# The Best Lynyrd Skynyrd Guitar Solos

> The 18 best Lynyrd Skynyrd guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Free Bird (1973), then Sweet Home Alabama and Simple Man. Every video starts at the solo.

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Lynyrd Skynyrd's three-guitar army defined southern rock, trading and harmonising leads in a style that blended blues grit with country twang. Free Bird's closing jam alone made them one of the most requested guitar bands of all time.

Informed by: [Wikipedia – Lynyrd Skynyrd discography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynyrd_Skynyrd_discography), [Wikipedia – Second Helping](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Helping), [Wikipedia – Street Survivors](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Survivors), [Wikipedia – (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(Pronounced_%27L%C4%95h-%27n%C3%A9rd_%27Skin-%27n%C3%A9rd))

1. [Free Bird](https://greatestsolos.com/song/lynyrd-skynyrd-free-bird/) — Lynyrd Skynyrd · solo by Allen Collins & Gary Rossington · 1973
2. [Sweet Home Alabama](https://greatestsolos.com/song/lynyrd-skynyrd-sweet-home-alabama/) — Lynyrd Skynyrd · solo by Ed King · 1974
3. [Simple Man](https://greatestsolos.com/song/lynyrd-skynyrd-simple-man/) — Lynyrd Skynyrd · solo by Gary Rossington · 1973
4. [Tuesday's Gone](https://greatestsolos.com/song/lynyrd-skynyrd-tuesday-s-gone/) — Lynyrd Skynyrd · solo by Gary Rossington · 1973
5. [That Smell](https://greatestsolos.com/song/lynyrd-skynyrd-that-smell/) — Lynyrd Skynyrd · solo by Steve Gaines, Allen Collins · 1977
6. [Gimme Three Steps](https://greatestsolos.com/song/lynyrd-skynyrd-gimme-three-steps/) — Lynyrd Skynyrd · solo by Allen Collins · 1973
7. [Call Me the Breeze](https://greatestsolos.com/song/lynyrd-skynyrd-call-me-the-breeze/) — Lynyrd Skynyrd · solo by Ed King, Allen Collins, Gary Rossington · 1974
8. [Saturday Night Special](https://greatestsolos.com/song/lynyrd-skynyrd-saturday-night-special/) — Lynyrd Skynyrd · solo by Ed King, Allen Collins · 1975
9. [I Know a Little](https://greatestsolos.com/song/lynyrd-skynyrd-i-know-a-little/) — Lynyrd Skynyrd · solo by Steve Gaines · 1977
10. [I Ain't the One](https://greatestsolos.com/song/lynyrd-skynyrd-i-ain-t-the-one/) — Lynyrd Skynyrd · solo by Gary Rossington · 1973
11. [You Got That Right](https://greatestsolos.com/song/lynyrd-skynyrd-you-got-that-right/) — Lynyrd Skynyrd · solo by Steve Gaines · 1977
12. [Workin' for MCA](https://greatestsolos.com/song/lynyrd-skynyrd-workin-for-mca/) — Lynyrd Skynyrd · solo by Ed King · 1974
13. [The Needle and the Spoon](https://greatestsolos.com/song/lynyrd-skynyrd-the-needle-and-the-spoon/) — Lynyrd Skynyrd · solo by Allen Collins · 1974
14. [Whiskey Rock-a-Roller](https://greatestsolos.com/song/lynyrd-skynyrd-whiskey-rock-a-roller/) — Lynyrd Skynyrd · solo by Ed King · 1975
15. [I Need You](https://greatestsolos.com/song/lynyrd-skynyrd-i-need-you/) — Lynyrd Skynyrd · solo by Gary Rossington · 1974
16. [Don't Ask Me No Questions](https://greatestsolos.com/song/lynyrd-skynyrd-don-t-ask-me-no-questions/) — Lynyrd Skynyrd · solo by Allen Collins · 1974
17. [Searching](https://greatestsolos.com/song/lynyrd-skynyrd-searching/) — Lynyrd Skynyrd · solo by Allen Collins · 1976
18. [What's Your Name](https://greatestsolos.com/song/lynyrd-skynyrd-what-s-your-name/) — Lynyrd Skynyrd · solo by Steve Gaines · 1977

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