# Jesus Just Left Chicago guitar solo > Billy Gibbons's guitar solo on Jesus Just Left Chicago by ZZ Top (1973) starts at about 4:10. From the album Tres Hombres. A blues classic from the 1970s. Canonical URL: ZZ Top, 1973, from *Tres Hombres*. Solo by *Billy Gibbons*. A slow, swampy blues with deliberate, vocal phrasing that reveals Gibbons' deep roots. Jesus Just Left Chicago by ZZ Top is ranked #325 in our consensus of 80 guitar-solo lists. The solo is played by Billy Gibbons and the song was released in 1973. It appears on 2 lists, placing as high as #85 (uDiscover Music). ## In our lists - [The Best ZZ Top Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/zz-top-guitar-solos/) — #4 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1973](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1973/) — #13 ## Sources - [uDiscover Music: The Best Guitar Solos Of All Time: 108 Amazing Moments](https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/best-guitar-solos-ever/) — #85 - [Guitar Tricks: 200 Best Guitar Solos of All Time](https://www.guitartricks.com/blog/200-Best-Guitar-Solos-of-All-Time) — #93 ### Who played the guitar solo on Jesus Just Left Chicago? Billy Gibbons played the solo on ZZ Top's Jesus Just Left Chicago (1973). ### What guitar was used on the Jesus Just Left Chicago solo? A 1959 gibson les paul 'pearly gates', according to widely reported accounts. ### Where does Jesus Just Left Chicago rank among the greatest guitar solos? #325 in the GreatestSolos consensus of 80 published lists; it appears on 2 of them. --- 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/)