# The Best Pearl Jam Guitar Solos

> The 17 best Pearl Jam guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Alive (1991), then Yellow Ledbetter and Even Flow. Every video starts at the solo.

Canonical URL: <https://greatestsolos.com/list/pearl-jam-guitar-solos/>

Pearl Jam kept the extended guitar solo alive in the grunge era, largely through Mike McCready's Hendrix- and Stevie Ray Vaughan-inspired leads. Against Stone Gossard's riffing, McCready's feel-driven playing turned songs like 'Alive' into arena-sized guitar moments.

Informed by: [Wikipedia - Mike McCready](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_McCready), [Wikipedia - Pearl Jam discography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Jam_discography)

1. [Alive](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pearl-jam-alive/) — Pearl Jam · solo by Mike McCready · 1991
2. [Yellow Ledbetter](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pearl-jam-yellow-ledbetter/) — Pearl Jam · solo by Mike McCready · 1992
3. [Even Flow](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pearl-jam-even-flow/) — Pearl Jam · solo by Mike McCready · 1991
4. [Given to Fly](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pearl-jam-given-to-fly/) — Pearl Jam · solo by Mike McCready · 1997
5. [Black](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pearl-jam-black/) — Pearl Jam · solo by Mike McCready · 1991
6. [Corduroy](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pearl-jam-corduroy/) — Pearl Jam · solo by Mike McCready · 1994
7. [Porch](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pearl-jam-porch/) — Pearl Jam · solo by Mike McCready · 1991
8. [State of Love and Trust](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pearl-jam-state-of-love-and-trust/) — Pearl Jam · solo by Mike McCready · 1992
9. [Present Tense](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pearl-jam-present-tense/) — Pearl Jam · solo by Mike McCready · 1996
10. [Crazy Mary](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pearl-jam-crazy-mary/) — Pearl Jam · solo by Mike McCready · 1993
11. [Rearviewmirror](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pearl-jam-rearviewmirror/) — Pearl Jam · solo by Mike McCready · 1993
12. [Once](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pearl-jam-once/) — Pearl Jam · solo by Mike McCready · 1991
13. [Why Go](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pearl-jam-why-go/) — Pearl Jam · solo by Mike McCready · 1991
14. [Garden](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pearl-jam-garden/) — Pearl Jam · solo by Mike McCready · 1991
15. [Inside Job](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pearl-jam-inside-job/) — Pearl Jam · solo by Mike McCready · 2006
16. [Sirens](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pearl-jam-sirens/) — Pearl Jam · solo by Mike McCready · 2013
17. [Unthought Known](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pearl-jam-unthought-known/) — Pearl Jam · solo by Mike McCready · 2009

---

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/)