# How Many More Years guitar solo > Willie Johnson's guitar solo on How Many More Years by Howlin' Wolf (1951) starts at about 1:28. From the album Moanin' in the Moonlight. Canonical URL: Howlin' Wolf, 1951, from *Moanin' in the Moonlight*. Solo by *Willie Johnson*. Willie Johnson's overdriven, raw guitar on this early Sun-era side is often named among the first distorted guitar sounds on record. How Many More Years by Howlin' Wolf is #7 in our ranking of the best Howlin' Wolf guitar solos. The solo is played by Willie Johnson and the song was released in 1951. ## In our lists - [The Best Howlin' Wolf Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/howlin-wolf-guitar-solos/) — #7 - [The Best Guitar Solos of 1951](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1951/) — #9 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on How Many More Years? Willie Johnson played the solo on Howlin' Wolf's How Many More Years (1951). --- 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/)