Joe Walsh is great at combining funky rhythms with blues-rock riffs and pentatonic lines. Check out Funk #49, Asshtonpark and Thanks (though, really, this is one of those albums you should play ...

Moreover, the guitar solo toward the song’s climax—equal parts searing and sorrowful—demonstrates that Buddy Guy can speak volumes without uttering a word.

Chuck Berry shaped all future rock and roll songs with the release of his 1958 hit song "Johnny B. Goode." Though it's not the craziest guitar solo ever recorded, it certainly was integral to the ...

Most think of the origins of the blues in terms of the Delta acoustic guitar style yet Afro-Romani cornetist, saxophonist, ...

The Louisiana phenom comes from the less-is-more school of blues that B.B. King came from, and you might want to keep that ...

The best of Led Zeppelin’s “song” songs (tunes with “song” in the title), the lead track from Led Zeppelin III is firmly one of the best Zep tunes without a Page solo. The band never ...

5. “Back in Black” by AC/DC One of AC/DC’s most famous songs is defined by one of rock music’s most famous guitar riffs. The moment the song kicks into the guitar riff, played by Angus ...

Imagine – The Beatles Solo Years 8 p.m. Friday. City Theater, 205 Main St., Biddeford, $25. citytheater.org Here’s a way to hear some of the Fab Four’s best songs outside of The Beatles.

It's impossible to narrow down Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath's most important and influential songs to just 15, but these ...

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