The 25 Greatest Blues Guitar Solos

Electric blues guitar grew from T-Bone Walker's postwar records through the Chicago and Texas schools to the players who carried it into rock. This list weighs historical influence and the standing of each solo among guitarists, with Hall of Fame recordings alongside later touchstones.

Informed by: Wikipedia – Blues Hall of Fame (Classics of Blues Recording)

1. 1
   The Thrill Is Gone

   B.B. King · solo by B.B. King · 1969
2. 2
   Texas Flood

   Stevie Ray Vaughan · solo by Stevie Ray Vaughan · 1983
3. 3
   Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just as Bad)

   T-Bone Walker · solo by T-Bone Walker · 1947
4. 4
   Born Under a Bad Sign

   Albert King · solo by Albert King · 1967
5. 5
   Hide Away

   Freddie King · solo by Freddie King · 1961
6. 6
   All Your Love (I Miss Loving)

   Otis Rush · solo by Otis Rush · 1958
7. 7
   Have You Heard

   John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers · solo by Eric Clapton · 1966
8. 8
   Pride and Joy

   Stevie Ray Vaughan · solo by Stevie Ray Vaughan · 1983
9. 9
   Still Got the Blues

   Gary Moore · solo by Gary Moore · 1990
10. 10
    Stone Crazy

    Buddy Guy · solo by Buddy Guy · 1962
11. 11
    Crosscut Saw

    Albert King · solo by Albert King · 1967
12. 12
    Need Your Love So Bad

    Fleetwood Mac · solo by Peter Green · 1968
13. 13
    Dust My Broom

    Elmore James · solo by Elmore James · 1951
14. 14
    Frosty

    Albert Collins · solo by Albert Collins · 1962
15. 15
    So Many Roads, So Many Trains

    Otis Rush · solo by Otis Rush · 1960
16. 16
    Killing Floor

    Howlin' Wolf · solo by Hubert Sumlin · 1964
17. 17
    The Things That I Used to Do

    Guitar Slim · solo by Guitar Slim · 1953
18. 18
    East-West

    The Paul Butterfield Blues Band · solo by Mike Bloomfield · 1966
19. 19
    Little Wing

    Stevie Ray Vaughan · solo by Stevie Ray Vaughan · 1991
20. 20
    Scuttle Buttin'

    Stevie Ray Vaughan · solo by Stevie Ray Vaughan · 1984
21. 21
    The Messiah Will Come Again

    Roy Buchanan · solo by Roy Buchanan · 1972
22. 22
    Life Without You

    Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble · solo by Stevie Ray Vaughan · 1985
23. 23
    Gravity

    John Mayer · solo by John Mayer · 2006
24. 24
    In Repair

    John Mayer · solo by John Mayer · 2006
25. 25
    I Let My Guitar Do The Talking

    Buddy Guy · solo by Buddy Guy · 2022