# Who Really Played That Guitar Solo? > Who Really Played That Guitar Solo: #1 is Ticket to Ride by The Beatles, then Taxman and Good Morning Good Morning. Every video starts at the solo. Canonical URL: Not every famous solo was played by the band's star guitarist. Paul McCartney, not George Harrison, played the lead on Ticket to Ride and Taxman. Brad Whitford, not Joe Perry, takes the solo on Aerosmith's Last Child. Johnny Depp plays slide on an Oasis song. This page collects the solos where the answer to 'who played that?' surprises people, each video cued to the moment. 1. [Ticket to Ride](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-beatles-ticket-to-ride/) — The Beatles · solo by Paul McCartney · 1965 2. [Taxman](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-beatles-taxman/) — The Beatles · solo by Paul McCartney · 1966 3. [Good Morning Good Morning](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-beatles-good-morning-good-morning/) — The Beatles · solo by Paul McCartney · 1967 4. [Last Child](https://greatestsolos.com/song/aerosmith-last-child/) — Aerosmith · solo by Brad Whitford · 1976 5. [Kings and Queens](https://greatestsolos.com/song/aerosmith-kings-and-queens/) — Aerosmith · solo by Brad Whitford · 1977 6. [Train Kept A-Rollin'](https://greatestsolos.com/song/aerosmith-train-kept-a-rollin/) — Aerosmith · solo by Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner · 1974 7. [Sweet Jane](https://greatestsolos.com/song/lou-reed-sweet-jane/) — Lou Reed · solo by Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner · 1974 8. [Hand of Fate](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-rolling-stones-hand-of-fate/) — The Rolling Stones · solo by Wayne Perkins · 1976 9. [Hot Stuff](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-rolling-stones-hot-stuff/) — The Rolling Stones · solo by Harvey Mandel · 1976 10. [Sister Morphine](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-rolling-stones-sister-morphine/) — The Rolling Stones · solo by Ry Cooder · 1971 11. [Fade In-Out](https://greatestsolos.com/song/oasis-fade-in-out/) — Oasis · solo by Johnny Depp · 1997 12. [Champagne Supernova](https://greatestsolos.com/song/oasis-champagne-supernova/) — Oasis · solo by Noel Gallagher, Paul Weller · 1995 13. [I Will Dare](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-replacements-i-will-dare/) — The Replacements · solo by Peter Buck · 1984 14. [Alive Again](https://greatestsolos.com/song/chicago-alive-again/) — Chicago · solo by Donnie Dacus · 1978 15. [Baby's on Fire](https://greatestsolos.com/song/brian-eno-baby-s-on-fire/) — Brian Eno · solo by Robert Fripp · 1974 16. [Fashion](https://greatestsolos.com/song/david-bowie-fashion/) — David Bowie · solo by Robert Fripp · 1980 17. [Like a Rolling Stone](https://greatestsolos.com/song/bob-dylan-like-a-rolling-stone/) — Bob Dylan · solo by Mike Bloomfield · 1965 18. [Forever](https://greatestsolos.com/song/kiss-forever/) — Kiss · solo by Bruce Kulick · 1989 19. [Heaven's on Fire](https://greatestsolos.com/song/kiss-heaven-s-on-fire/) — Kiss · solo by Mark St. John · 1984 20. [Baby, Please Don't Go](https://greatestsolos.com/song/them-baby-please-don-t-go/) — Them · solo by Billy Harrison, Jimmy Page (session, disputed) · 1964 21. [Get Off Your Ass and Jam](https://greatestsolos.com/song/funkadelic-get-off-your-ass-and-jam/) — Funkadelic · solo by Uncredited guitarist · 1975 ## Quick answers ### Who played the guitar solo on Ticket to Ride? Paul McCartney played the lead guitar on The Beatles' Ticket to Ride (1965). He is also credited with the solos on Taxman and Good Morning Good Morning. ### Did Joe Perry play the solo on Last Child? No. Our catalog credits Brad Whitford with the solo on Aerosmith's Last Child, and also on Kings and Queens and Nobody's Fault. ### Did Johnny Depp play guitar on an Oasis song? Yes. Johnny Depp plays slide guitar on Oasis' Fade In-Out (1997). --- 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/)