Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground
Blind Willie Johnson, 1928, from Single (Columbia). Solo by Blind Willie Johnson.
A wordless moan paired with eerie knife-slide lines, recorded in open D tuning. It was later sent into space aboard the Voyager Golden Record.
Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground by Blind Willie Johnson is #1 in our ranking of the best Blind Willie Johnson guitar solos. The solo is played by Blind Willie Johnson and the song was released in 1928.
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Who played the guitar solo on Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground?
Blind Willie Johnson played the solo on Blind Willie Johnson's Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground (1928).