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Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?
Derek and the Dominos · 1970 · solo by Eric Clapton & Duane Allman
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Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad? guitar solo

Derek and the Dominos, 1970, from Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs. Solo by Eric Clapton & Duane Allman.

An uptempo rocker whose extended outro lets Clapton and Allman chase each other at full throttle.

Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad? by Derek and the Dominos is ranked #435 in our consensus of 80 guitar-solo lists. The solo is played by Eric Clapton & Duane Allman and the song was released in 1970. It appears on 1 lists, placing as high as #58 (Digital Dream Door).

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Who played the guitar solo on Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?

Eric Clapton & Duane Allman played the solo on Derek and the Dominos's Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad? (1970).

Where does Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad rank among the greatest guitar solos?

#435 in the GreatestSolos consensus of 80 published lists; it appears on 1 of them.