# When a Guitar Plays the Blues guitar solo > The guitar solo on When a Guitar Plays the Blues by Roy Buchanan (1985) starts at about 1:00. From the album When a Guitar Plays the Blues. Canonical URL: Roy Buchanan, 1985, from *When a Guitar Plays the Blues*. Solo by *Roy Buchanan*. The title track of his Alligator comeback is a slow blues with searing sustain and pinch-harmonic wails. When a Guitar Plays the Blues by Roy Buchanan is #3 in our ranking of the best Roy Buchanan guitar solos. The solo is played by Roy Buchanan and the song was released in 1985. ## In our lists - [The Best Roy Buchanan Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/roy-buchanan-guitar-solos/) — #3 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1985](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1985/) — #16 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on When a Guitar Plays the Blues? Roy Buchanan played the solo on Roy Buchanan's When a Guitar Plays the Blues (1985). ### What guitar was used on the When a Guitar Plays the Blues solo? A fender telecaster, 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/)