# Yankee Rose guitar solo > Steve Vai's guitar solo on Yankee Rose by David Lee Roth (1986) starts at about 3:42. From the album Eat 'Em and Smile. A hard rock classic from the 1980s. Canonical URL: David Lee Roth, 1986, from *Eat 'Em and Smile*. Solo by *Steve Vai*. The track opens with Vai's guitar 'talking' back to Roth. His solo is a flashy, playful burst that made his name with mainstream rock audiences. Yankee Rose by David Lee Roth is #5 in our ranking of the best Steve Vai guitar solos. The solo is played by Steve Vai and the song was released in 1986. ## In our lists - [The Best Steve Vai Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/steve-vai-guitar-solos/) — #5 - [The Greatest Whammy Bar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/whammy-bar-solos/) — #10 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Yankee Rose? Steve Vai played the solo on David Lee Roth's Yankee Rose (1986). --- 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/)