Recorded in 1967 on the album Disraeli Gears, it was released as a single in January 1968 and is this supergroup’s only gold-selling selling single in the United States. The song was written by Jack Bruce (Cream’s bassist), Pete Brown (an English performance poet and lyricist) and Eric Clapton (Cream’s lead guitarist). As well as ...…
This simple sounding song is awash with trademark Eagles harmonies, coupled with a great intertwining dual guitar solo played by Glenn Frey and Don Felder. The song was written by Jack Tempchin and Robert Arnold Strandlund and featured on their 1974 album On the Border. Nether of the writers of this song were in The ...…
Gary Moore (4th April 1952 to 6th February 2011) was an Irish musician from Belfast best known for his guitar work with Thin Lizzy and, more recently, as a solo blues/rock guitarist in his own right. He died of a heart attack in February 2011 in his hotel room whilst on holiday in Esteponia, Spain. ...…
Mark Knopfler, the lead guitarist with Dire Straits shot to fame when this great song was recorded in early 1978 at for the band’s debut album Dire Straits. The song was written by Mark Knopfler and allegedly inspired by watching a jazz band in a virtually deserted London pub. It also has longevity to it ...…
Anyone who can play guitar has, at some time, either learnt this classic Lynrd Skynyrd song with all it’s solos or, at the very least, it famous intro. It was a big hit in 1974 and in 2004 it was listed in Rolling Stone’s list “The 500 Greatest songs of Al Time” This song is ...…
This must be one of the most recognisable songs of all time and is the first track on the album Neverrmind which was released in 1991. This was Nirvana’s second album. The song is the only one written by all 3 band members (Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl). Allegedly, Kurt Cobain came up ...…
This song is the Kings of Leon definitive anthem and is taken from their 2009 (4th) album, Only by the Night. Only true die hard fans will know that the band, consisting of 3 brothers and a cousin, (all of whom is known by his middle name) were actually formed in 1999 but it was ...…
The introductory guitar riff of Don’t Fear the Reaper (from Blue Oyster Cult’s 1976 album Agents of Fortune ) is a recurring theme throughout this song and stands out because of its simplicity and catchy melody. It is safe to say that the whole song is, essentially, built around this riff. The guitar has a ...…
The intro to this song is one of the most requested “how do I play that?” riffs ever. Randy Rhoads was Ozzy Osbourne’s guitarist on this song, doubling all his guitar parts note for note. Not too bad for the intro, but for the solo? Ouch! Anyway, the intro for this song is played on ...…
Apparently this classic riff from this song, which features on the all time classic 1976 Eagles album Hotel California, was jammed by Joe Walsh whilst the band were warming up for rehearsals. He was instantly told to keep it safe “‘cos that is gonna be a song.” And it was. The introductory riff is “central” ...…
