# Had to Cry Today guitar solo > Eric Clapton's guitar solo on Had to Cry Today by Blind Faith (1969) starts at about 3:00. From the album Blind Faith. A blues rock classic from the 1960s. Canonical URL: Blind Faith, 1969, from *Blind Faith*. Solo by *Eric Clapton*. Clapton and Winwood trade and layer guitar parts over a heavy riff, stretching into long, fluid blues-rock improvisations. The interplay makes this nearly nine-minute track the band's guitar showcase. Had to Cry Today by Blind Faith is #2 in our ranking of the best Blind Faith guitar solos. The solo is played by Eric Clapton and the song was released in 1969. ## In our lists - [The Best Blind Faith Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/blind-faith-guitar-solos/) — #2 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Had to Cry Today? Eric Clapton played the solo on Blind Faith's Had to Cry Today (1969). --- 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/)