Nine Pound Hammer
The Tony Rice Unit, 1979, from Manzanita. Solo by Tony Rice.
Rice takes the Merle Travis classic and fills it with inventive, fast flatpicked lines.
Nine Pound Hammer by The Tony Rice Unit is #11 in our ranking of the best Tony Rice guitar solos. The solo is played by Tony Rice and the song was released in 1979.
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Who played the guitar solo on Nine Pound Hammer?
Tony Rice played the solo on The Tony Rice Unit's Nine Pound Hammer (1979).
What guitar was used on the Nine Pound Hammer solo?
A martin d-28, according to widely reported accounts.