Pearly Queen
Traffic, 1968, from Traffic. Solo by Steve Winwood.
A grinding riff and a raw, stinging fuzz solo make this the band's heaviest cut of the period. Winwood sounds positively Hendrix-adjacent.
Pearly Queen by Traffic is #3 in our ranking of the best Traffic guitar solos. The solo is played by Steve Winwood and the song was released in 1968.
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Who played the guitar solo on Pearly Queen?
Steve Winwood played the solo on Traffic's Pearly Queen (1968).