Desperate People
Living Colour, 1988, from Vivid. Solo by Vernon Reid.
A long, turbulent solo that piles up jazz-inflected lines and chromatic flurries over a churning groove.
Desperate People by Living Colour is #2 in our ranking of the best Living Colour guitar solos. The solo is played by Vernon Reid and the song was released in 1988.
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Who played the guitar solo on Desperate People?
Vernon Reid played the solo on Living Colour's Desperate People (1988).