# Only So Much Oil in the Ground guitar solo

> Bruce Conte's guitar solo on Only So Much Oil in the Ground by Tower of Power (1975) starts at about 2:30. From the album Urban Renewal.

Canonical URL: <https://greatestsolos.com/song/tower-of-power-only-so-much-oil-in-the-ground/>

Tower of Power, 1975, from *Urban Renewal*. Solo by *Bruce Conte*.

A fast, tight funk track where Conte's guitar cuts through the horns.

Only So Much Oil in the Ground by Tower of Power is #3 in our ranking of the best Tower of Power guitar solos. The solo is played by Bruce Conte and the song was released in 1975.

## In our lists

- [The Best Tower of Power Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/tower-of-power-guitar-solos/) — #3

## Sources

### Who played the guitar solo on Only So Much Oil in the Ground?

Bruce Conte played the solo on Tower of Power's Only So Much Oil in the Ground (1975).

---

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/)