# Poem 58 guitar solo > Terry Kath's guitar solo on Poem 58 by Chicago (1969) starts at about 1:00. From the album The Chicago Transit Authority. A jazz rock classic from the 1960s. Canonical URL: Chicago, 1969, from *The Chicago Transit Authority*. Solo by *Terry Kath*. The long instrumental opening is essentially a Kath guitar clinic, with rapid-fire blues-rock phrasing riding a propulsive groove before the song proper arrives. Poem 58 by Chicago is ranked #443 in our consensus of 80 guitar-solo lists. The solo is played by Terry Kath and the song was released in 1969. It appears on 1 lists, placing as high as #84 (uDiscover Music). ## In our lists - [The Best Chicago Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/chicago-guitar-solos/) — #4 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1969](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1969/) — #17 ## Sources - [uDiscover Music: The Best Guitar Solos Of All Time: 108 Amazing Moments](https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/best-guitar-solos-ever/) — #84 ### Who played the guitar solo on Poem 58? Terry Kath played the solo on Chicago's Poem 58 (1969). ### Where does Poem 58 rank among the greatest guitar solos? #443 in the GreatestSolos consensus of 80 published lists; it appears on 1 of them. --- 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/)