# Kid guitar solo > James Honeyman-Scott's guitar solo on Kid by Pretenders (1979) starts at about 1:21. From the album Pretenders. A new wave classic from the 1970s. Canonical URL: Pretenders, 1979, from *Pretenders*. Solo by *James Honeyman-Scott*. Honeyman-Scott's short, graceful solo shows why he was one of the most melodic guitarists of the era. Kid, from the Pretenders' debut album, features James Honeyman-Scott's short, graceful solo, a perfect example of his melodic gift. His lines are clean and lyrical, echoing the song's bittersweet mood with sweet bends and carefully chosen notes. The solo sits neatly within the song's arrangement, adding emotional depth without disrupting its flow. Honeyman-Scott's style blended '60s pop sensibility with new wave energy, making him one of the era's most admired melodic players. Listen for how the solo seems to sing a wordless version of the song's feelings, and how each phrase resolves gently, like a sigh at the end of a thought. Kid by Pretenders is featured in our New Wave (#11) list. The solo is played by James Honeyman-Scott and the song was released in 1979. ## In our lists - [The 25 Greatest New Wave Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/new-wave/) — #11 - [The Best The Pretenders Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/the-pretenders-guitar-solos/) — #1 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1979](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1979/) — #20 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Kid? James Honeyman-Scott played the solo on Pretenders's Kid (1979). --- 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/)