Elliott Randall (born 1947) is an American guitarist, best known for being a session musician with popular artists. Randall played the well - known guitar solos from Steely Dan 's song "Reelin ' in the Years '' and Irene Cara 's song "Fame ''. It was reported that Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page said Randall 's solo on "Reelin ' in the Years '' is his favorite guitar solo of all - time. The solo was ranked as the 40th best guitar solo of all - time by the readers of Guitar World magazine and the eighth best guitar solo by Q4 Music.
who played lead guitar on reeling in the years
Elliott Randall