# The Best Muddy Waters Guitar Solos

> The 14 best Muddy Waters guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Rollin' Stone (1950), then Louisiana Blues and Long Distance Call. Every video starts at the solo.

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Muddy Waters plugged the Mississippi Delta bottleneck style into an amplifier and effectively invented Chicago electric blues. His stinging slide and droning riffs became a foundation for British blues-rock and nearly every rock guitarist who followed.

Informed by: [Wikipedia - Muddy Waters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muddy_Waters), [Wikipedia - The Best of Muddy Waters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Best_of_Muddy_Waters), [Wikipedia - Hard Again](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_Again), [Wikipedia - Folk Singer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_Singer_(album))

1. [Rollin' Stone](https://greatestsolos.com/song/muddy-waters-rollin-stone/) — Muddy Waters · solo by Muddy Waters · 1950
2. [Louisiana Blues](https://greatestsolos.com/song/muddy-waters-louisiana-blues/) — Muddy Waters · solo by Muddy Waters · 1951
3. [Long Distance Call](https://greatestsolos.com/song/muddy-waters-long-distance-call/) — Muddy Waters · solo by Muddy Waters · 1951
4. [I Can't Be Satisfied](https://greatestsolos.com/song/muddy-waters-i-can-t-be-satisfied/) — Muddy Waters · solo by Muddy Waters · 1948
5. [Honey Bee](https://greatestsolos.com/song/muddy-waters-honey-bee/) — Muddy Waters · solo by Muddy Waters · 1951
6. [I Feel Like Going Home](https://greatestsolos.com/song/muddy-waters-i-feel-like-going-home/) — Muddy Waters · solo by Muddy Waters · 1948
7. [Still a Fool](https://greatestsolos.com/song/muddy-waters-still-a-fool/) — Muddy Waters · solo by Muddy Waters · 1951
8. [Standing Around Crying](https://greatestsolos.com/song/muddy-waters-standing-around-crying/) — Muddy Waters · solo by Muddy Waters · 1952
9. [She Moves Me](https://greatestsolos.com/song/muddy-waters-she-moves-me/) — Muddy Waters · solo by Muddy Waters · 1952
10. [Rollin' and Tumblin'](https://greatestsolos.com/song/muddy-waters-rollin-and-tumblin/) — Muddy Waters · solo by Muddy Waters · 1950
11. [Got My Mojo Working](https://greatestsolos.com/song/muddy-waters-got-my-mojo-working/) — Muddy Waters · solo by Pat Hare · 1960
12. [My Home Is in the Delta](https://greatestsolos.com/song/muddy-waters-my-home-is-in-the-delta/) — Muddy Waters · solo by Muddy Waters · 1964
13. [Crosseyed Cat](https://greatestsolos.com/song/muddy-waters-crosseyed-cat/) — Muddy Waters · solo by Johnny Winter · 1977
14. [Forty Days and Forty Nights](https://greatestsolos.com/song/muddy-waters-forty-days-and-forty-nights/) — Muddy Waters · solo by Michael Bloomfield · 1969

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