Mother's Children Have a Hard Time
Blind Willie Johnson, 1928, from Single (Columbia). Solo by Blind Willie Johnson.
The slide guitar sings the melody in tandem with his voice, making the two nearly inseparable. Its sorrowful power influenced Eric Clapton's later version.
Mother's Children Have a Hard Time by Blind Willie Johnson is #5 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 Mother's Children Have a Hard Time?
Blind Willie Johnson played the solo on Blind Willie Johnson's Mother's Children Have a Hard Time (1928).