# Sweet Little Angel guitar solo

> The guitar solo on Sweet Little Angel by B.B. King (1965) starts at about 0:30. From the album Live at the Regal. Ranked #402 of all time across 80 lists.

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B.B. King, 1965, from *Live at the Regal*. Solo by *B.B. King*.

A slow-blues showcase where King's butterfly vibrato and dramatic pauses carry as much weight as the notes themselves.

Sweet Little Angel by B.B. King is ranked #402 in our consensus of 80 guitar-solo lists. The solo is played by B.B. King and the song was released in 1965. It appears on 1 lists, placing as high as #54 (Magazyn Gitarzysta).

## In our lists

- [The Best B.B. King Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/b-b-king-guitar-solos/) — #3
- [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1965](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1965/) — #3
- [16 Easy Blues Guitar Solos to Learn (From First Licks to Slow Blues)](https://greatestsolos.com/list/easy-blues-solos/) — #12

## Sources

- [Magazyn Gitarzysta: 100 solówek wszech czasów \[100 solos of all time\]](https://magazyngitarzysta.pl/muzyka/wywiady/1928-100-solowek-wszech-czasow) — #54

### Who played the guitar solo on Sweet Little Angel?

B.B. King played the solo on B.B. King's Sweet Little Angel (1965).

### What guitar was used on the Sweet Little Angel solo?

A gibson es-355 (lucille), according to widely reported accounts.

### Where does Sweet Little Angel rank among the greatest guitar solos?

#402 in the GreatestSolos consensus of 80 published lists; it appears on 1 of them.

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