# The Best Doors Guitar Solos

> The 18 best Doors guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Light My Fire (1967), then When the Music's Over and Roadhouse Blues. Every video starts at the solo.

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Without a bassist in the lineup, Robby Krieger's fingerstyle playing had to cover blues, flamenco, raga and jazz in a single song, giving the Doors an unusually open-ended guitar sound. His modal solo on the debut album's biggest hit showed a generation of rock players how to stretch out.

Informed by: [Wikipedia: The Doors discography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Doors_discography)

1. [Light My Fire](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-doors-light-my-fire/) — The Doors · solo by Robby Krieger · 1967
2. [When the Music's Over](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-doors-when-the-music-s-over/) — The Doors · solo by Robby Krieger · 1967
3. [Roadhouse Blues](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-doors-roadhouse-blues/) — The Doors · solo by Robby Krieger · 1970
4. [L.A. Woman](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-doors-l-a-woman/) — The Doors · solo by Robby Krieger · 1971
5. [Riders on the Storm](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-doors-riders-on-the-storm/) — The Doors · solo by Robby Krieger · 1971
6. [The End](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-doors-the-end/) — The Doors · solo by Robby Krieger · 1967
7. [Five to One](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-doors-five-to-one/) — The Doors · solo by Robby Krieger · 1968
8. [Love Me Two Times](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-doors-love-me-two-times/) — The Doors · solo by Robby Krieger · 1967
9. [Been Down So Long](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-doors-been-down-so-long/) — The Doors · solo by Robby Krieger · 1971
10. [Moonlight Drive](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-doors-moonlight-drive/) — The Doors · solo by Robby Krieger · 1967
11. [Peace Frog](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-doors-peace-frog/) — The Doors · solo by Robby Krieger · 1970
12. [Break On Through (To the Other Side)](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-doors-break-on-through-to-the-other-side/) — The Doors · solo by Robby Krieger · 1967
13. [Spanish Caravan](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-doors-spanish-caravan/) — The Doors · solo by Robby Krieger · 1968
14. [Crawling King Snake](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-doors-crawling-king-snake/) — The Doors · solo by Robby Krieger · 1971
15. [Back Door Man](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-doors-back-door-man/) — The Doors · solo by Robby Krieger · 1967
16. [The Changeling](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-doors-the-changeling/) — The Doors · solo by Robby Krieger · 1971
17. [Love Her Madly](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-doors-love-her-madly/) — The Doors · solo by Robby Krieger · 1971
18. [Maggie M'Gill](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-doors-maggie-m-gill/) — The Doors · solo by Robby Krieger · 1970

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