# Cannonball guitar solo

> Kelley Deal's guitar solo on Cannonball by The Breeders (1993) starts at about 1:50. From the album Last Splash. Watch from the solo, plus the story and gear.

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The Breeders, 1993, from *Last Splash*. Solo by *Kelley Deal*.

The stop-start riff and blasts of fuzzy guitar made this one of the defining alt-rock singles of the 1990s. It's an example of noise used as the main hook.

Cannonball by The Breeders is #1 in our ranking of the best The Breeders guitar solos. The solo is played by Kelley Deal and the song was released in 1993.

## In our lists

- [The Best The Breeders Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/the-breeders-guitar-solos/) — #1
- [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1993](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1993/) — #15

## Sources

### Who played the guitar solo on Cannonball?

Kelley Deal played the solo on The Breeders's Cannonball (1993).

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