# Home from the Forest guitar solo > The guitar solo on Home from the Forest by The Tony Rice Unit (1979) starts at about 2:00. From the album Manzanita. Played on a Martin D-28. Canonical URL: The Tony Rice Unit, 1979, from *Manzanita*. Solo by *Tony Rice*. His take on the Gordon Lightfoot song features lyrical, sensitive breaks that let the melody breathe. Home from the Forest by The Tony Rice Unit is #7 in our ranking of the best Tony Rice guitar solos. The solo is played by Tony Rice and the song was released in 1979. ## In our lists - [The Best Tony Rice Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/tony-rice-guitar-solos/) — #7 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Home from the Forest? Tony Rice played the solo on The Tony Rice Unit's Home from the Forest (1979). ### What guitar was used on the Home from the Forest solo? A martin d-28, according to widely reported accounts. --- 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/)