# The Best Phish Guitar Solos

> The 20 best Phish guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Reba (1990), then Slave to the Traffic Light and You Enjoy Myself. Every video starts at the solo.

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Phish turned the improvised guitar peak into an art form, with Trey Anastasio building tension-and-release solos that can stretch for twenty minutes. His composed, prog-inspired passages and ecstatic live climaxes made him the defining jam-band guitarist of his generation.

Informed by: [Premier Guitar](https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/24952-trey-anastasios-jazz-odyssey), [Phish.net Forum](https://forum.phish.net/forum/show/1375388427), [Phantasy Tour](https://www.phantasytour.com/bands/phish/threads/5082422/trey-anastasios-greatest-ever-guitar-solo)

1. [Reba](https://greatestsolos.com/song/phish-reba/) — Phish · solo by Trey Anastasio · 1990
2. [Slave to the Traffic Light](https://greatestsolos.com/song/phish-slave-to-the-traffic-light/) — Phish · solo by Trey Anastasio · 1995
3. [You Enjoy Myself](https://greatestsolos.com/song/phish-you-enjoy-myself/) — Phish · solo by Trey Anastasio · 1989
4. [Harry Hood](https://greatestsolos.com/song/phish-harry-hood/) — Phish · solo by Trey Anastasio · 1995
5. [The Divided Sky](https://greatestsolos.com/song/phish-the-divided-sky/) — Phish · solo by Trey Anastasio · 1989
6. [Stash](https://greatestsolos.com/song/phish-stash/) — Phish · solo by Trey Anastasio · 1995
7. [Tweezer](https://greatestsolos.com/song/phish-tweezer/) — Phish · solo by Trey Anastasio · 1995
8. [David Bowie](https://greatestsolos.com/song/phish-david-bowie/) — Phish · solo by Trey Anastasio · 1989
9. [Fluffhead](https://greatestsolos.com/song/phish-fluffhead/) — Phish · solo by Trey Anastasio · 1989
10. [Split Open and Melt](https://greatestsolos.com/song/phish-split-open-and-melt/) — Phish · solo by Trey Anastasio · 1990
11. [Run Like an Antelope](https://greatestsolos.com/song/phish-run-like-an-antelope/) — Phish · solo by Trey Anastasio · 1990
12. [Bathtub Gin](https://greatestsolos.com/song/phish-bathtub-gin/) — Phish · solo by Trey Anastasio · 1990
13. [Chalk Dust Torture](https://greatestsolos.com/song/phish-chalk-dust-torture/) — Phish · solo by Trey Anastasio · 1992
14. [Maze](https://greatestsolos.com/song/phish-maze/) — Phish · solo by Trey Anastasio · 1993
15. [Mike's Song](https://greatestsolos.com/song/phish-mike-s-song/) — Phish · solo by Trey Anastasio · 1995
16. [Down with Disease](https://greatestsolos.com/song/phish-down-with-disease/) — Phish · solo by Trey Anastasio · 1994
17. [Theme from the Bottom](https://greatestsolos.com/song/phish-theme-from-the-bottom/) — Phish · solo by Trey Anastasio · 1996
18. [First Tube](https://greatestsolos.com/song/phish-first-tube/) — Phish · solo by Trey Anastasio · 2000
19. [Character Zero](https://greatestsolos.com/song/phish-character-zero/) — Phish · solo by Trey Anastasio · 1996
20. [Free](https://greatestsolos.com/song/phish-free/) — Phish · solo by Trey Anastasio · 1996

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