# Desperate People guitar solo

> Vernon Reid's guitar solo on Desperate People by Living Colour (1988) starts at about 2:57. From the album Vivid. A hard rock classic from the 1980s.

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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.

## In our lists

- [The Best Living Colour Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/living-colour-guitar-solos/) — #2
- [The Best Vernon Reid Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/vernon-reid-guitar-solos/) — #3

## Sources

### Who played the guitar solo on Desperate People?

Vernon Reid played the solo on Living Colour's Desperate People (1988).

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