# Messin' with the Kid guitar solo > The guitar solo on Messin' with the Kid by Rory Gallagher (1972) starts at about 1:40. From the album Live in Europe. A blues rock classic from the 1970s. Canonical URL: Rory Gallagher, 1972, from *Live in Europe*. Solo by *Rory Gallagher*. His energetic reworking of the Junior Wells standard, packed with rapid-fire, crowd-rousing licks. Messin' with the Kid by Rory Gallagher is #11 in our ranking of the best Rory Gallagher guitar solos. The solo is played by Rory Gallagher and the song was released in 1972. ## In our lists - [The Best Rory Gallagher Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/rory-gallagher-guitar-solos/) — #11 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Messin' with the Kid? Rory Gallagher played the solo on Rory Gallagher's Messin' with the Kid (1972). ### What guitar was used on the Messin' with the Kid solo? A fender stratocaster through a Vox AC30 amp, 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/)