# Blue on Black guitar solo > The guitar solo on Blue on Black by Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band (1997) starts at about 2:58. From the album Trouble Is.... Played on a Fender Stratocaster. Canonical URL: Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band, 1997, from *Trouble Is...*. Solo by *Kenny Wayne Shepherd*. His biggest hit, with a solo that builds from lyrical phrasing into searing, bend-heavy lines. Blue on Black by Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band is #1 in our ranking of the best Kenny Wayne Shepherd guitar solos. The solo is played by Kenny Wayne Shepherd and the song was released in 1997. ## In our lists - [The Best Kenny Wayne Shepherd Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/kenny-wayne-shepherd-guitar-solos/) — #1 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1997](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1997/) — #9 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Blue on Black? Kenny Wayne Shepherd played the solo on Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band's Blue on Black (1997). ### What guitar was used on the Blue on Black solo? A fender stratocaster, 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/)