# The Lonesome Road guitar solo > The guitar solo on The Lonesome Road by Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1938) starts at about 1:00. Played on a National Triolian. A blues classic from the 1930s. Canonical URL: Sister Rosetta Tharpe, 1938. Solo by *Sister Rosetta Tharpe*. An early recording showcasing her fluid picking and bluesy inflections on a mournful melody. The Lonesome Road by Sister Rosetta Tharpe is #11 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 1938. ## In our lists - [The Best Sister Rosetta Tharpe Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/sister-rosetta-tharpe-guitar-solos/) — #11 - [The Best Guitar Solos of 1938](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1938/) — #3 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on The Lonesome Road? Sister Rosetta Tharpe played the solo on Sister Rosetta Tharpe's The Lonesome Road (1938). ### What guitar was used on the The Lonesome Road solo? A national triolian, 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/)