# Fat Old Sun guitar solo > David Gilmour's guitar solo on Fat Old Sun by Pink Floyd (1970) starts at about 2:42. From the album Atom Heart Mother. A psychedelic classic from the 1970s. Canonical URL: Pink Floyd, 1970, from *Atom Heart Mother*. Solo by *David Gilmour*. An early Gilmour song whose extended closing solo points toward the lyrical style he would perfect a few years later. Fat Old Sun by Pink Floyd is #17 in our ranking of the best Pink Floyd guitar solos. The solo is played by David Gilmour and the song was released in 1970. ## In our lists - [The Best Pink Floyd Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/pink-floyd-guitar-solos/) — #17 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Fat Old Sun? David Gilmour played the solo on Pink Floyd's Fat Old Sun (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/)