# The Best Joe Walsh Guitar Solos

> The 15 best Joe Walsh guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Hotel California (1976), then Rocky Mountain Way and Funk #49. Every video starts at the solo.

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Joe Walsh is known both for gritty, humorous hard rock with the James Gang and for the precise lead work he brought to the Eagles. His talk box and slide playing and his feel for melodic hooks made him one of the most quoted rock guitarists of the 1970s.

Informed by: [Wikipedia - Joe Walsh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Walsh), [Wikipedia - Hotel California (song)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_California_(Eagles_song))

1. [Hotel California](https://greatestsolos.com/song/eagles-hotel-california/) — Eagles · solo by Don Felder & Joe Walsh · 1976
2. [Rocky Mountain Way](https://greatestsolos.com/song/joe-walsh-rocky-mountain-way/) — Joe Walsh · solo by Joe Walsh · 1973
3. [Funk #49](https://greatestsolos.com/song/james-gang-funk-49/) — James Gang · solo by Joe Walsh · 1970
4. [Walk Away](https://greatestsolos.com/song/james-gang-walk-away/) — James Gang · solo by Joe Walsh · 1971
5. [Life in the Fast Lane](https://greatestsolos.com/song/eagles-life-in-the-fast-lane/) — Eagles · solo by Joe Walsh · 1976
6. [Life's Been Good](https://greatestsolos.com/song/joe-walsh-life-s-been-good/) — Joe Walsh · solo by Joe Walsh · 1978
7. [The Bomber](https://greatestsolos.com/song/james-gang-the-bomber/) — James Gang · solo by Joe Walsh · 1971
8. [Turn to Stone](https://greatestsolos.com/song/joe-walsh-turn-to-stone/) — Joe Walsh · solo by Joe Walsh · 1972
9. [In the City](https://greatestsolos.com/song/eagles-in-the-city/) — Eagles · solo by Joe Walsh · 1979
10. [Those Shoes](https://greatestsolos.com/song/eagles-those-shoes/) — Eagles · solo by Joe Walsh & Don Felder · 1979
11. [Meadows](https://greatestsolos.com/song/joe-walsh-meadows/) — Joe Walsh · solo by Joe Walsh · 1973
12. [Take a Look Around](https://greatestsolos.com/song/james-gang-take-a-look-around/) — James Gang · solo by Joe Walsh · 1969
13. [All Night Long](https://greatestsolos.com/song/joe-walsh-all-night-long/) — Joe Walsh · solo by Joe Walsh · 1980
14. [The Confessor](https://greatestsolos.com/song/joe-walsh-the-confessor/) — Joe Walsh · solo by Joe Walsh · 1985
15. [Analog Man](https://greatestsolos.com/song/joe-walsh-analog-man/) — Joe Walsh · solo by Joe Walsh · 2012

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