# Smokestack Lightning guitar solo > Hubert Sumlin & Willie Johnson's guitar solo on Smokestack Lightning by Howlin' Wolf (1956) starts at about 1:35. From the album Moanin' in the Moonlight. Canonical URL: Howlin' Wolf, 1956, from *Moanin' in the Moonlight*. Solo by *Hubert Sumlin & Willie Johnson*. A hypnotic, one-chord drone in which the guitar's repeating figure and sly fills create an almost trance-like pull. Smokestack Lightning by Howlin' Wolf is #2 in our ranking of the best Howlin' Wolf guitar solos. The solo is played by Hubert Sumlin & Willie Johnson and the song was released in 1956. ## In our lists - [The Best Howlin' Wolf Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/howlin-wolf-guitar-solos/) — #2 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1956](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1956/) — #13 - [16 Easy Blues Guitar Solos to Learn (From First Licks to Slow Blues)](https://greatestsolos.com/list/easy-blues-solos/) — #2 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Smokestack Lightning? Hubert Sumlin & Willie Johnson played the solo on Howlin' Wolf's Smokestack Lightning (1956). --- 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/)