# Work Song guitar solo > Mike Bloomfield's guitar solo on Work Song by The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (1966). From the album East-West. Played on a Gibson Les Paul Goldtop. Canonical URL: The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, 1966, from *East-West*. Solo by *Mike Bloomfield*. The band's take on the jazz standard shows Bloomfield improvising with jazz sophistication. Work Song by The Paul Butterfield Blues Band is #6 in our ranking of the best Mike Bloomfield guitar solos. The solo is played by Mike Bloomfield and the song was released in 1966. ## In our lists - [The Best Mike Bloomfield Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/mike-bloomfield-guitar-solos/) — #6 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1966](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1966/) — #17 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Work Song? Mike Bloomfield played the solo on The Paul Butterfield Blues Band's Work Song (1966). ### What guitar was used on the Work Song solo? A gibson les paul goldtop, 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/)