# Burnin' Hell guitar solo > The guitar solo on Burnin' Hell by John Lee Hooker (1959) starts at about 1:30. From the album Burnin'. Watch from the solo, plus the story and gear. Canonical URL: John Lee Hooker, 1959, from *Burnin'*. Solo by *John Lee Hooker*. A fierce, driving performance showing the percussive power of Hooker's electric playing. Burnin' Hell by John Lee Hooker is #15 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 1959. ## In our lists - [The Best John Lee Hooker Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/john-lee-hooker-guitar-solos/) — #15 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1959](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1959/) — #18 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Burnin' Hell? John Lee Hooker played the solo on John Lee Hooker's Burnin' Hell (1959). --- 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/)