# Helplessness Blues guitar solo

> Robin Pecknold's guitar solo on Helplessness Blues by Fleet Foxes (2011) starts at about 3:20. From the album Helplessness Blues.

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Fleet Foxes, 2011, from *Helplessness Blues*. Solo by *Robin Pecknold*.

Strummed acoustic momentum and a shift into electric guitar mark one of the band's defining songs.

Helplessness Blues by Fleet Foxes is #6 in our ranking of the best Fleet Foxes guitar solos. The solo is played by Robin Pecknold and the song was released in 2011.

## In our lists

- [The Best Fleet Foxes Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/fleet-foxes-guitar-solos/) — #6

## Sources

### Who played the guitar solo on Helplessness Blues?

Robin Pecknold played the solo on Fleet Foxes's Helplessness Blues (2011).

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