# Bad Influence guitar solo > The guitar solo on Bad Influence by The Robert Cray Band (1983) starts at about 1:35. From the album Bad Influence. Played on a Fender Stratocaster. Canonical URL: The Robert Cray Band, 1983, from *Bad Influence*. Solo by *Robert Cray*. Economical, punchy playing with a clean, cutting tone that became his trademark. Bad Influence by The Robert Cray Band is #5 in our ranking of the best Robert Cray guitar solos. The solo is played by Robert Cray and the song was released in 1983. ## In our lists - [The Best Robert Cray Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/robert-cray-guitar-solos/) — #5 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Bad Influence? Robert Cray played the solo on The Robert Cray Band's Bad Influence (1983). ### What guitar was used on the Bad Influence solo? A fender stratocaster, 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/)