# Rocky Mountain Way guitar solo > Rik Emmett's guitar solo on Rocky Mountain Way by Triumph (1977) starts at about 2:50. From the album Rock & Roll Machine. A hard rock classic from the 1970s. Canonical URL: Triumph, 1977, from *Rock & Roll Machine*. Solo by *Rik Emmett*. Their extended cover of the Joe Walsh classic gave Emmett space for gritty slide and blazing blues-rock leads. Rocky Mountain Way by Triumph is #4 in our ranking of the best Triumph guitar solos. The solo is played by Rik Emmett and the song was released in 1977. ## In our lists - [The Best Triumph Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/triumph-guitar-solos/) — #4 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Rocky Mountain Way? Rik Emmett played the solo on Triumph's Rocky Mountain Way (1977). --- 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/)