# Race with the Devil guitar solo > The guitar solo on Race with the Devil by Jeff Beck & the Big Town Playboys (1993) starts at about 0:45. Watch from the solo, plus the story and gear. Canonical URL: Jeff Beck & the Big Town Playboys, 1993. Solo by *Jeff Beck*. Beck's close tribute to his hero Cliff Gallup, from the Crazy Legs album. Race with the Devil comes from Jeff Beck's loving tribute to Cliff Gallup and Gene Vincent's Blue Caps, and his playing here is a careful, respectful recreation. Beck captures Gallup's fluid runs, quick slides and swinging phrasing, playing with a clean, twangy tone that sounds true to the 1950s originals. It is a rare chance to hear one of rock's most original guitarists deliberately stepping into another player's shoes. The result shows how deeply Gallup influenced Beck's own sense of melody and invention. Listen for the fast, flowing runs that seem to glide over the rhythm, and compare them with the Blue Caps records to hear how closely Beck studied his hero's style. Race with the Devil by Jeff Beck & the Big Town Playboys is featured in our Rockabilly (#23) list. The solo is played by Jeff Beck and the song was released in 1993. ## In our lists - [The 25 Greatest Rockabilly Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/rockabilly/) — #23 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1993](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1993/) — #10 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Race with the Devil? Jeff Beck played the solo on Jeff Beck & the Big Town Playboys's Race with the Devil (1993). --- 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/)