# Hard to Handle guitar solo

> Brendan O'Brien's guitar solo on Hard to Handle by The Black Crowes (1990) starts at about 2:02. From the album Shake Your Money Maker.

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The Black Crowes, 1990, from *Shake Your Money Maker*. Solo by *Brendan O'Brien*.

The breakthrough Otis Redding cover features a punchy guitar solo played by engineer Brendan O'Brien, whose snappy break fits the song's soul strut.

Hard to Handle by The Black Crowes is ranked #502 in our consensus of 80 guitar-solo lists. The solo is played by Brendan O'Brien and the song was released in 1990. It appears on 1 lists, placing as high as #99 (Magazyn Gitarzysta).

## In our lists

- [The Best The Black Crowes Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/the-black-crowes-guitar-solos/) — #5
- [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1990](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1990/) — #18

## Sources

- [Magazyn Gitarzysta: 100 solówek wszech czasów \[100 solos of all time\]](https://magazyngitarzysta.pl/muzyka/wywiady/1928-100-solowek-wszech-czasow) — #99

### Who played the guitar solo on Hard to Handle?

Brendan O'Brien played the solo on The Black Crowes's Hard to Handle (1990).

### Where does Hard to Handle rank among the greatest guitar solos?

#502 in the GreatestSolos consensus of 80 published lists; it appears on 1 of them.

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