Think you've heard the most jaw-dropping hardcore blues solos of all time? We don't think you have until you've heard every solo on this list of what we consider the 50 greatest badass blues guitar ...

Let's begin with a simple fact: T-Bone Walker wrote the dictionary on electric blues guitar practically single-handedly. The licks and techniques he invented – or, at the very least, popularised – are ...

Everybody has a different opinion on who the greatest guitar player of all time is—some will say Prince, others say Eric Clapton, some claim Jimi Hendrix. However, one musician whose name often goes ...

What makes a great guitar solo? Is it pure emotion or dazzling technical command? Simplicity or complexity? One note or a thousand? Is it meticulously crafted melodic precision, hair-raising ...

There's a particular kind of silence that follows a great guitar solo. Not the silence of an ending, but the silence of a listener trying to process something that moved faster than words. Some solos ...

93. The Edge on U2′s “Bullet the Blue Sky” “Bullet the Blue Sky” sticks out like a sore thumb on “The Joshua Tree,” an otherwise modest record in terms of its musical arrangements. The Edge’s guitar, ...

He was one of the most popular live acts of the early 1970s, when his signature fast blues guitar solos attracted a wide following. By The Associated Press Johnny Winter Performance - H 2014 His ...

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 ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

“The blues are the roots and the other musics are the fruits. It’s better keeping the roots alive because it means better fruits from now on. The blues are the roots of all American music. As long as ...