# Stone Crazy guitar solo

> The guitar solo on Stone Crazy by Buddy Guy (1962) starts at about 0:24. From the album I Was Walking Through the Woods. A blues classic from the 1960s.

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Buddy Guy, 1962, from *I Was Walking Through the Woods*. Solo by *Buddy Guy*.

Guy's Chess single alternates whispered phrases with sudden, frantic bursts, a preview of the volatility that inspired Hendrix.

Stone Crazy is a lesson in controlled chaos. Buddy Guy plays quiet, almost murmured phrases, then snaps into sudden flurries of notes and stinging bends that sound like a man losing his temper mid-sentence. The contrast is the whole point: he makes you lean in, then jolts you back. That sense of danger, of a guitarist who might do anything next, ran straight into the playing of Jimi Hendrix and a generation of rock soloists who valued intensity over polish. Listen for the moments where Guy drops almost to silence before an outburst; the space he leaves is as expressive as the notes themselves, and it shows how much drama comes from dynamics alone.

Stone Crazy by Buddy Guy is ranked #359 in our consensus of 80 guitar-solo lists. The solo is played by Buddy Guy and the song was released in 1962. It appears on 2 lists, placing as high as #99 (Rolling Stone).

## In our lists

- [The 25 Greatest Blues Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/blues/) — #10
- [Rolling Stone vs. Everyone](https://greatestsolos.com/list/rolling-stone-vs-everyone/) — #12
- [The Best Buddy Guy Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/buddy-guy-guitar-solos/) — #2
- [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1962](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1962/) — #2

## Sources

- [Rolling Stone: The 100 Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-guitar-solos-1235519961/) — #99
- [Digital Dream Door: 250 Greatest Rock Guitar Solos](https://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_guitarsolo.html) — #210

### Who played the guitar solo on Stone Crazy?

Buddy Guy played the solo on Buddy Guy's Stone Crazy (1962).

### Where does Stone Crazy rank among the greatest guitar solos?

#359 in the GreatestSolos consensus of 80 published lists; it appears on 2 of them.

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