The 25 Greatest Jam Band Guitar Solos

Jam music values long improvisation, much of it best heard on live recordings. The list leans on the Allman Brothers Band and the Grateful Dead, who set the approach, and Phish and the Allmans' later lineups, who carried it on.

Informed by: Ultimate Classic Rock – Top 10 Allman Brothers Band Songs, Ultimate Classic Rock – Top 10 Grateful Dead Songs, Wikipedia – Jam band

1. 1
   Whipping Post

   The Allman Brothers Band · solo by Duane Allman & Dickey Betts · 1971
2. 2
   In Memory of Elizabeth Reed

   The Allman Brothers Band · solo by Duane Allman, Dickey Betts · 1971
3. 3
   Dark Star

   Grateful Dead · solo by Jerry Garcia · 1969
4. 4
   Morning Dew (Cornell, 5/8/77)

   Grateful Dead · solo by Jerry Garcia · 1977
5. 5
   Mountain Jam

   The Allman Brothers Band · solo by Duane Allman, Dickey Betts · 1972
6. 6
   You Enjoy Myself

   Phish · solo by Trey Anastasio · 1989
7. 7
   Slipknot!

   Grateful Dead · solo by Jerry Garcia · 1975
8. 8
   Eyes of the World

   Grateful Dead · solo by Jerry Garcia · 1973
9. 9
   Stash

   Phish · solo by Trey Anastasio · 1995
10. 10
    Harry Hood

    Phish · solo by Trey Anastasio · 1995
11. 11
    Reba

    Phish · solo by Trey Anastasio · 1990
12. 12
    Jessica

    The Allman Brothers Band · solo by Dickey Betts · 1973
13. 13
    Who Do You Love Suite

    Quicksilver Messenger Service · solo by John Cipollina, Gary Duncan · 1969
14. 14
    Fire on the Mountain

    Grateful Dead · solo by Jerry Garcia · 1978
15. 15
    China Cat Sunflower

    Grateful Dead · solo by Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir · 1972
16. 16
    Slave to the Traffic Light

    Phish · solo by Trey Anastasio · 1995
17. 17
    The Divided Sky

    Phish · solo by Trey Anastasio · 1989
18. 18
    Spoonful

    Cream · solo by Eric Clapton · 1968
19. 19
    Truckin'

    Grateful Dead · solo by Jerry Garcia · 1970
20. 20
    Midnight In Harlem

    Tedeschi Trucks Band · solo by Derek Trucks · 2011
21. 21
    Instrumental Illness

    The Allman Brothers Band · solo by Derek Trucks, Warren Haynes · 2003
22. 22
    Sahib Teri Bandi/Maki Madni

    The Derek Trucks Band · solo by Derek Trucks · 2002
23. 23
    Chilly Water

    Widespread Panic · solo by Michael Houser · 1988
24. 24
    Soulshine

    The Allman Brothers Band · solo by Warren Haynes · 1994
25. 25
    Blue Sky

    The Allman Brothers Band · solo by Duane Allman & Dickey Betts · 1972