Cross Road Blues
Robert Johnson, 1937, from Non-album single. Solo by Robert Johnson.
Johnson's urgent slide phrases and percussive attack became the foundation of the crossroads myth and of countless rock reinterpretations.
Cross Road Blues by Robert Johnson is #1 in our ranking of the best Robert Johnson guitar solos. The solo is played by Robert Johnson and the song was released in 1937.
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Who played the guitar solo on Cross Road Blues?
Robert Johnson played the solo on Robert Johnson's Cross Road Blues (1937).