# Burden in My Hand guitar solo

> Kim Thayil's guitar solo on Burden in My Hand by Soundgarden (1996) starts at about 2:45. From the album Down on the Upside. A grunge classic from the 1990s.

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Soundgarden, 1996, from *Down on the Upside*. Solo by *Kim Thayil*.

A Zeppelin-folk strummer that opens into a twangy, bent-note Thayil solo.

Burden in My Hand by Soundgarden is #16 in our ranking of the best Chris Cornell guitar solos. The solo is played by Kim Thayil and the song was released in 1996.

## In our lists

- [The Best Chris Cornell Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/chris-cornell-guitar-solos/) — #16
- [The Best Soundgarden Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/soundgarden-guitar-solos/) — #13

## Sources

### Who played the guitar solo on Burden in My Hand?

Kim Thayil played the solo on Soundgarden's Burden in My Hand (1996).

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