# The Best Robert Cray Guitar Solos

> The 16 best Robert Cray guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Phone Booth (1983), then Smoking Gun and Right Next Door (Because of Me). Every video starts at the solo.

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Robert Cray brought soul songwriting and a crisp, stinging Stratocaster tone to modern blues, and he became one of its few crossover stars in the 1980s. His solos are economical and full of feeling.

Informed by: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Cray)

1. [Phone Booth](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-robert-cray-band-phone-booth/) — The Robert Cray Band · solo by Robert Cray · 1983
2. [Smoking Gun](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-robert-cray-band-smoking-gun/) — The Robert Cray Band · solo by Robert Cray · 1986
3. [Right Next Door (Because of Me)](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-robert-cray-band-right-next-door-because-of-me/) — The Robert Cray Band · solo by Robert Cray · 1986
4. [The Forecast (Calls for Pain)](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-robert-cray-band-the-forecast-calls-for-pain/) — The Robert Cray Band · solo by Robert Cray · 1990
5. [Bad Influence](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-robert-cray-band-bad-influence/) — The Robert Cray Band · solo by Robert Cray · 1983
6. [I Guess I Showed Her](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-robert-cray-band-i-guess-i-showed-her/) — The Robert Cray Band · solo by Robert Cray · 1986
7. [Don't Be Afraid of the Dark](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-robert-cray-band-don-t-be-afraid-of-the-dark/) — The Robert Cray Band · solo by Robert Cray · 1988
8. [Nothin' but a Woman](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-robert-cray-band-nothin-but-a-woman/) — The Robert Cray Band · solo by Robert Cray · 1986
9. [Time Makes Two](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-robert-cray-band-time-makes-two/) — The Robert Cray Band · solo by Robert Cray · 1988
10. [T-Bone Shuffle](https://greatestsolos.com/song/albert-collins-robert-cray-and-johnny-copeland-t-bone-shuffle/) — Albert Collins, Robert Cray & Johnny Copeland · solo by Robert Cray · 1985
11. [Too Many Cooks](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-robert-cray-band-too-many-cooks/) — The Robert Cray Band · solo by Robert Cray · 1980
12. [Porch Light](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-robert-cray-band-porch-light/) — The Robert Cray Band · solo by Robert Cray · 1985
13. [False Accusations](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-robert-cray-band-false-accusations/) — The Robert Cray Band · solo by Robert Cray · 1985
14. [I Was Warned](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-robert-cray-band-i-was-warned/) — The Robert Cray Band · solo by Robert Cray · 1992
15. [Midnight Stroll](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-robert-cray-band-midnight-stroll/) — The Robert Cray Band · solo by Robert Cray · 1990
16. [Twenty](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-robert-cray-band-twenty/) — The Robert Cray Band · solo by Robert Cray · 2005

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