# The Best Byrds Guitar Solos

> The 18 best Byrds guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Eight Miles High (1966), then Mr. Tambourine Man and Lover of the Bayou. Every video starts at the solo.

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Roger McGuinn's chiming Rickenbacker 12-string invented folk rock and, on 'Eight Miles High', brought Coltrane and raga into rock guitar. Later, Clarence White's B-Bender work made the Byrds a key laboratory for country-rock lead guitar.

Informed by: [Wikipedia - The Byrds discography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Byrds_discography), [Wikipedia - Eight Miles High](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_Miles_High), [Wikipedia - Clarence White](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_White)

1. [Eight Miles High](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-byrds-eight-miles-high/) — The Byrds · solo by Roger McGuinn · 1966
2. [Mr. Tambourine Man](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-byrds-mr-tambourine-man/) — The Byrds · solo by Roger McGuinn · 1965
3. [Lover of the Bayou](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-byrds-lover-of-the-bayou/) — The Byrds · solo by Clarence White · 1970
4. [Nashville West](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-byrds-nashville-west/) — The Byrds · solo by Clarence White · 1969
5. [Why](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-byrds-why/) — The Byrds · solo by Roger McGuinn · 1967
6. [So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-byrds-so-you-want-to-be-a-rock-n-roll-star/) — The Byrds · solo by Roger McGuinn · 1967
7. [I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-byrds-i-ll-feel-a-whole-lot-better/) — The Byrds · solo by Roger McGuinn · 1965
8. [Chestnut Mare](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-byrds-chestnut-mare/) — The Byrds · solo by Clarence White · 1970
9. [Wasn't Born to Follow](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-byrds-wasnt-born-to-follow/) — The Byrds · solo by Clarence White · 1968
10. [Turn! Turn! Turn!](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-byrds-turn-turn-turn/) — The Byrds · solo by Roger McGuinn · 1965
11. [I See You](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-byrds-i-see-you/) — The Byrds · solo by Roger McGuinn · 1966
12. [This Wheel's on Fire](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-byrds-this-wheel-s-on-fire/) — The Byrds · solo by Roger McGuinn · 1969
13. [Old Blue](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-byrds-old-blue/) — The Byrds · solo by Clarence White · 1969
14. [Change Is Now](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-byrds-change-is-now/) — The Byrds · solo by Clarence White · 1968
15. [Tiffany Queen](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-byrds-tiffany-queen/) — The Byrds · solo by Clarence White · 1971
16. [Jesus Is Just Alright](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-byrds-jesus-is-just-alright/) — The Byrds · solo by Clarence White · 1969
17. [My Back Pages](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-byrds-my-back-pages/) — The Byrds · solo by Roger McGuinn · 1967
18. [Time Between](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-byrds-time-between/) — The Byrds · solo by Clarence White · 1967

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