# Death Alley Driver guitar solo > Ritchie Blackmore's guitar solo on Death Alley Driver by Rainbow (1982) starts at about 1:59. From the album Straight Between the Eyes. Canonical URL: Rainbow, 1982, from *Straight Between the Eyes*. Solo by *Ritchie Blackmore*. A hard-charging speedster whose solo is all adrenaline and precision. Death Alley Driver by Rainbow is #17 in our ranking of the best Rainbow guitar solos. The solo is played by Ritchie Blackmore and the song was released in 1982. ## In our lists - [The Best Rainbow Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/rainbow-guitar-solos/) — #17 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Death Alley Driver? Ritchie Blackmore played the solo on Rainbow's Death Alley Driver (1982). ### What guitar was used on the Death Alley Driver solo? A fender stratocaster through a Marshall amp, according to widely reported accounts. --- 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/)