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Red House
The Jimi Hendrix Experience · 1967 · solo by Jimi Hendrix
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Red House guitar solo

The Jimi Hendrix Experience, 1967, from Are You Experienced. Solo by Jimi Hendrix.

A slow blues with a solo full of fiery bends and deep feel, rooted in the old masters but sounding completely new.

Red House by The Jimi Hendrix Experience is ranked #223 in our consensus of 80 guitar-solo lists. The solo is played by Jimi Hendrix and the song was released in 1967. It appears on 2 lists, placing as high as #35 (Radio Beat).

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Who played the guitar solo on Red House?

Jimi Hendrix played the solo on The Jimi Hendrix Experience's Red House (1967).

What guitar was used on the Red House solo?

A fender stratocaster through a Marshall amp, according to widely reported accounts.

Where does Red House rank among the greatest guitar solos?

#223 in the GreatestSolos consensus of 80 published lists; it appears on 2 of them.