# The Best James Gang Guitar Solos > The 15 best James Gang guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Funk #49 (1970), then Walk Away and The Bomber: Closet Queen / Bolero / Cast Your Fate to the Wind. Canonical URL: The Cleveland power trio James Gang made Joe Walsh a guitar hero, and his raw, riff-heavy playing there drew praise from Pete Townshend. After Walsh left, the band gave the brilliant Tommy Bolin his first big platform. Informed by: [Guitar World](https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/the-secrets-behind-joe-walshs-tone-on-the-james-gangs-funk-49), [Far Out Magazine](https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/eagles-to-foo-fighters-ten-best-guitar-moments-joe-walsh/), [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Walsh) 1. [Funk #49](https://greatestsolos.com/song/james-gang-funk-49/) — James Gang · solo by Joe Walsh · 1970 2. [Walk Away](https://greatestsolos.com/song/james-gang-walk-away/) — James Gang · solo by Joe Walsh · 1971 3. [The Bomber: Closet Queen / Bolero / Cast Your Fate to the Wind](https://greatestsolos.com/song/james-gang-the-bomber-closet-queen-bolero-cast-your-fate-to-the-wind/) — James Gang · solo by Joe Walsh · 1970 4. [Stop](https://greatestsolos.com/song/james-gang-stop/) — James Gang · solo by Joe Walsh · 1969 5. [Funk #48](https://greatestsolos.com/song/james-gang-funk-48/) — James Gang · solo by Joe Walsh · 1969 6. [Tend My Garden](https://greatestsolos.com/song/james-gang-tend-my-garden/) — James Gang · solo by Joe Walsh · 1970 7. [Midnight Man](https://greatestsolos.com/song/james-gang-midnight-man/) — James Gang · solo by Joe Walsh · 1971 8. [Lost Woman](https://greatestsolos.com/song/james-gang-lost-woman/) — James Gang · solo by Joe Walsh · 1969 9. [Woman](https://greatestsolos.com/song/james-gang-woman/) — James Gang · solo by Joe Walsh · 1970 10. [Yadig?](https://greatestsolos.com/song/james-gang-yadig/) — James Gang · solo by Joe Walsh · 1971 11. [Take a Look Around](https://greatestsolos.com/song/james-gang-take-a-look-around/) — James Gang · solo by Joe Walsh · 1969 12. [Standing in the Rain](https://greatestsolos.com/song/james-gang-standing-in-the-rain/) — James Gang · solo by Tommy Bolin · 1973 13. [Alexis](https://greatestsolos.com/song/james-gang-alexis/) — James Gang · solo by Tommy Bolin · 1973 14. [The Devil Is Singing Our Song](https://greatestsolos.com/song/james-gang-the-devil-is-singing-our-song/) — James Gang · solo by Tommy Bolin · 1973 15. [Cruisin' Down the Highway](https://greatestsolos.com/song/james-gang-cruisin-down-the-highway/) — James Gang · solo by Tommy Bolin · 1974 --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)