# Down in the Bottom guitar solo

> Hubert Sumlin's guitar solo on Down in the Bottom by Howlin' Wolf (1961) starts at about 1:10. From the album Howlin' Wolf. A blues classic from the 1960s.

Canonical URL: <https://greatestsolos.com/song/howlin-wolf-down-in-the-bottom/>

Howlin' Wolf, 1961, from *Howlin' Wolf*. Solo by *Hubert Sumlin*.

A driving slide-led shuffle whose urgent guitar lines helped inspire the British blues boom.

Down in the Bottom by Howlin' Wolf is #15 in our ranking of the best Howlin' Wolf guitar solos. The solo is played by Hubert Sumlin and the song was released in 1961.

## In our lists

- [The Best Howlin' Wolf Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/howlin-wolf-guitar-solos/) — #15

## Sources

### Who played the guitar solo on Down in the Bottom?

Hubert Sumlin played the solo on Howlin' Wolf's Down in the Bottom (1961).

---

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/)