Primus · #1 of 17
#1
Jerry Was a Race Car Driver
Primus · 1991 · solo by Larry LaLonde
Gear, tickets & merch

Jerry Was a Race Car Driver guitar solo

Primus, 1991, from Sailing the Seas of Cheese. Solo by Larry LaLonde.

LaLonde's squealing, chromatic lead bursts around Claypool's tapped bassline, a perfect example of his off-kilter approach on the band's breakout single.

Jerry Was a Race Car Driver by Primus is ranked #556 in our consensus of 80 guitar-solo lists. The solo is played by Larry LaLonde and the song was released in 1991. It appears on 1 lists, placing as high as #176 (Digital Dream Door).

In our lists

Sources

Who played the guitar solo on Jerry Was a Race Car Driver?

Larry LaLonde played the solo on Primus's Jerry Was a Race Car Driver (1991).

Where does Jerry Was a Race Car Driver rank among the greatest guitar solos?

#556 in the GreatestSolos consensus of 80 published lists; it appears on 1 of them.