A legendary birthday gift, a glass medicine bottle, and two minutes of absolute, blistering slide-guitar perfection created a ...

A great rock song begins with an unbelievable riff. These 33 songs are elite examples of exactly that, with some that might ...

A 1973 blues rock classic was named among the greatest guitar riffs of all time. It sparked a local controversy and got the band sued.

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What is rock and roll without energy-pulsating electric guitar solos? Throughout rock and roll history, guitar solos have sent the guitarist and the audience into spirit-like trances and unmatched ...

A Black woman born in Cotton Plant more than 110 years ago helped build the foundations of rock 'n' roll, rose to ...

One of the most defining factors of rock music is the guitar riffs. Throughout the genre’s history, there have been several songs defined by the musicianship, particularly guitarists. In the musical ...

Incendiary sounds shooting like fireworks off the strings of an electric guitar have defined pop music around the world for 70 years. Credit Adolph Rickenbacker (1887-1976) for this world-wide wonder ...

From Eddie Van Halen to Brian May to Prince, these are just some of the names that come to mind when talking about some of the greatest rock guitarists of all time. These are gifted musicians who not ...

At a young age, the soul of the blues grabbed Eric VonHerzen by the collar and shoved itself into his pocket. In Orange County during the early ‘70s, there probably weren’t too many kids who needed it ...