# Sweet Home Chicago guitar solo > The guitar solo on Sweet Home Chicago by Robert Johnson (1937) starts at about 0:11. From the album Non-album single. A blues classic from the 1930s. Canonical URL: Robert Johnson, 1937, from *Non-album single*. Solo by *Robert Johnson*. The boogie-shuffle bass pattern here became a cornerstone of Chicago blues and blues-rock rhythm guitar. Sweet Home Chicago by Robert Johnson is #9 in our ranking of the best Robert Johnson guitar solos. The solo is played by Robert Johnson and the song was released in 1937. ## In our lists - [The Best Robert Johnson Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/robert-johnson-guitar-solos/) — #9 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Sweet Home Chicago? Robert Johnson played the solo on Robert Johnson's Sweet Home Chicago (1937). --- 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/)