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 ...

Guitar solos came into rock & roll by way of blues and jazz. In the Sixties, all the English dudes revered the lineage of ...

Nothing makes a genre seem more theatrical than an iconic and impressive guitar solo, and that’s certainly the case for blues rock. When one thinks of sick guitar solos, one might think of metal. But ...

T- Bone Walker constantly played major thirds and sixths, which are not usually included in the “blues scale.” Photo by Heinrich Klaffs via Wikipedia. Reproduced under Creative Commons License. “The ...

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Why it matters: Blues guitar blends emotional storytelling with technical skill, making it one of the most expressive genres to play. Core building blocks: Dominant 7 chords, pentatonic scales, and ...

Blues is so much a part of the fabric of American music and American culture — not only as a defined musical form, but also as a springboard for all kinds of creativity — that it seems crazy to try to ...

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, ...

Few things defined the genre of rock and roll more than the guitar solo. Sometimes powerful and loud, at other times gentle and orchestrated, the guitar solo changed pop culture and the way rock ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Guitar music is a ubiquitous feature of popular music, ...