# Astronomy guitar solo > Buck Dharma's guitar solo on Astronomy by Blue Öyster Cult (1974) starts at about 4:08. From the album Secret Treaties. A hard rock classic from the 1970s. Canonical URL: Blue Öyster Cult, 1974, from *Secret Treaties*. Solo by *Buck Dharma*. A slow-burning epic whose closing lead lines climb with operatic drama, Dharma phrasing each bend like a vocal. The payoff after minutes of gothic build-up is enormous. Astronomy by Blue Öyster Cult is #2 in our ranking of the best Blue Öyster Cult guitar solos. The solo is played by Buck Dharma and the song was released in 1974. ## In our lists - [The Best Blue Öyster Cult Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/blue-oyster-cult-guitar-solos/) — #2 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Astronomy? Buck Dharma played the solo on Blue Öyster Cult's Astronomy (1974). --- 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/)