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My #1 would be Benny Goodman's "7 Come 11" with Charlie Christian on guitar. (This has no place on the Rolling Stone list, because their list is clearly limited to rock guitar.... I'm interpreting this thread's question to include styles other than rock).
My rationale for this choice is that the solo on that song is one of the earliest examples of what one can call a "guitar solo" in the modern sense. That solo was hugely influential on a generation of players who in turn inspired thousands of lead players, who in turn inspired thousands more... and so on and so forth.
As for what is the greatest guitar song solely based on the excellence of the guitar playing, that's a very tough choice. I'm partial to great fingerstyle players, so a few that I'd have to put right up there are Phil DeGruy's version of "Clair de Lune," Lenny Breau's "Ebony Queen/Pam's Pad," and Tuck Andress' "Manonash."
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