# Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings guitar solo > Billy Gibbons's guitar solo on Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings by ZZ Top (1975) starts at about 0:59. From the album Fandango!. Canonical URL: ZZ Top, 1975, from *Fandango!*. Solo by *Billy Gibbons*. A greasy, swaggering lead matched to one of the band's heaviest grooves. Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings by ZZ Top is #14 in our ranking of the best ZZ Top guitar solos. The solo is played by Billy Gibbons and the song was released in 1975. ## In our lists - [The Best ZZ Top Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/zz-top-guitar-solos/) — #14 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings? Billy Gibbons played the solo on ZZ Top's Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings (1975). ### What guitar was used on the Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings solo? A 1959 gibson les paul 'pearly gates', 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/)