# Twisted Blues guitar solo

> The guitar solo on Twisted Blues by Wes Montgomery (1961). From the album So Much Guitar!. Played on a Gibson L-5CES. A jazz classic from the 1960s.

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Wes Montgomery, 1961, from *So Much Guitar!*. Solo by *Wes Montgomery*.

An angular original blues with tricky melodic turns and a hard-swinging solo.

Twisted Blues by Wes Montgomery is #14 in our ranking of the best Wes Montgomery guitar solos. The solo is played by Wes Montgomery and the song was released in 1961.

## In our lists

- [The Best Wes Montgomery Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/wes-montgomery-guitar-solos/) — #14

## Sources

### Who played the guitar solo on Twisted Blues?

Wes Montgomery played the solo on Wes Montgomery's Twisted Blues (1961).

### What guitar was used on the Twisted Blues solo?

A gibson l-5ces, according to widely reported accounts.

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