# Help on the Way/Slipknot! guitar solo

> Jerry Garcia's guitar solo on Help on the Way/Slipknot! by Grateful Dead (1975). From the album Blues for Allah. Ranked #309 of all time across 80 lists.

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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).

## In our lists

- [The Best Grateful Dead Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/grateful-dead-guitar-solos/) — #6
- [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1975](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1975/) — #10

## Sources

- [uDiscover Music: The Best Guitar Solos Of All Time: 108 Amazing Moments](https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/best-guitar-solos-ever/) — #32

### 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.

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