# The Cooker guitar solo > The guitar solo on The Cooker by George Benson (1967). From the album The George Benson Cookbook. Watch from the solo, plus the story and gear. Canonical URL: George Benson, 1967, from *The George Benson Cookbook*. Solo by *George Benson*. A hard-bop burner where Benson's precise alternate picking and relentless swing earned him his reputation as the heir to Wes Montgomery. The Cooker by George Benson is #9 in our ranking of the best George Benson guitar solos. The solo is played by George Benson and the song was released in 1967. ## In our lists - [The Best George Benson Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/george-benson-guitar-solos/) — #9 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on The Cooker? George Benson played the solo on George Benson's The Cooker (1967). --- 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/)