# The 25 Best Blues Guitar Solos of All Time

> The 25 best blues guitar solos of all time, ranked. #1 is The Thrill Is Gone by B.B. King, then Texas Flood. Every video starts at the solo.

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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)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blues_Hall_of_Fame)

1. [The Thrill Is Gone](https://greatestsolos.com/song/b-b-king-the-thrill-is-gone/) — B.B. King · solo by B.B. King · 1969
2. [Texas Flood](https://greatestsolos.com/song/stevie-ray-vaughan-texas-flood/) — Stevie Ray Vaughan · solo by Stevie Ray Vaughan · 1983
3. [Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just as Bad)](https://greatestsolos.com/song/t-bone-walker-call-it-stormy-monday-but-tuesday-is-just-as-bad/) — T-Bone Walker · solo by T-Bone Walker · 1947
4. [Born Under a Bad Sign](https://greatestsolos.com/song/albert-king-born-under-a-bad-sign/) — Albert King · solo by Albert King · 1967
5. [Hide Away](https://greatestsolos.com/song/freddie-king-hide-away/) — Freddie King · solo by Freddie King · 1961
6. [All Your Love (I Miss Loving)](https://greatestsolos.com/song/otis-rush-all-your-love-i-miss-loving/) — Otis Rush · solo by Otis Rush · 1958
7. [Have You Heard](https://greatestsolos.com/song/john-mayall-and-the-bluesbreakers-have-you-heard/) — John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers · solo by Eric Clapton · 1966
8. [Pride and Joy](https://greatestsolos.com/song/stevie-ray-vaughan-pride-and-joy/) — Stevie Ray Vaughan · solo by Stevie Ray Vaughan · 1983
9. [Still Got the Blues](https://greatestsolos.com/song/gary-moore-still-got-the-blues/) — Gary Moore · solo by Gary Moore · 1990
10. [Stone Crazy](https://greatestsolos.com/song/buddy-guy-stone-crazy/) — Buddy Guy · solo by Buddy Guy · 1962
11. [Crosscut Saw](https://greatestsolos.com/song/albert-king-crosscut-saw/) — Albert King · solo by Albert King · 1967
12. [Need Your Love So Bad](https://greatestsolos.com/song/fleetwood-mac-need-your-love-so-bad/) — Fleetwood Mac · solo by Peter Green · 1968
13. [Dust My Broom](https://greatestsolos.com/song/elmore-james-dust-my-broom/) — Elmore James · solo by Elmore James · 1951
14. [Frosty](https://greatestsolos.com/song/albert-collins-frosty/) — Albert Collins · solo by Albert Collins · 1962
15. [So Many Roads, So Many Trains](https://greatestsolos.com/song/otis-rush-so-many-roads-so-many-trains/) — Otis Rush · solo by Otis Rush · 1960
16. [Killing Floor](https://greatestsolos.com/song/howlin-wolf-killing-floor/) — Howlin' Wolf · solo by Hubert Sumlin · 1964
17. [The Things That I Used to Do](https://greatestsolos.com/song/guitar-slim-the-things-that-i-used-to-do/) — Guitar Slim · solo by Guitar Slim · 1953
18. [East-West](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-paul-butterfield-blues-band-east-west/) — The Paul Butterfield Blues Band · solo by Mike Bloomfield · 1966
19. [Little Wing](https://greatestsolos.com/song/stevie-ray-vaughan-little-wing/) — Stevie Ray Vaughan · solo by Stevie Ray Vaughan · 1991
20. [Scuttle Buttin'](https://greatestsolos.com/song/stevie-ray-vaughan-scuttle-buttin/) — Stevie Ray Vaughan · solo by Stevie Ray Vaughan · 1984
21. [The Messiah Will Come Again](https://greatestsolos.com/song/roy-buchanan-the-messiah-will-come-again/) — Roy Buchanan · solo by Roy Buchanan · 1972
22. [Life Without You](https://greatestsolos.com/song/stevie-ray-vaughan-and-double-trouble-life-without-you/) — Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble · solo by Stevie Ray Vaughan · 1985
23. [Gravity](https://greatestsolos.com/song/john-mayer-gravity/) — John Mayer · solo by John Mayer · 2006
24. [In Repair](https://greatestsolos.com/song/john-mayer-in-repair/) — John Mayer · solo by John Mayer · 2006
25. [I Let My Guitar Do The Talking](https://greatestsolos.com/song/buddy-guy-i-let-my-guitar-do-the-talking/) — Buddy Guy · solo by Buddy Guy · 2022

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