# Evil guitar solo > Hubert Sumlin & Jody Williams's guitar solo on Evil by Howlin' Wolf (1954) starts at about 1:28. From the album Moanin' in the Moonlight. Canonical URL: Howlin' Wolf, 1954, from *Moanin' in the Moonlight*. Solo by *Hubert Sumlin & Jody Williams*. Tight, stinging guitar lines prowl around the vocal, and the result became a staple of blues-rock covers. Evil by Howlin' Wolf is #13 in our ranking of the best Howlin' Wolf guitar solos. The solo is played by Hubert Sumlin & Jody Williams and the song was released in 1954. ## In our lists - [The Best Howlin' Wolf Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/howlin-wolf-guitar-solos/) — #13 - [The Best Guitar Solos of 1954](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1954/) — #7 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Evil? Hubert Sumlin & Jody Williams played the solo on Howlin' Wolf's Evil (1954). --- 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/)