# Gimme Shelter guitar solo > Mark Farner's guitar solo on Gimme Shelter by Grand Funk Railroad (1971) starts at about 1:29. From the album Survival. A hard rock classic from the 1970s. Canonical URL: Grand Funk Railroad, 1971, from *Survival*. Solo by *Mark Farner*. Their heavier take on the Stones classic features gritty, extended guitar work. Gimme Shelter by Grand Funk Railroad is #12 in our ranking of the best Grand Funk Railroad guitar solos. The solo is played by Mark Farner and the song was released in 1971. ## In our lists - [The Best Grand Funk Railroad Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/grand-funk-railroad-guitar-solos/) — #12 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Gimme Shelter? Mark Farner played the solo on Grand Funk Railroad's Gimme Shelter (1971). --- 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/)