# This Ain't No Picnic guitar solo

> D. Boon's guitar solo on This Ain't No Picnic by Minutemen (1984) starts at about 1:05. From the album Double Nickels on the Dime.

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Minutemen, 1984, from *Double Nickels on the Dime*. Solo by *D. Boon*.

A fierce, jagged solo breaks in over a nervy groove on the band's only music-video single.

This Ain't No Picnic by Minutemen is #2 in our ranking of the best Minutemen guitar solos. The solo is played by D. Boon and the song was released in 1984.

## In our lists

- [The Best Minutemen Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/minutemen-guitar-solos/) — #2

## Sources

### Who played the guitar solo on This Ain't No Picnic?

D. Boon played the solo on Minutemen's This Ain't No Picnic (1984).

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