Best Slide Guitar Songs

The Top Ten
1 Dust My Broom - Elmore James
2 High Hopes - Pink Floyd

I don't know much about slide guitar, but when I heard the solo for the first time, I thought he was using too much bending and whammy bar of some licks. Love that sound. The "stretching" kind of sound.

3 Statesboro Blues - The Allman Brothers Band
4 Love Sneakin' Up On You - Bonnie Raitt
5 Sahib Teri Bandi - Maki Madni - The Derek Trucks Band
6 Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
7 Day After Day - Badfinger
8 In My Time of Dying - Led Zeppelin
9 Layla - Derek & The Dominos
10 Love Me Like a Man - Bonnie Raitt

I usually prefer studio versions, but the live version of Bonnie's slide guitar adds more feeling and great intimacy to her performance. Stunning. Really stunning.

The Contenders
11 Love In Vain - The Rolling Stones
12 Let's Work Together - Canned Heat

Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson was a great slide guitarist. Check out some of his stuff.

13 Sugar Mama - Bonnie Raitt
14 Highway 61 Revisited - Johnny Winter
15 My Sweet Lord - George Harrison

George's slide guitar riff works perfectly within the song.

16 I Can't Be Satisfied - Muddy Waters

The original 50s version on Aristocrat Records is essential listening for open-G tuning.

17 Moonlight Drive - The Doors

This song has a very distinctive slide guitar hook.

18 I Don't Want a Lover - Texas

Some slick slide in this.

19 Bullfrog Blues - Rory Gallagher
20 Madison Blues - George Thorogood
21 Slow Ride - Foghat

Rod Price (Foghat's lead guitarist) was an awesome slide guitarist. Just listen to this, Drivin' Wheel, My Babe, Chateau Lafitte '59 Boogie, or Louisiana Blues.

22 I Won't Back Down - Tom Petty

I love the texture and feel of Mike Campbell's slide guitar solo. It's simple but very effective.

23 Blue Guitar - Earl Hooker

This instrumental would later become the backing track for Muddy Waters' You Shook Me. However, I suggest listening to the original to hear the slide melody in all its glory.

24 All Down the Line - The Rolling Stones

Mick Taylor had a lot of great slide guitar solos; I suggest you study his playing.

25 Water of Love - Dire Straits

Mark Knopfler plays the slide guitar here on a dobro; he used a Fender Telecaster when they played it live.

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