# Pipeline guitar solo > The guitar solo on Pipeline by Dick Dale & Stevie Ray Vaughan (1987). From the album Back to the Beach. Watch from the solo, plus the story and gear. Canonical URL: Dick Dale & Stevie Ray Vaughan, 1987, from *Back to the Beach*. Solo by *Dick Dale, Stevie Ray Vaughan*. Surf's founder and a blues star trade verses of the Chantays' tune on a film soundtrack. This Pipeline is a friendly summit between two very different guitar worlds. Dick Dale brings his heavy, staccato surf attack, hammering the melody with thick, reverb-drenched picking, while Stevie Ray Vaughan answers with blues phrasing, fat bends and a rawer, more vocal tone. The Chantays' tune is simple enough to leave room for both personalities, and the pair trade sections rather than crowd each other. It is a joy to hear each player bend the tune toward his own tradition without losing its shape. Listen for the handoffs, where Dale's machine-gun picking gives way to Vaughan's bluesy phrasing, and notice how the famous descending glissando becomes a shared signature between the two players. Pipeline by Dick Dale & Stevie Ray Vaughan is featured in our Surf (#8) list. The solo is played by Dick Dale, Stevie Ray Vaughan and the song was released in 1987. ## In our lists - [The 25 Greatest Surf Guitar Songs](https://greatestsolos.com/list/surf/) — #8 - [Best of Stevie Ray Vaughan](https://greatestsolos.com/list/srv/) — #7 - [The Best Dick Dale & the Del-Tones Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/dick-dale-and-the-del-tones-guitar-solos/) — #10 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1987](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1987/) — #17 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Pipeline? Dick Dale, Stevie Ray Vaughan played the solo on Dick Dale & Stevie Ray Vaughan's Pipeline (1987). --- 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/)