Tie Your Mother Down
Queen, 1976, from A Day at the Races. Solo by Brian May.
A slide-inflected, hard-rocking solo over one of May's best riffs.
Tie Your Mother Down by Queen is #5 in our ranking of the best Brian May guitar solos. The solo is played by Brian May and the song was released in 1976.
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Who played the guitar solo on Tie Your Mother Down?
Brian May played the solo on Queen's Tie Your Mother Down (1976).
What guitar was used on the Tie Your Mother Down solo?
A red special through a Vox AC30 amp, according to widely reported accounts.