Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby
Carl Perkins, 1957, from Dance Album of Carl Perkins. Solo by Carl Perkins.
Clean, twangy runs and ringing open-position licks give this jaunty number its hook; George Harrison copied it nearly note for note.
Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby by Carl Perkins is #6 in our ranking of the best Carl Perkins guitar solos. The solo is played by Carl Perkins and the song was released in 1957.
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Who played the guitar solo on Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby?
Carl Perkins played the solo on Carl Perkins's Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby (1957).
What guitar was used on the Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby solo?
A gibson les paul, according to widely reported accounts.