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Sister Ray
The Velvet Underground · 1968 · solo by Lou Reed and Sterling Morrison
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Sister Ray guitar solo

The Velvet Underground, 1968, from White Light/White Heat. Solo by Lou Reed and Sterling Morrison.

A 17-minute, single-take storm of distorted guitar and organ that fed into much of later noise and drone rock.

Sister Ray by The Velvet Underground is ranked #481 in our consensus of 80 guitar-solo lists. The solo is played by Lou Reed and Sterling Morrison and the song was released in 1968. It appears on 1 lists, placing as high as #95 (uDiscover Music).

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Who played the guitar solo on Sister Ray?

Lou Reed and Sterling Morrison played the solo on The Velvet Underground's Sister Ray (1968).

Where does Sister Ray rank among the greatest guitar solos?

#481 in the GreatestSolos consensus of 80 published lists; it appears on 1 of them.