# Politician guitar solo

> Eric Clapton's guitar solo on Politician by Cream (1968) starts at about 1:58. From the album Wheels of Fire. Watch from the solo, plus the story and gear.

Canonical URL: <https://greatestsolos.com/song/cream-politician/>

Cream, 1968, from *Wheels of Fire*. Solo by *Eric Clapton*.

Clapton overdubbed layered lead lines over Bruce's slinky riff, weaving two guitar voices into a menacing, bluesy tapestry.

Politician by Cream is #10 in our ranking of the best Cream guitar solos. The solo is played by Eric Clapton and the song was released in 1968.

## In our lists

- [The Best Cream Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/cream-guitar-solos/) — #10

## Sources

### Who played the guitar solo on Politician?

Eric Clapton played the solo on Cream's Politician (1968).

---

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/)