# The Best Jerry Garcia Band Guitar Solos

> The 17 best Jerry Garcia Band guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Don't Let Go (1991), then Deal and Tangled Up in Blue. Every video starts at the solo.

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The Jerry Garcia Band was Garcia's long-running side project, where he stretched soul, R&B, gospel and Dylan songs into extended, lyrical improvisations. Free from Grateful Dead arrangements, his singing, fluid guitar solos often ran longer and more tenderly here than anywhere else.

Informed by: [Wikipedia: Jerry Garcia Band](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Garcia_Band), [Wikipedia: Jerry Garcia Band (album)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Garcia_Band_(album))

1. [Don't Let Go](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jerry-garcia-band-don-t-let-go/) — Jerry Garcia Band · solo by Jerry Garcia · 1991
2. [Deal](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jerry-garcia-band-deal/) — Jerry Garcia Band · solo by Jerry Garcia · 1991
3. [Tangled Up in Blue](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jerry-garcia-band-tangled-up-in-blue/) — Jerry Garcia Band · solo by Jerry Garcia · 1991
4. [The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jerry-garcia-band-the-night-they-drove-old-dixie-down/) — Jerry Garcia Band · solo by Jerry Garcia · 1991
5. [Simple Twist of Fate](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jerry-garcia-band-simple-twist-of-fate/) — Jerry Garcia Band · solo by Jerry Garcia · 1991
6. [Cats Under the Stars](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jerry-garcia-band-cats-under-the-stars/) — Jerry Garcia Band · solo by Jerry Garcia · 1978
7. [The Way You Do the Things You Do](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jerry-garcia-band-the-way-you-do-the-things-you-do/) — Jerry Garcia Band · solo by Jerry Garcia · 1991
8. [Get Out of My Life, Woman](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jerry-garcia-band-get-out-of-my-life-woman/) — Jerry Garcia Band · solo by Jerry Garcia · 1991
9. [I Shall Be Released](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jerry-garcia-band-i-shall-be-released/) — Jerry Garcia Band · solo by Jerry Garcia · 1991
10. [My Sisters and Brothers](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jerry-garcia-band-my-sisters-and-brothers/) — Jerry Garcia Band · solo by Jerry Garcia · 1991
11. [Evangeline](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jerry-garcia-band-evangeline/) — Jerry Garcia Band · solo by Jerry Garcia · 1991
12. [That Lucky Old Sun](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jerry-garcia-band-that-lucky-old-sun/) — Jerry Garcia Band · solo by Jerry Garcia · 1991
13. [After Midnight](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jerry-garcia-band-after-midnight/) — Jerry Garcia Band · solo by Jerry Garcia · 2004
14. [Rhapsody in Red](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jerry-garcia-band-rhapsody-in-red/) — Jerry Garcia Band · solo by Jerry Garcia · 1978
15. [Run for the Roses](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jerry-garcia-band-run-for-the-roses/) — Jerry Garcia Band · solo by Jerry Garcia · 1982
16. [Knockin' on Heaven's Door](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jerry-garcia-band-knockin-on-heaven-s-door/) — Jerry Garcia Band · solo by Jerry Garcia · 1982
17. [Waiting for a Miracle](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jerry-garcia-band-waiting-for-a-miracle/) — Jerry Garcia Band · solo by Jerry Garcia · 1991

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