# I'll Be Alright Without You guitar solo > Neal Schon's guitar solo on I'll Be Alright Without You by Journey (1986) starts at about 2:49. Ranked #431 of all time across 80 lists. Canonical URL: Journey, 1986. Solo by *Neal Schon*. Schon's solo on this Raised on Radio ballad is a study in restraint, singing the melody over sustained notes. I'll Be Alright Without You is a soft, reflective ballad, and Neal Schon matches its mood with a solo built on restraint. Instead of shredding, he plays long, sustained notes that follow the shape of the vocal melody, almost singing a verse without words. His tone is warm and rounded with gentle sustain, and he uses vibrato and slow bends to carry the feeling. It is a reminder that great melodic rock soloists know when to pull back. Listen for the notes Schon lets hang across the chord changes, and notice how he adds just a small flourish at the end rather than a big climax, keeping the song's quiet heartache intact. I'll Be Alright Without You by Journey is ranked #431 in our consensus of 80 guitar-solo lists. The solo is played by Neal Schon and the song was released in 1986. It appears on 1 lists, placing as high as #85 (Classic Rock (Louder)). ## In our lists - [The 25 Greatest Rock Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/rock/) — #23 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1986](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1986/) — #10 ## Sources - [Classic Rock (Louder): The 100 greatest guitar solos in rock](https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-100-greatest-guitar-solos-in-rock) — #85 ### Who played the guitar solo on I'll Be Alright Without You? Neal Schon played the solo on Journey's I'll Be Alright Without You (1986). ### Where does I'll Be Alright Without You rank among the greatest guitar solos? #431 in the GreatestSolos consensus of 80 published lists; it appears on 1 of them. --- 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/)