# The Best Tony Rice Guitar Solos

> The 16 best Tony Rice guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Church Street Blues (1983), then Manzanita and Blackberry Blossom. Every video starts at the solo.

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Tony Rice redefined the acoustic guitar's role in bluegrass, turning it from a rhythm instrument into a lead voice of jazz-like sophistication. His crisp crosspicking, huge tone and harmonic daring influenced virtually every flatpicker who followed.

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1. [Church Street Blues](https://greatestsolos.com/song/tony-rice-church-street-blues/) — Tony Rice · solo by Tony Rice · 1983
2. [Manzanita](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-tony-rice-unit-manzanita/) — The Tony Rice Unit · solo by Tony Rice · 1979
3. [Blackberry Blossom](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-tony-rice-unit-blackberry-blossom/) — The Tony Rice Unit · solo by Tony Rice · 1979
4. [Jerusalem Ridge](https://greatestsolos.com/song/tony-rice-jerusalem-ridge/) — Tony Rice · solo by Tony Rice · 1983
5. [The Gold Rush](https://greatestsolos.com/song/tony-rice-the-gold-rush/) — Tony Rice · solo by Tony Rice · 1983
6. [E.M.D.](https://greatestsolos.com/song/david-grisman-quintet-e-m-d/) — David Grisman Quintet · solo by Tony Rice · 1977
7. [Home from the Forest](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-tony-rice-unit-home-from-the-forest/) — The Tony Rice Unit · solo by Tony Rice · 1979
8. [Nashville Blues](https://greatestsolos.com/song/j-d-crowe-and-the-new-south-nashville-blues/) — J.D. Crowe & the New South · solo by Tony Rice · 1975
9. [Old Home Place](https://greatestsolos.com/song/j-d-crowe-and-the-new-south-old-home-place/) — J.D. Crowe & the New South · solo by Tony Rice · 1975
10. [Little Sadie](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-tony-rice-unit-little-sadie/) — The Tony Rice Unit · solo by Tony Rice · 1979
11. [Nine Pound Hammer](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-tony-rice-unit-nine-pound-hammer/) — The Tony Rice Unit · solo by Tony Rice · 1979
12. [Old Train](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-tony-rice-unit-old-train/) — The Tony Rice Unit · solo by Tony Rice · 1979
13. [Cattle in the Cane](https://greatestsolos.com/song/tony-rice-cattle-in-the-cane/) — Tony Rice · solo by Tony Rice · 1983
14. [The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald](https://greatestsolos.com/song/tony-rice-the-wreck-of-the-edmund-fitzgerald/) — Tony Rice · solo by Tony Rice · 1983
15. [Mar West](https://greatestsolos.com/song/tony-rice-unit-mar-west/) — Tony Rice Unit · solo by Tony Rice · 1980
16. [Me and My Guitar](https://greatestsolos.com/song/tony-rice-me-and-my-guitar/) — Tony Rice · solo by Tony Rice · 1986

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