# Why I Sing the Blues guitar solo > The guitar solo on Why I Sing the Blues by B.B. King (1969) starts at about 1:00. From the album Live & Well. Played on a Gibson ES-355 (Lucille). Canonical URL: B.B. King, 1969, from *Live & Well*. Solo by *B.B. King*. Over a tight funky groove, King stretches out with pointed, rhythmic lines that show how well his style fit a harder-edged band. Why I Sing the Blues by B.B. King is #10 in our ranking of the best B.B. King guitar solos. The solo is played by B.B. King and the song was released in 1969. ## In our lists - [The Best B.B. King Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/b-b-king-guitar-solos/) — #10 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Why I Sing the Blues? B.B. King played the solo on B.B. King's Why I Sing the Blues (1969). ### What guitar was used on the Why I Sing the Blues solo? A gibson es-355 (lucille), 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/)