# I Smell a Rat guitar solo > The guitar solo on I Smell a Rat by Buddy Guy (1979) starts at about 2:30. From the album The Blues Giant. Watch from the solo, plus the story and gear. Canonical URL: Buddy Guy, 1979, from *The Blues Giant*. Solo by *Buddy Guy*. A lengthy slow blues that captures Guy at his most volatile, jumping from quiet murmurs to piercing screams on the fretboard. I Smell a Rat by Buddy Guy is #12 in our ranking of the best Buddy Guy guitar solos. The solo is played by Buddy Guy and the song was released in 1979. ## In our lists - [The Best Buddy Guy Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/buddy-guy-guitar-solos/) — #12 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on I Smell a Rat? Buddy Guy played the solo on Buddy Guy's I Smell a Rat (1979). --- 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/)