# The Motor City Is Burning guitar solo > The guitar solo on The Motor City Is Burning by John Lee Hooker (1967) starts at about 1:30. From the album Urban Blues. A blues classic from the 1960s. Canonical URL: John Lee Hooker, 1967, from *Urban Blues*. Solo by *John Lee Hooker*. A topical electric blues about the Detroit riots, driven by stinging, urgent guitar. The Motor City Is Burning by John Lee Hooker is #12 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 1967. ## In our lists - [The Best John Lee Hooker Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/john-lee-hooker-guitar-solos/) — #12 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on The Motor City Is Burning? John Lee Hooker played the solo on John Lee Hooker's The Motor City Is Burning (1967). --- 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/)