# Spoonful guitar solo > Hubert Sumlin's guitar solo on Spoonful by Howlin' Wolf (1960) starts at about 1:40. From the album Howlin' Wolf. Ranked #321 of all time across 80 lists. Canonical URL: Howlin' Wolf, 1960, from *Howlin' Wolf*. Solo by *Hubert Sumlin*. Sumlin's terse, biting phrases answer every vocal line, and his playing showed how much space and attitude could say. Spoonful by Howlin' Wolf is ranked #321 in our consensus of 80 guitar-solo lists. The solo is played by Hubert Sumlin and the song was released in 1960. It appears on 1 lists, placing as high as #47 (Rolling Stone). ## In our lists - [The Best Howlin' Wolf Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/howlin-wolf-guitar-solos/) — #3 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1960](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1960/) — #2 ## Sources - [Rolling Stone: The 100 Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-guitar-solos-1235519961/) — #47 ### Who played the guitar solo on Spoonful? Hubert Sumlin played the solo on Howlin' Wolf's Spoonful (1960). ### Where does Spoonful rank among the greatest guitar solos? #321 in the GreatestSolos consensus of 80 published lists; it appears on 1 of them. --- 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/)