# Rattlesnake Shake guitar solo > Peter Green's guitar solo on Rattlesnake Shake by Fleetwood Mac (1969) starts at about 1:40. From the album Then Play On. A blues rock classic from the 1960s. Canonical URL: Fleetwood Mac, 1969, from *Then Play On*. Solo by *Peter Green*. A swaggering riff that stretches into a jamming, fuzz-edged workout. Rattlesnake Shake by Fleetwood Mac is ranked #419 in our consensus of 80 guitar-solo lists. The solo is played by Peter Green and the song was released in 1969. It appears on 1 lists, placing as high as #71 (uDiscover Music). ## In our lists - [The Best Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/peter-green-s-fleetwood-mac-guitar-solos/) — #7 - [The Best Fleetwood Mac Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/fleetwood-mac-guitar-solos/) — #10 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1969](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1969/) — #16 ## Sources - [uDiscover Music: The Best Guitar Solos Of All Time: 108 Amazing Moments](https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/best-guitar-solos-ever/) — #71 ### Who played the guitar solo on Rattlesnake Shake? Peter Green played the solo on Fleetwood Mac's Rattlesnake Shake (1969). ### What guitar was used on the Rattlesnake Shake solo? A gibson les paul standard, according to widely reported accounts. ### Where does Rattlesnake Shake rank among the greatest guitar solos? #419 in the GreatestSolos consensus of 80 published lists; it appears on 1 of them. --- 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/)