# The Greatest Canadian Guitar Solos > The Greatest Canadian Guitar Solos: #1 is Cortez the Killer by Neil Young, then Limelight and Like A Hurricane. Every video starts at the solo. Canonical URL: Canada gave rock two very different guitar heroes: Neil Young, with long, raw solos that stay on one note, and Alex Lifeson of Rush, precise and full of ideas. Around them are Robbie Robertson's stinging leads with The Band, Randy Bachman's jazzy breaks in BTO, Frank Marino's Hendrix-style fireworks, Jeff Healey playing lap-style, Rik Emmett of Triumph, Pat Travers, Devin Townsend, and newer players like Aaron Marshall of Intervals. Only Canadian-born guitarists are included, and every video starts at the solo. 1. [Cortez the Killer](https://greatestsolos.com/song/neil-young-cortez-the-killer/) — Neil Young · solo by Neil Young · 1975 2. [Limelight](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rush-limelight/) — Rush · solo by Alex Lifeson · 1981 3. [Like A Hurricane](https://greatestsolos.com/song/neil-young-like-a-hurricane/) — Neil Young · solo by Neil Young · 1977 4. [La Villa Strangiato](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rush-la-villa-strangiato/) — Rush · solo by Alex Lifeson · 1978 5. [Working Man](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rush-working-man/) — Rush · solo by Alex Lifeson · 1974 6. [Southern Man](https://greatestsolos.com/song/neil-young-southern-man/) — Neil Young · solo by Neil Young · 1970 7. [YYZ](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rush-yyz/) — Rush · solo by Alex Lifeson · 1981 8. [Down by the River](https://greatestsolos.com/song/neil-young-and-crazy-horse-down-by-the-river/) — Neil Young & Crazy Horse · solo by Neil Young · 1969 9. [Powderfinger](https://greatestsolos.com/song/neil-young-and-crazy-horse-powderfinger/) — Neil Young & Crazy Horse · solo by Neil Young · 1979 10. [It Makes No Difference](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-band-it-makes-no-difference/) — The Band · solo by Robbie Robertson · 1975 11. [Blue Collar](https://greatestsolos.com/song/bachman-turner-overdrive-blue-collar/) — Bachman-Turner Overdrive · solo by Randy Bachman · 1973 12. [See the Light](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-jeff-healey-band-see-the-light/) — The Jeff Healey Band · solo by Jeff Healey · 1988 13. [Electric Reflections of War](https://greatestsolos.com/song/frank-marino-and-mahogany-rush-electric-reflections-of-war/) — Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush · solo by Frank Marino · 1978 14. [Boom Boom (Out Go the Lights)](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pat-travers-band-boom-boom-out-go-the-lights/) — Pat Travers Band · solo by Pat Travers · 1979 15. [Fight the Good Fight](https://greatestsolos.com/song/triumph-fight-the-good-fight/) — Triumph · solo by Rik Emmett · 1981 16. [Blow at High Dough](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-tragically-hip-blow-at-high-dough/) — The Tragically Hip · solo by Rob Baker · 1989 17. [Kingdom](https://greatestsolos.com/song/devin-townsend-kingdom/) — Devin Townsend · solo by Devin Townsend · 2000 18. [I'm Awake](https://greatestsolos.com/song/intervals-i-m-awake/) — Intervals · solo by Aaron Marshall · 2015 ## Quick answers ### Who is the greatest Canadian guitarist? Neil Young and Alex Lifeson are the two names that come up most, and each has several solos ranked on the site's combined ranking of published lists. Robbie Robertson, Randy Bachman, Jeff Healey and Frank Marino are also often named. ### What is the best Canadian guitar solo? Going by the site's combined ranking of published lists, it's Neil Young's 'Cortez the Killer', followed by Rush's 'Limelight' and Neil Young's 'Like a Hurricane'. ### Wasn't The Band mostly Canadian? Yes. Four of its five members were Canadian, including guitarist Robbie Robertson, who was born in Toronto. That's why 'It Makes No Difference' is on this list. --- 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/)