# The Best Steve Earle Guitar Solos > The 14 best Steve Earle guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Copperhead Road (1988), then Guitar Town and The Devil's Right Hand. Every video starts at the solo. Canonical URL: Steve Earle mixed country twang with rock and roll muscle, starting with Richard Bennett's Duane Eddy-style riffs on Guitar Town. Copperhead Road took that further with heavy rock guitars that helped define alt-country. Informed by: [Holler](https://holler.country/lists/essentials/the-best-steve-earle-songs/), [Ear of Newt](https://earofnewt.com/2025/01/21/steve-earles-20-best-songs-from-wicked-to-freakin-awesome/), [Wikipedia - Guitar Town](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_Town) 1. [Copperhead Road](https://greatestsolos.com/song/steve-earle-copperhead-road/) — Steve Earle · solo by Steve Earle · 1988 2. [Guitar Town](https://greatestsolos.com/song/steve-earle-guitar-town/) — Steve Earle · solo by Richard Bennett · 1986 3. [The Devil's Right Hand](https://greatestsolos.com/song/steve-earle-the-devil-s-right-hand/) — Steve Earle · solo by Steve Earle · 1988 4. [Hillbilly Highway](https://greatestsolos.com/song/steve-earle-hillbilly-highway/) — Steve Earle · solo by Richard Bennett · 1986 5. [Johnny Come Lately](https://greatestsolos.com/song/steve-earle-johnny-come-lately/) — Steve Earle · solo by Steve Earle · 1988 6. [The Other Kind](https://greatestsolos.com/song/steve-earle-and-the-dukes-the-other-kind/) — Steve Earle & the Dukes · solo by Steve Earle · 1990 7. [I Ain't Ever Satisfied](https://greatestsolos.com/song/steve-earle-and-the-dukes-i-ain-t-ever-satisfied/) — Steve Earle & the Dukes · solo by Steve Earle · 1987 8. [Snake Oil](https://greatestsolos.com/song/steve-earle-snake-oil/) — Steve Earle · solo by Steve Earle · 1988 9. [Someday](https://greatestsolos.com/song/steve-earle-someday/) — Steve Earle · solo by Richard Bennett · 1986 10. [Justice in Ontario](https://greatestsolos.com/song/steve-earle-and-the-dukes-justice-in-ontario/) — Steve Earle & the Dukes · solo by Steve Earle · 1990 11. [Hard-Core Troubadour](https://greatestsolos.com/song/steve-earle-hard-core-troubadour/) — Steve Earle · solo by Steve Earle · 1996 12. [The Unrepentant](https://greatestsolos.com/song/steve-earle-the-unrepentant/) — Steve Earle · solo by Steve Earle · 1997 13. [Baby Baby Baby (Baby)](https://greatestsolos.com/song/steve-earle-and-the-dukes-baby-baby-baby-baby/) — Steve Earle & the Dukes · solo by Chris Masterson · 2015 14. [The Revolution Starts Now](https://greatestsolos.com/song/steve-earle-the-revolution-starts-now/) — Steve Earle · solo by Steve Earle · 2004 --- 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/)