# The Lamia guitar solo

> Steve Hackett's guitar solo on The Lamia by Genesis (1974) starts at about 5:45. From the album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.

Canonical URL: <https://greatestsolos.com/song/genesis-the-lamia/>

Genesis, 1974, from *The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway*. Solo by *Steve Hackett*.

The closing solo is a graceful, weeping melody that many fans rank close to Firth of Fifth.

The Lamia by Genesis is #13 in our ranking of the best Steve Hackett guitar solos. The solo is played by Steve Hackett and the song was released in 1974.

## In our lists

- [The Best Steve Hackett Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/steve-hackett-guitar-solos/) — #13
- [The Best Genesis Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/genesis-guitar-solos/) — #5

## Sources

### Who played the guitar solo on The Lamia?

Steve Hackett played the solo on Genesis's The Lamia (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/)