# The Best Derek Trucks Guitar Solos

> The 17 best Derek Trucks guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Midnight In Harlem (2011), then Sahib Teri Bandi/Maki Madni and Afro Blue.

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Derek Trucks plays slide in open E with his bare fingers and a glass bottleneck, blending Duane Allman's lineage with Indian classical music, jazz and soul. Across The Allman Brothers Band, his own band and the Tedeschi Trucks Band, he has become widely regarded as the finest slide guitarist of his generation.

Informed by: [Wikipedia – Derek Trucks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Trucks), [Wikipedia – Revelator (Tedeschi Trucks Band album)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revelator_(Tedeschi_Trucks_Band_album)), [Wikipedia – Already Free](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Already_Free)

1. [Midnight In Harlem](https://greatestsolos.com/song/tedeschi-trucks-band-midnight-in-harlem/) — Tedeschi Trucks Band · solo by Derek Trucks · 2011
2. [Sahib Teri Bandi/Maki Madni](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-derek-trucks-band-sahib-teri-bandi-maki-madni/) — The Derek Trucks Band · solo by Derek Trucks · 2002
3. [Afro Blue](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-derek-trucks-band-afro-blue/) — The Derek Trucks Band · solo by Derek Trucks · 2003
4. [Instrumental Illness](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-allman-brothers-band-instrumental-illness/) — The Allman Brothers Band · solo by Derek Trucks, Warren Haynes · 2003
5. [Desdemona](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-allman-brothers-band-desdemona/) — The Allman Brothers Band · solo by Derek Trucks, Warren Haynes · 2003
6. [Soul Serenade](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-derek-trucks-band-soul-serenade/) — The Derek Trucks Band · solo by Derek Trucks · 2003
7. [Bound for Glory](https://greatestsolos.com/song/tedeschi-trucks-band-bound-for-glory/) — Tedeschi Trucks Band · solo by Derek Trucks · 2011
8. [Down Don't Bother Me](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-derek-trucks-band-down-don-t-bother-me/) — The Derek Trucks Band · solo by Derek Trucks · 2009
9. [Joyful Noise](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-derek-trucks-band-joyful-noise/) — The Derek Trucks Band · solo by Derek Trucks · 2002
10. [Anyhow](https://greatestsolos.com/song/tedeschi-trucks-band-anyhow/) — Tedeschi Trucks Band · solo by Derek Trucks · 2016
11. [Made Up Mind](https://greatestsolos.com/song/tedeschi-trucks-band-made-up-mind/) — Tedeschi Trucks Band · solo by Derek Trucks · 2013
12. [Already Free](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-derek-trucks-band-already-free/) — The Derek Trucks Band · solo by Derek Trucks · 2009
13. [I'll Find My Way](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-derek-trucks-band-i-ll-find-my-way/) — The Derek Trucks Band · solo by Derek Trucks · 2006
14. [Signs, High Times](https://greatestsolos.com/song/tedeschi-trucks-band-signs-high-times/) — Tedeschi Trucks Band · solo by Derek Trucks · 2019
15. [Don't Let Me Slide](https://greatestsolos.com/song/tedeschi-trucks-band-don-t-let-me-slide/) — Tedeschi Trucks Band · solo by Derek Trucks · 2011
16. [Idle Wind](https://greatestsolos.com/song/tedeschi-trucks-band-idle-wind/) — Tedeschi Trucks Band · solo by Derek Trucks · 2013
17. [Layla](https://greatestsolos.com/song/tedeschi-trucks-band-layla/) — Tedeschi Trucks Band · solo by Derek Trucks, Trey Anastasio · 2021

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