# Rock Candy guitar solo > The guitar solo on Rock Candy by Montrose (1973) starts at about 2:30. From the album Montrose. Ranked #379 of all time across 80 lists. Canonical URL: Montrose, 1973, from *Montrose*. Solo by *Ronnie Montrose*. A slow, heavy groove with a thick, singing Montrose solo that became a hard rock touchstone. Rock Candy by Montrose is ranked #379 in our consensus of 80 guitar-solo lists. The solo is played by Ronnie Montrose and the song was released in 1973. It appears on 1 lists, placing as high as #66 (Classic Rock (Louder)). ## In our lists - [The Best Ronnie Montrose Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/ronnie-montrose-guitar-solos/) — #1 - [The Best Montrose Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/montrose-guitar-solos/) — #4 - [The Best Sammy Hagar Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/sammy-hagar-guitar-solos/) — #2 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1973](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1973/) — #17 ## Sources - [Classic Rock (Louder): The 100 greatest guitar solos in rock](https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-100-greatest-guitar-solos-in-rock) — #66 ### Who played the guitar solo on Rock Candy? Ronnie Montrose played the solo on Montrose's Rock Candy (1973). ### Where does Rock Candy rank among the greatest guitar solos? #379 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/)