# A Million Miles Away guitar solo > The guitar solo on A Million Miles Away by Rory Gallagher (1973) starts at about 3:25. From the album Tattoo. Ranked #463 of all time across 80 lists. Canonical URL: Rory Gallagher, 1973, from *Tattoo*. Solo by *Rory Gallagher*. A slow, brooding blues where Gallagher plays with restraint and deep feeling before the solo swells into anguished bends. A Million Miles Away by Rory Gallagher is ranked #463 in our consensus of 80 guitar-solo lists. The solo is played by Rory Gallagher and the song was released in 1973. It appears on 1 lists, placing as high as #11 (BLOmiG). ## In our lists - [The Best Rory Gallagher Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/rory-gallagher-guitar-solos/) — #3 - [The Greatest Irish Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/irish-guitar-solos/) — #8 ## Sources - [BLOmiG: Les 15 meilleurs solos de guitare du monde](https://www.blomig.com/2022/03/25/les-15-meilleurs-solos-de-guitare-du-monde/) — #11 ### Who played the guitar solo on A Million Miles Away? Rory Gallagher played the solo on Rory Gallagher's A Million Miles Away (1973). ### What guitar was used on the A Million Miles Away solo? A fender stratocaster through a Vox AC30 amp, according to widely reported accounts. ### Where does A Million Miles Away rank among the greatest guitar solos? #463 in the GreatestSolos consensus of 80 published lists; it appears on 1 of them. --- 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/)