# Young Man Blues guitar solo > Pete Townshend's guitar solo on Young Man Blues by The Who (1970) starts at about 1:50. From the album Live at Leeds. A hard rock classic from the 1970s. Canonical URL: The Who, 1970, from *Live at Leeds*. Solo by *Pete Townshend*. The Mose Allison cover becomes a violent, stop-start live assault, with Townshend's raw improvisation defining the power-trio sound. Young Man Blues by The Who is #2 in our ranking of the best The Who guitar solos. The solo is played by Pete Townshend and the song was released in 1970. ## In our lists - [The Best The Who Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/the-who-guitar-solos/) — #2 - [The Best Pete Townshend Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/pete-townshend-guitar-solos/) — #2 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Young Man Blues? Pete Townshend played the solo on The Who's Young Man Blues (1970). ### What guitar was used on the Young Man Blues solo? A gibson sg special through a Hiwatt amp, 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/)