# The Best Funkadelic Guitar Solos

> The 17 best Funkadelic guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Maggot Brain (1971), then Standing on the Verge of Getting It On and Red Hot Mama.

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Funkadelic fused Hendrix-style acid rock with deep Detroit funk, and in Eddie Hazel they had one of the most emotionally raw soloists of the era. Maggot Brain alone secured the band a permanent spot in every serious conversation about the greatest guitar solos ever recorded.

Informed by: [Fender](https://www.fender.com/articles/fender-performances/one-track-mind-the-passion-of-eddie-hazel-and-funkadelics-maggot-brain), [Rockaliser Baby: Beyond Maggot Brain](http://rockaliser.blogspot.com/2012/12/beyond-maggot-brain-eddie-hazels-other.html), [Steve Hoffman Music Forums](https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/eddie-hazels-best-solos.101705/), [Wikipedia: Eddie Hazel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Hazel)

1. [Maggot Brain](https://greatestsolos.com/song/funkadelic-maggot-brain/) — Funkadelic · solo by Eddie Hazel · 1971
2. [Standing on the Verge of Getting It On](https://greatestsolos.com/song/funkadelic-standing-on-the-verge-of-getting-it-on/) — Funkadelic · solo by Eddie Hazel · 1974
3. [Red Hot Mama](https://greatestsolos.com/song/funkadelic-red-hot-mama/) — Funkadelic · solo by Eddie Hazel · 1974
4. [Super Stupid](https://greatestsolos.com/song/funkadelic-super-stupid/) — Funkadelic · solo by Eddie Hazel · 1971
5. [Wars of Armageddon](https://greatestsolos.com/song/funkadelic-wars-of-armageddon/) — Funkadelic · solo by Eddie Hazel · 1971
6. [I Got a Thing, You Got a Thing, Everybody's Got a Thing](https://greatestsolos.com/song/funkadelic-i-got-a-thing-you-got-a-thing-everybody-s-got-a-thing/) — Funkadelic · solo by Eddie Hazel · 1970
7. [Mommy, What's a Funkadelic?](https://greatestsolos.com/song/funkadelic-mommy-what-s-a-funkadelic/) — Funkadelic · solo by Eddie Hazel · 1970
8. [Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow](https://greatestsolos.com/song/funkadelic-free-your-mind-and-your-ass-will-follow/) — Funkadelic · solo by Eddie Hazel · 1970
9. [Good Thoughts, Bad Thoughts](https://greatestsolos.com/song/funkadelic-good-thoughts-bad-thoughts/) — Funkadelic · solo by Eddie Hazel · 1974
10. [Who Says a Funk Band Can't Play Rock?!](https://greatestsolos.com/song/funkadelic-who-says-a-funk-band-can-t-play-rock/) — Funkadelic · solo by Michael Hampton · 1978
11. [Comin' Round the Mountain](https://greatestsolos.com/song/funkadelic-comin-round-the-mountain/) — Funkadelic · solo by Michael Hampton · 1976
12. [Hardcore Jollies](https://greatestsolos.com/song/funkadelic-hardcore-jollies/) — Funkadelic · solo by Michael Hampton · 1976
13. [Get Off Your Ass and Jam](https://greatestsolos.com/song/funkadelic-get-off-your-ass-and-jam/) — Funkadelic · solo by Uncredited guitarist · 1975
14. [Hit It and Quit It](https://greatestsolos.com/song/funkadelic-hit-it-and-quit-it/) — Funkadelic · solo by Eddie Hazel · 1971
15. [Alice in My Fantasies](https://greatestsolos.com/song/funkadelic-alice-in-my-fantasies/) — Funkadelic · solo by Eddie Hazel · 1974
16. [I Wanna Know If It's Good to You?](https://greatestsolos.com/song/funkadelic-i-wanna-know-if-it-s-good-to-you/) — Funkadelic · solo by Eddie Hazel · 1970
17. [You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks](https://greatestsolos.com/song/funkadelic-you-and-your-folks-me-and-my-folks/) — Funkadelic · solo by Eddie Hazel · 1971

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