# The Best Blind Willie Johnson Guitar Solos

> The 15 best Blind Willie Johnson guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground (1928), then It's Nobody's Fault but Mine.

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Blind Willie Johnson recorded only thirty sides between 1927 and 1930, yet his slide guitar and gravel-voiced gospel shaped blues for a century. His knife-slide playing on the most haunting of those records was chosen to represent humanity on the Voyager spacecraft.

Informed by: [Wikipedia: Blind Willie Johnson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_Willie_Johnson), [Wikipedia: Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Was_the_Night,_Cold_Was_the_Ground)

1. [Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground](https://greatestsolos.com/song/blind-willie-johnson-dark-was-the-night-cold-was-the-ground/) — Blind Willie Johnson · solo by Blind Willie Johnson · 1928
2. [It's Nobody's Fault but Mine](https://greatestsolos.com/song/blind-willie-johnson-it-s-nobody-s-fault-but-mine/) — Blind Willie Johnson · solo by Blind Willie Johnson · 1928
3. [John the Revelator](https://greatestsolos.com/song/blind-willie-johnson-john-the-revelator/) — Blind Willie Johnson · solo by Blind Willie Johnson · 1930
4. [Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed](https://greatestsolos.com/song/blind-willie-johnson-jesus-make-up-my-dying-bed/) — Blind Willie Johnson · solo by Blind Willie Johnson · 1928
5. [Mother's Children Have a Hard Time](https://greatestsolos.com/song/blind-willie-johnson-mother-s-children-have-a-hard-time/) — Blind Willie Johnson · solo by Blind Willie Johnson · 1928
6. [If I Had My Way I'd Tear the Building Down](https://greatestsolos.com/song/blind-willie-johnson-if-i-had-my-way-i-d-tear-the-building-down/) — Blind Willie Johnson · solo by Blind Willie Johnson · 1928
7. [The Soul of a Man](https://greatestsolos.com/song/blind-willie-johnson-the-soul-of-a-man/) — Blind Willie Johnson · solo by Blind Willie Johnson · 1930
8. [Let Your Light Shine on Me](https://greatestsolos.com/song/blind-willie-johnson-let-your-light-shine-on-me/) — Blind Willie Johnson · solo by Blind Willie Johnson · 1929
9. [I Know His Blood Can Make Me Whole](https://greatestsolos.com/song/blind-willie-johnson-i-know-his-blood-can-make-me-whole/) — Blind Willie Johnson · solo by Blind Willie Johnson · 1928
10. [Lord I Just Can't Keep From Crying](https://greatestsolos.com/song/blind-willie-johnson-lord-i-just-can-t-keep-from-crying/) — Blind Willie Johnson · solo by Blind Willie Johnson · 1929
11. [Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning](https://greatestsolos.com/song/blind-willie-johnson-keep-your-lamp-trimmed-and-burning/) — Blind Willie Johnson · solo by Blind Willie Johnson · 1929
12. [God Moves on the Water](https://greatestsolos.com/song/blind-willie-johnson-god-moves-on-the-water/) — Blind Willie Johnson · solo by Blind Willie Johnson · 1929
13. [You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond](https://greatestsolos.com/song/blind-willie-johnson-you-re-gonna-need-somebody-on-your-bond/) — Blind Willie Johnson · solo by Blind Willie Johnson · 1930
14. [Jesus Is Coming Soon](https://greatestsolos.com/song/blind-willie-johnson-jesus-is-coming-soon/) — Blind Willie Johnson · solo by Blind Willie Johnson · 1929
15. [I'm Gonna Run to the City of Refuge](https://greatestsolos.com/song/blind-willie-johnson-i-m-gonna-run-to-the-city-of-refuge/) — Blind Willie Johnson · solo by Blind Willie Johnson · 1929

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