# Boom Boom guitar solo > The guitar solo on Boom Boom by John Lee Hooker (1962) starts at about 1:40. From the album Burnin'. Watch from the solo, plus the story and gear. Canonical URL: John Lee Hooker, 1962, from *Burnin'*. Solo by *John Lee Hooker*. The stop-time riff is one of the most copied in blues and rock, played with Hooker's unmistakable raw, percussive attack. Boom Boom by John Lee Hooker is #2 in our ranking of the best John Lee Hooker guitar solos. The solo is played by John Lee Hooker and the song was released in 1962. ## In our lists - [The Best John Lee Hooker Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/john-lee-hooker-guitar-solos/) — #2 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1962](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1962/) — #11 - [16 Easy Blues Guitar Solos to Learn (From First Licks to Slow Blues)](https://greatestsolos.com/list/easy-blues-solos/) — #1 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Boom Boom? John Lee Hooker played the solo on John Lee Hooker's Boom Boom (1962). --- 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/)