# Blue Collar Man (Long Nights) guitar solo

> Tommy Shaw's guitar solo on Blue Collar Man (Long Nights) by Styx (1978) starts at about 2:20. From the album Pieces of Eight.

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Styx, 1978, from *Pieces of Eight*. Solo by *Tommy Shaw*.

Shaw's gritty, soulful solo perfectly matches the song's working-class urgency.

Blue Collar Man (Long Nights) by Styx is #2 in our ranking of the best Styx guitar solos. The solo is played by Tommy Shaw and the song was released in 1978.

## In our lists

- [The Best Styx Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/styx-guitar-solos/) — #2

## Sources

### Who played the guitar solo on Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)?

Tommy Shaw played the solo on Styx's Blue Collar Man (Long Nights) (1978).

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