# The Sky Is Crying guitar solo > The guitar solo on The Sky Is Crying by Albert King (1967) starts at about 1:23. From the album Born Under a Bad Sign. Played on a Gibson Flying V. Canonical URL: Albert King, 1967, from *Born Under a Bad Sign*. Solo by *Albert King*. A slow-burning showcase of King's patient phrasing, with bends that seem to overshoot and then settle exactly on pitch. Stevie Ray Vaughan's later take owes this reading a great deal. The Sky Is Crying by Albert King is #2 in our ranking of the best Albert King guitar solos. The solo is played by Albert King and the song was released in 1967. ## In our lists - [The Best Albert King Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/albert-king-guitar-solos/) — #2 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1967](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1967/) — #19 - [The Best Slow Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-slow-guitar-solos/) — #8 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on The Sky Is Crying? Albert King played the solo on Albert King's The Sky Is Crying (1967). ### What guitar was used on the The Sky Is Crying solo? A gibson flying v, according to widely reported accounts. --- 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/)