# The Best Duane Eddy Guitar Solos

> The 15 best Duane Eddy guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Rebel-'Rouser (1958), then Peter Gunn and Forty Miles of Bad Road. Every video starts at the solo.

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Duane Eddy made the guitar's bass strings a lead voice, and his echo-soaked 'twang' sold millions of instrumental singles in the late 1950s. His sound fed directly into surf, spaghetti-western and twangy rock guitar for decades afterward.

Informed by: [Wikipedia – Duane Eddy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_Eddy), [Wikipedia – Duane Eddy discography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_Eddy_discography)

1. [Rebel-'Rouser](https://greatestsolos.com/song/duane-eddy-rebel-rouser/) — Duane Eddy · solo by Duane Eddy · 1958
2. [Peter Gunn](https://greatestsolos.com/song/duane-eddy-peter-gunn/) — Duane Eddy · solo by Duane Eddy · 1959
3. [Forty Miles of Bad Road](https://greatestsolos.com/song/duane-eddy-forty-miles-of-bad-road/) — Duane Eddy · solo by Duane Eddy · 1959
4. [Because They're Young](https://greatestsolos.com/song/duane-eddy-because-they-re-young/) — Duane Eddy · solo by Duane Eddy · 1960
5. [Ramrod](https://greatestsolos.com/song/duane-eddy-ramrod/) — Duane Eddy · solo by Duane Eddy · 1958
6. [Cannonball](https://greatestsolos.com/song/duane-eddy-cannonball/) — Duane Eddy · solo by Duane Eddy · 1958
7. [Moovin' n' Groovin'](https://greatestsolos.com/song/duane-eddy-moovin-n-groovin/) — Duane Eddy · solo by Duane Eddy · 1958
8. [Some Kind-a Earthquake](https://greatestsolos.com/song/duane-eddy-some-kind-a-earthquake/) — Duane Eddy · solo by Duane Eddy · 1959
9. [Shazam!](https://greatestsolos.com/song/duane-eddy-shazam/) — Duane Eddy · solo by Duane Eddy · 1960
10. [Yep!](https://greatestsolos.com/song/duane-eddy-yep/) — Duane Eddy · solo by Duane Eddy · 1959
11. [The Lonely One](https://greatestsolos.com/song/duane-eddy-the-lonely-one/) — Duane Eddy · solo by Duane Eddy · 1959
12. [Kommotion](https://greatestsolos.com/song/duane-eddy-kommotion/) — Duane Eddy · solo by Duane Eddy · 1960
13. [(Dance With the) Guitar Man](https://greatestsolos.com/song/duane-eddy-dance-with-the-guitar-man/) — Duane Eddy · solo by Duane Eddy · 1962
14. [Peter Gunn](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-art-of-noise-peter-gunn/) — The Art of Noise · solo by Duane Eddy · 1986
15. [Twango](https://greatestsolos.com/song/duane-eddy-twango/) — Duane Eddy · solo by Duane Eddy · 2011

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