cage the Elephant · solo by Lincoln Parish · 2011
5. [Shake Me Down](https://greatestsolos.com/song/cage-the-elephant-shake-me-down/) — Cage the Elephant · solo by Lincoln Parish · 2011
6. [Back Against the Wall](https://greatestsolos.com/song/cage-the-elephant-back-against-the-wall/) — Cage the Elephant · solo by Lincoln Parish · 2008
7. [Spiderhead](https://greatestsolos.com/song/cage-the-elephant-spiderhead/) — Cage the Elephant · solo by Lincoln Parish · 2013
8. [Teeth](https://greatestsolos.com/song/cage-the-elephant-teeth/) — Cage the Elephant · solo by Lincoln Parish · 2013
9. [Come a Little Closer](https://greatestsolos.com/song/cage-the-elephant-come-a-little-closer/) — Cage the Elephant · solo by Lincoln Parish · 2013
10. [Sell Yourself](https://greatestsolos.com/song/cage-the-elephant-sell-yourself/) — Cage the Elephant · solo by Lincoln Parish · 2011
11. [Cry Baby](https://greatestsolos.com/song/cage-the-elephant-cry-baby/) — Cage the Elephant · solo by Nick Bockrath · 2015
12. [Trouble](https://greatestsolos.com/song/cage-the-elephant-trouble/) — Cage the Elephant · solo by Nick Bockrath · 2015
13. [Too Late to Say Goodbye](https://greatestsolos.com/song/cage-the-elephant-too-late-to-say-goodbye/) — Cage the Elephant · solo by Nick Bockrath · 2015
14. [Ready to Let Go](https://greatestsolos.com/song/cage-the-elephant-ready-to-let-go/) — Cage the Elephant · solo by Nick Bockrath · 2019
15. [Black Madonna](https://greatestsolos.com/song/cage-the-elephant-black-madonna/) — Cage the Elephant · solo by Nick Bockrath · 2019
16. [Neon Pill](https://greatestsolos.com/song/cage-the-elephant-neon-pill/) — Cage the Elephant · solo by Nick Bockrath · 2024

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