# The Best Down Guitar Solos

> The 15 best Down guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Stone the Crow (1995), then Bury Me in Smoke and Lifer. Every video starts at the solo.

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Down, the New Orleans supergroup led by Phil Anselmo, married Black Sabbath's heaviness to Southern-rock swagger. Pepper Keenan's bluesy, wah-tinged leads over Kirk Windstein's thick riffs gave the band a distinctly swampy guitar voice.

Informed by: [Wikipedia - Down (band)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_(band)), [Wikipedia - NOLA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOLA_(album)), [Wikipedia - Over the Under](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over_the_Under)

1. [Stone the Crow](https://greatestsolos.com/song/down-stone-the-crow/) — Down · solo by Pepper Keenan · 1995
2. [Bury Me in Smoke](https://greatestsolos.com/song/down-bury-me-in-smoke/) — Down · solo by Pepper Keenan · 1995
3. [Lifer](https://greatestsolos.com/song/down-lifer/) — Down · solo by Pepper Keenan · 1995
4. [Temptation's Wings](https://greatestsolos.com/song/down-temptation-s-wings/) — Down · solo by Pepper Keenan · 1995
5. [Eyes of the South](https://greatestsolos.com/song/down-eyes-of-the-south/) — Down · solo by Pepper Keenan · 1995
6. [Ghosts Along the Mississippi](https://greatestsolos.com/song/down-ghosts-along-the-mississippi/) — Down · solo by Pepper Keenan · 2002
7. [Nothing in Return (Walk Away)](https://greatestsolos.com/song/down-nothing-in-return-walk-away/) — Down · solo by Pepper Keenan · 2007
8. [On March the Saints](https://greatestsolos.com/song/down-on-march-the-saints/) — Down · solo by Pepper Keenan · 2007
9. [Three Suns and One Star](https://greatestsolos.com/song/down-three-suns-and-one-star/) — Down · solo by Pepper Keenan · 2007
10. [Losing All](https://greatestsolos.com/song/down-losing-all/) — Down · solo by Kirk Windstein · 1995
11. [Witchtripper](https://greatestsolos.com/song/down-witchtripper/) — Down · solo by Pepper Keenan · 2012
12. [Beautifully Depressed](https://greatestsolos.com/song/down-beautifully-depressed/) — Down · solo by Pepper Keenan · 2002
13. [Lysergik Funeral Procession](https://greatestsolos.com/song/down-lysergik-funeral-procession/) — Down · solo by Pepper Keenan · 2002
14. [In the Thrall of It All](https://greatestsolos.com/song/down-in-the-thrall-of-it-all/) — Down · solo by Pepper Keenan · 2007
15. [We Knew Him Well](https://greatestsolos.com/song/down-we-knew-him-well/) — Down · solo by Pepper Keenan · 2014

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