# Who's Crying Now guitar solo > Neal Schon's guitar solo on Who's Crying Now by Journey (1981) starts at 3:19. From the album Escape. Played on a Gibson Les Paul. Canonical URL: Journey, 1981, from *Escape*. Solo by *Neal Schon*. The long outro solo is often cited as Schon's finest moment: patient, vocal phrasing that builds over the fading groove. Who's Crying Now by Journey is #2 in our ranking of the best Journey guitar solos. The solo is played by Neal Schon and the song was released in 1981. ## In our lists - [The Best Journey Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/journey-guitar-solos/) — #2 - [The Best Neal Schon Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/neal-schon-guitar-solos/) — #1 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1981](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1981/) — #20 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Who's Crying Now? Neal Schon played the solo on Journey's Who's Crying Now (1981). ### What guitar was used on the Who's Crying Now solo? A gibson les paul, according to widely reported accounts. --- 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/)