# Man on the Silver Mountain guitar solo > Ritchie Blackmore's guitar solo on Man on the Silver Mountain by Rainbow (1975) starts at about 2:15. From the album Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow. Canonical URL: Rainbow, 1975, from *Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow*. Solo by *Ritchie Blackmore*. Rainbow's debut single pairs a monster riff with a concise, melodic break alongside Ronnie James Dio's vocal. Man on the Silver Mountain by Rainbow is #10 in our ranking of the best Ritchie Blackmore guitar solos. The solo is played by Ritchie Blackmore and the song was released in 1975. ## In our lists - [The Best Ritchie Blackmore Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/ritchie-blackmore-guitar-solos/) — #10 - [The Best Rainbow Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/rainbow-guitar-solos/) — #5 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Man on the Silver Mountain? Ritchie Blackmore played the solo on Rainbow's Man on the Silver Mountain (1975). ### What guitar was used on the Man on the Silver Mountain 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/)