# Dimples guitar solo > The guitar solo on Dimples by John Lee Hooker (1956) starts at about 1:13. From the album single. Watch from the solo, plus the story and gear. Canonical URL: John Lee Hooker, 1956, from *single*. Solo by *John Lee Hooker*. A strutting Vee-Jay shuffle whose riff became a British blues-boom favorite. Dimples by John Lee Hooker is #6 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 1956. ## In our lists - [The Best John Lee Hooker Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/john-lee-hooker-guitar-solos/) — #6 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1956](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1956/) — #18 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Dimples? John Lee Hooker played the solo on John Lee Hooker's Dimples (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/)