# Elvis Is Dead guitar solo > Vernon Reid's guitar solo on Elvis Is Dead by Living Colour (1990) starts at about 2:31. From the album Time's Up. A hard rock classic from the 1990s. Canonical URL: Living Colour, 1990, from *Time's Up*. Solo by *Vernon Reid*. A rowdy rock and roll romp where Reid's wild runs trade energy with guest Little Richard. Elvis Is Dead by Living Colour is #13 in our ranking of the best Living Colour guitar solos. The solo is played by Vernon Reid and the song was released in 1990. ## In our lists - [The Best Living Colour Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/living-colour-guitar-solos/) — #13 - [The Best Vernon Reid Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/vernon-reid-guitar-solos/) — #8 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Elvis Is Dead? Vernon Reid played the solo on Living Colour's Elvis Is Dead (1990). --- 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/)