# South California Purples guitar solo > Terry Kath's guitar solo on South California Purples by Chicago (1969) starts at about 3:54. From the album The Chicago Transit Authority. Canonical URL: Chicago, 1969, from *The Chicago Transit Authority*. Solo by *Terry Kath*. A slow blues vehicle where Kath's wah-inflected leads stretch out with a gritty, Hendrix-influenced swagger. South California Purples by Chicago is #6 in our ranking of the best Chicago guitar solos. The solo is played by Terry Kath and the song was released in 1969. ## In our lists - [The Best Chicago Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/chicago-guitar-solos/) — #6 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on South California Purples? Terry Kath played the solo on Chicago's South California Purples (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/)