# Bad News Is Coming guitar solo > The guitar solo on Bad News Is Coming by Luther Allison (1972) starts at about 3:20. From the album Bad News Is Coming. A blues classic from the 1970s. Canonical URL: Luther Allison, 1972, from *Bad News Is Coming*. Solo by *Luther Allison*. A brooding slow blues from his Motown-era Gordy album, full of intense, piercing bends. Bad News Is Coming by Luther Allison is #3 in our ranking of the best Luther Allison guitar solos. The solo is played by Luther Allison and the song was released in 1972. ## In our lists - [The Best Luther Allison Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/luther-allison-guitar-solos/) — #3 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Bad News Is Coming? Luther Allison played the solo on Luther Allison's Bad News Is Coming (1972). --- 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/)