# The Best Drive-By Truckers Guitar Solos

> The 16 best Drive-By Truckers guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Let There Be Rock (2001), then Ronnie and Neil and Never Gonna Change.

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Drive-By Truckers revived the three-guitar Southern rock attack for the alt-country age, pairing literate storytelling with ragged, roaring guitar. Their Southern Rock Opera era with Mike Cooley and Jason Isbell stands as a modern high point for the style.

Informed by: [Wikipedia - Drive-By Truckers discography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive-By_Truckers_discography), [Wikipedia - Southern Rock Opera](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Rock_Opera)

1. [Let There Be Rock](https://greatestsolos.com/song/drive-by-truckers-let-there-be-rock/) — Drive-By Truckers · solo by Mike Cooley · 2001
2. [Ronnie and Neil](https://greatestsolos.com/song/drive-by-truckers-ronnie-and-neil/) — Drive-By Truckers · solo by Mike Cooley · 2001
3. [Never Gonna Change](https://greatestsolos.com/song/drive-by-truckers-never-gonna-change/) — Drive-By Truckers · solo by Jason Isbell · 2004
4. [Angels and Fuselage](https://greatestsolos.com/song/drive-by-truckers-angels-and-fuselage/) — Drive-By Truckers · solo by Mike Cooley · 2001
5. [Zip City](https://greatestsolos.com/song/drive-by-truckers-zip-city/) — Drive-By Truckers · solo by Mike Cooley · 2001
6. [Lookout Mountain](https://greatestsolos.com/song/drive-by-truckers-lookout-mountain/) — Drive-By Truckers · solo by Patterson Hood · 2004
7. [Where the Devil Don't Stay](https://greatestsolos.com/song/drive-by-truckers-where-the-devil-don-t-stay/) — Drive-By Truckers · solo by Mike Cooley · 2004
8. [Decoration Day](https://greatestsolos.com/song/drive-by-truckers-decoration-day/) — Drive-By Truckers · solo by Jason Isbell · 2003
9. [Sink Hole](https://greatestsolos.com/song/drive-by-truckers-sink-hole/) — Drive-By Truckers · solo by Mike Cooley · 2003
10. [Puttin' People on the Moon](https://greatestsolos.com/song/drive-by-truckers-puttin-people-on-the-moon/) — Drive-By Truckers · solo by Patterson Hood · 2004
11. [Shut Up and Get on the Plane](https://greatestsolos.com/song/drive-by-truckers-shut-up-and-get-on-the-plane/) — Drive-By Truckers · solo by Mike Cooley · 2001
12. [Hell No, I Ain't Happy](https://greatestsolos.com/song/drive-by-truckers-hell-no-i-ain-t-happy/) — Drive-By Truckers · solo by Patterson Hood · 2003
13. [Aftermath USA](https://greatestsolos.com/song/drive-by-truckers-aftermath-usa/) — Drive-By Truckers · solo by Mike Cooley · 2006
14. [Gravity's Gone](https://greatestsolos.com/song/drive-by-truckers-gravity-s-gone/) — Drive-By Truckers · solo by Mike Cooley · 2006
15. [A World of Hurt](https://greatestsolos.com/song/drive-by-truckers-a-world-of-hurt/) — Drive-By Truckers · solo by Patterson Hood · 2006
16. [Ramon Casiano](https://greatestsolos.com/song/drive-by-truckers-ramon-casiano/) — Drive-By Truckers · solo by Mike Cooley · 2016

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