10 Greatest Guitar Solos Of The '70s

10. More Than a Feeling - Boston

The debut album from Boston will forever be hailed as one of the best starts of any rock band's career. Brought to life by the mastermind Tom Scholz , almost every song on the record got on the radio thanks to the riffs from "Smokin" and "Peace of Mind." However, no one forgets their first love, and "More Than a Feeling" is when we got the first taste of what this band could do.

Starting with a simple acoustic guitar, the song doesn't really kick into high gear until Scholz' guitar break, which has the perfect amount of grit and cleanliness to it. As the solo takes off, you'll notice that it's almost constructed like a vocal melody, with the right amount of space left in between the notes to give the song the time to breathe. In addition to the catchiness of the solo, it reaches a different plain once another guitar is added, creating a guitar harmony that feels like a rocketship about to take off.

For as amazing as vocalist Brad Delp was to the Boston sound, this one guitar solo had the ability to rival any vocal line to come from Delp's mouth. Boston may never have reached the heights of their debut album again, but when you get something this good on the first try, it's hard to mess with perfection.