# Didn't It Rain guitar solo > The guitar solo on Didn't It Rain by Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1948) starts at about 1:14. Played on a Gibson SG Custom. A rock and roll classic from the 1940s. Canonical URL: Sister Rosetta Tharpe, 1948. Solo by *Sister Rosetta Tharpe*. A joyous, driving gospel shout whose stinging electric fills and breaks became legendary through her later televised performances. Didn't It Rain by Sister Rosetta Tharpe is #2 in our ranking of the best Sister Rosetta Tharpe guitar solos. The solo is played by Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the song was released in 1948. ## In our lists - [The Best Sister Rosetta Tharpe Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/sister-rosetta-tharpe-guitar-solos/) — #2 - [The Best Guitar Solos of 1948](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1948/) — #4 - [The Greatest Guitar Solos by Women Guitarists](https://greatestsolos.com/list/women-guitarists-guitar-solos/) — #2 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Didn't It Rain? Sister Rosetta Tharpe played the solo on Sister Rosetta Tharpe's Didn't It Rain (1948). ### What guitar was used on the Didn't It Rain solo? A gibson sg custom, according to widely reported accounts. --- 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/)