# Mean Old World guitar solo

> The guitar solo on Mean Old World by T-Bone Walker (1942) starts at about 0:14. From the album Non-album single. Watch from the solo, plus the story and gear.

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T-Bone Walker, 1942, from *Non-album single*. Solo by *T-Bone Walker*.

One of the first great electric blues guitar recordings, with fluid single-note lines that sounded new in 1942.

Mean Old World by T-Bone Walker is #3 in our ranking of the best T-Bone Walker guitar solos. The solo is played by T-Bone Walker and the song was released in 1942.

## In our lists

- [The Best T-Bone Walker Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/t-bone-walker-guitar-solos/) — #3
- [The Best Guitar Solos of 1942](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1942/) — #1

## Sources

### Who played the guitar solo on Mean Old World?

T-Bone Walker played the solo on T-Bone Walker's Mean Old World (1942).

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