# Pearl Cadillac guitar solo > The guitar solo on Pearl Cadillac by Gary Clark Jr. (2019) starts at about 3:20. From the album This Land. Watch from the solo, with tab and lesson links. Canonical URL: Gary Clark Jr., 2019, from *This Land*. Solo by *Gary Clark Jr.*. A falsetto soul ballad written for Clark's mother, lifted by a searing, emotional guitar solo. Pearl Cadillac, from This Land, is a falsetto soul ballad written for Gary Clark Jr.'s mother, and its guitar solo lifts the song to an emotional peak. His tone is thick and searing, with plenty of sustain, and his phrasing mixes bluesy bends with long, crying notes that match the song's heartfelt lyrics. The solo builds gradually, starting with restrained phrases before soaring into more intense territory. It shows his ability to fuse classic soul with modern blues-rock. Listen for how Clark bends notes slowly into pitch, almost like a singer reaching for a high note, and how the solo mirrors the emotional arc of the vocal performance. Pearl Cadillac by Gary Clark Jr. is featured in our Neo-Soul (#11) list. The solo is played by Gary Clark Jr. and the song was released in 2019. ## In our lists - [The 20 Greatest Neo-Soul Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/neo-soul/) — #11 - [The Best Gary Clark Jr. Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/gary-clark-jr-guitar-solos/) — #4 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 2019](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-2019/) — #3 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Pearl Cadillac? Gary Clark Jr. played the solo on Gary Clark Jr.'s Pearl Cadillac (2019). --- 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/)