# The Best Steely Dan Guitar Solos

> The 19 best Steely Dan guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Kid Charlemagne (1976), then Reelin' in the Years and Peg. Every video starts at the solo.

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Steely Dan treated the guitar solo as a precision-cast role, auditioning top session players until a single take matched Becker and Fagen's exacting vision. The result is a catalog of some of the most studied solos in rock, from Elliott Randall's fireworks to Larry Carlton's jazz-inflected masterpieces.

Informed by: [Wikipedia - Steely Dan discography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steely_Dan_discography), [Wikipedia - Kid Charlemagne](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kid_Charlemagne), [Wikipedia - Reelin' in the Years](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reelin%27_in_the_Years)

1. [Kid Charlemagne](https://greatestsolos.com/song/steely-dan-kid-charlemagne/) — Steely Dan · solo by Larry Carlton · 1976
2. [Reelin' in the Years](https://greatestsolos.com/song/steely-dan-reelin-in-the-years/) — Steely Dan · solo by Elliott Randall · 1972
3. [Peg](https://greatestsolos.com/song/steely-dan-peg/) — Steely Dan · solo by Jay Graydon · 1977
4. [Don't Take Me Alive](https://greatestsolos.com/song/steely-dan-don-t-take-me-alive/) — Steely Dan · solo by Larry Carlton · 1976
5. [Aja](https://greatestsolos.com/song/steely-dan-aja/) — Steely Dan · solo by Denny Dias · 1977
6. [Bodhisattva](https://greatestsolos.com/song/steely-dan-bodhisattva/) — Steely Dan · solo by Denny Dias and Jeff Baxter · 1973
7. [My Old School](https://greatestsolos.com/song/steely-dan-my-old-school/) — Steely Dan · solo by Jeff Baxter · 1973
8. [Josie](https://greatestsolos.com/song/steely-dan-josie/) — Steely Dan · solo by Walter Becker · 1977
9. [Green Earrings](https://greatestsolos.com/song/steely-dan-green-earrings/) — Steely Dan · solo by Denny Dias and Elliott Randall · 1976
10. [Home at Last](https://greatestsolos.com/song/steely-dan-home-at-last/) — Steely Dan · solo by Walter Becker · 1977
11. [Black Friday](https://greatestsolos.com/song/steely-dan-black-friday/) — Steely Dan · solo by Walter Becker · 1975
12. [Do It Again](https://greatestsolos.com/song/steely-dan-do-it-again/) — Steely Dan · solo by Denny Dias · 1972
13. [Show Biz Kids](https://greatestsolos.com/song/steely-dan-show-biz-kids/) — Steely Dan · solo by Rick Derringer · 1973
14. [Chain Lightning](https://greatestsolos.com/song/steely-dan-chain-lightning/) — Steely Dan · solo by Rick Derringer · 1975
15. [Haitian Divorce](https://greatestsolos.com/song/steely-dan-haitian-divorce/) — Steely Dan · solo by Dean Parks and Walter Becker · 1976
16. [Third World Man](https://greatestsolos.com/song/steely-dan-third-world-man/) — Steely Dan · solo by Larry Carlton · 1980
17. [Time Out of Mind](https://greatestsolos.com/song/steely-dan-time-out-of-mind/) — Steely Dan · solo by Mark Knopfler · 1980
18. [Night by Night](https://greatestsolos.com/song/steely-dan-night-by-night/) — Steely Dan · solo by Jeff Baxter · 1974
19. [Pretzel Logic](https://greatestsolos.com/song/steely-dan-pretzel-logic/) — Steely Dan · solo by Walter Becker · 1974

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