# The Sky Is Crying guitar solo > The guitar solo on The Sky Is Crying by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble (1991) starts at about 1:30. From the album The Sky Is Crying. Canonical URL: Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, 1991, from *The Sky Is Crying*. Solo by *Stevie Ray Vaughan*. A slow Elmore James cover delivered with searing tone and huge bends. Released after his death, it felt like an epitaph. The Sky Is Crying by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble is #19 in our ranking of the best Stevie Ray Vaughan guitar solos. The solo is played by Stevie Ray Vaughan and the song was released in 1991. ## In our lists - [The Best Stevie Ray Vaughan Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/stevie-ray-vaughan-guitar-solos/) — #19 - [The Saddest Guitar Solos Ever Recorded](https://greatestsolos.com/list/saddest-guitar-solos/) — #17 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on The Sky Is Crying? Stevie Ray Vaughan played the solo on Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble's The Sky Is Crying (1991). ### What guitar was used on the The Sky Is Crying solo? A fender stratocaster ("number one"), 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/)