# Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero guitar solo > The guitar solo on Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero by Mark Knopfler (1983). From the album Local Hero. Played on a Gibson Les Paul. Canonical URL: Mark Knopfler, 1983, from *Local Hero*. Solo by *Mark Knopfler*. His film-score theme's soaring, sustained Les Paul melody became a stadium singalong and his concert closer. Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero by Mark Knopfler is #8 in our ranking of the best Mark Knopfler guitar solos. The solo is played by Mark Knopfler and the song was released in 1983. ## In our lists - [The Best Mark Knopfler Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/mark-knopfler-guitar-solos/) — #8 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero? Mark Knopfler played the solo on Mark Knopfler's Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero (1983). ### What guitar was used on the Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero solo? A gibson les paul, according to widely reported accounts. --- 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/)