# Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man) guitar solo

> Tommy Shaw's guitar solo on Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man) by Styx (1977) starts at about 1:59. From the album The Grand Illusion.

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Styx, 1977, from *The Grand Illusion*. Solo by *Tommy Shaw*.

A tasteful, melodic solo woven into shifting prog-rock sections.

Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man) by Styx is #6 in our ranking of the best Styx guitar solos. The solo is played by Tommy Shaw and the song was released in 1977.

## In our lists

- [The Best Styx Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/styx-guitar-solos/) — #6

## Sources

### Who played the guitar solo on Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)?

Tommy Shaw played the solo on Styx's Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man) (1977).

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