# Sittin' on a Rainbow guitar solo > Leslie West's guitar solo on Sittin' on a Rainbow by Mountain (1970) starts at about 1:20. From the album Climbing!. A hard rock classic from the 1970s. Canonical URL: Mountain, 1970, from *Climbing!*. Solo by *Leslie West*. Upbeat rock with crisp, snarling guitar breaks. Sittin' on a Rainbow by Mountain is #14 in our ranking of the best Mountain guitar solos. The solo is played by Leslie West and the song was released in 1970. ## In our lists - [The Best Mountain Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/mountain-guitar-solos/) — #14 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Sittin' on a Rainbow? Leslie West played the solo on Mountain's Sittin' on a Rainbow (1970). --- 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/)