Help on the Way/Slipknot! guitar solo
Grateful Dead, 1975, from Blues for Allah. Solo by Jerry Garcia.
The knotty, chromatic 'Slipknot!' section sets Garcia's tense, angular lines against composed ensemble passages, the Dead at their most fusion-leaning.
Help on the Way/Slipknot! by Grateful Dead is ranked #309 in our consensus of 80 guitar-solo lists. The solo is played by Jerry Garcia and the song was released in 1975. It appears on 1 lists, placing as high as #32 (uDiscover Music).
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Who played the guitar solo on Help on the Way/Slipknot!?
Jerry Garcia played the solo on Grateful Dead's Help on the Way/Slipknot! (1975).
What guitar was used on the Help on the Way/Slipknot! solo?
A doug irwin wolf, according to widely reported accounts.
Where does Help on the Way/Slipknot! rank among the greatest guitar solos?
#309 in the GreatestSolos consensus of 80 published lists; it appears on 1 of them.