# Deadhead guitar solo > The guitar solo on Deadhead by The Devin Townsend Band (2003) starts at about 6:37. From the album Accelerated Evolution. A prog metal classic from the 2000s. Canonical URL: The Devin Townsend Band, 2003, from *Accelerated Evolution*. Solo by *Devin Townsend*. A slow, heavy song that builds to one of Townsend's most emotional solos, all long sustained notes and cathartic bends. Deadhead by The Devin Townsend Band is #2 in our ranking of the best Devin Townsend guitar solos. The solo is played by Devin Townsend and the song was released in 2003. ## In our lists - [The Best Devin Townsend Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/devin-townsend-guitar-solos/) — #2 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Deadhead? Devin Townsend played the solo on The Devin Townsend Band's Deadhead (2003). --- 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/)