# The Best Howlin' Wolf Guitar Solos > The 15 best Howlin' Wolf guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Killing Floor (1964), then Smokestack Lightning and Spoonful. Every video starts at the solo. Canonical URL: Howlin' Wolf's Chess recordings are some of the most influential electric blues ever made. Much of that influence came from his guitarists, especially Hubert Sumlin, whose jagged, unpredictable lines shaped the playing of Clapton, Hendrix, Page and Keith Richards. Before Sumlin, Willie Johnson's distorted, aggressive playing on the early sides pointed straight toward rock and roll. Informed by: [Guitar World - In Deep: Howlin' Wolf and Hubert Sumlin](https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/deep-howlin-wolf-and-hubert-sumlin), [Please Kill Me - Hubert Sumlin: Howlin' Wolf's Secret Weapon](https://pleasekillme.com/hubert-sumlin-howlin-wolf/), [Rolling Stone Australia - Howlin' Wolf, Spoonful](https://au.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/-94431/howlin-wolf-spoonful-3-94485/), [Wikipedia - Smokestack Lightning](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smokestack_Lightning) 1. [Killing Floor](https://greatestsolos.com/song/howlin-wolf-killing-floor/) — Howlin' Wolf · solo by Hubert Sumlin · 1964 2. [Smokestack Lightning](https://greatestsolos.com/song/howlin-wolf-smokestack-lightning/) — Howlin' Wolf · solo by Hubert Sumlin & Willie Johnson · 1956 3. [Spoonful](https://greatestsolos.com/song/howlin-wolf-spoonful/) — Howlin' Wolf · solo by Hubert Sumlin · 1960 4. [Hidden Charms](https://greatestsolos.com/song/howlin-wolf-hidden-charms/) — Howlin' Wolf · solo by Hubert Sumlin · 1963 5. [Wang Dang Doodle](https://greatestsolos.com/song/howlin-wolf-wang-dang-doodle/) — Howlin' Wolf · solo by Hubert Sumlin · 1961 6. [Shake for Me](https://greatestsolos.com/song/howlin-wolf-shake-for-me/) — Howlin' Wolf · solo by Hubert Sumlin · 1961 7. [How Many More Years](https://greatestsolos.com/song/howlin-wolf-how-many-more-years/) — Howlin' Wolf · solo by Willie Johnson · 1951 8. [Three Hundred Pounds of Joy](https://greatestsolos.com/song/howlin-wolf-three-hundred-pounds-of-joy/) — Howlin' Wolf · solo by Hubert Sumlin · 1963 9. [Built for Comfort](https://greatestsolos.com/song/howlin-wolf-built-for-comfort/) — Howlin' Wolf · solo by Hubert Sumlin · 1963 10. [I Asked for Water (She Gave Me Gasoline)](https://greatestsolos.com/song/howlin-wolf-i-asked-for-water-she-gave-me-gasoline/) — Howlin' Wolf · solo by Willie Johnson · 1956 11. [The Red Rooster](https://greatestsolos.com/song/howlin-wolf-the-red-rooster/) — Howlin' Wolf · solo by Howlin' Wolf & Hubert Sumlin · 1961 12. [Moanin' at Midnight](https://greatestsolos.com/song/howlin-wolf-moanin-at-midnight/) — Howlin' Wolf · solo by Willie Johnson · 1951 13. [Evil](https://greatestsolos.com/song/howlin-wolf-evil/) — Howlin' Wolf · solo by Hubert Sumlin & Jody Williams · 1954 14. [Back Door Man](https://greatestsolos.com/song/howlin-wolf-back-door-man/) — Howlin' Wolf · solo by Hubert Sumlin · 1961 15. [Down in the Bottom](https://greatestsolos.com/song/howlin-wolf-down-in-the-bottom/) — Howlin' Wolf · solo by Hubert Sumlin · 1961 --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)