# Slaughter on Tenth Avenue guitar solo

> Nokie Edwards's guitar solo on Slaughter on Tenth Avenue by The Ventures (1964). From the album The Ventures Knock Me Out!. A surf classic from the 1960s.

Canonical URL: <https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-ventures-slaughter-on-tenth-avenue/>

The Ventures, 1964, from *The Ventures Knock Me Out!*. Solo by *Nokie Edwards*.

A dramatic Rodgers ballet theme turned into a showcase of vibrato-bar melody and tremolo picking. Edwards' expressive lead makes it cinematic.

Slaughter on Tenth Avenue by The Ventures is #9 in our ranking of the best The Ventures guitar solos. The solo is played by Nokie Edwards and the song was released in 1964.

## In our lists

- [The Best The Ventures Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/the-ventures-guitar-solos/) — #9

## Sources

### Who played the guitar solo on Slaughter on Tenth Avenue?

Nokie Edwards played the solo on The Ventures's Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (1964).

---

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/)