It's a rocking trip through musical history in just over 12 minutes. Chicago guitar salesman Alex Chadwick takes YouTube viewers from 1950s hit "Mr. Sandman" through surf rock, Ozzy Osbourne, Bruce ...

This summer, Chicago Music Exchange benefitted from the power of viral video. If you logged onto Facebook recently, you probably saw the segment: a dude with a Stratocaster and baseball cap, burning ...

This Thursday, we celebrate the best guitarists of all time — from Frank Zappa's Peaches en Regalia to Ernie Isley's Hope You Feel Better — with 100 Riffs (A Brief History of Rock and Roll) video star ...

Bow down at the altar of the almighty riff! Nobody can underestimate the power of the riff; there's even a festival named Power of the Riff. In this 2008 video, you can watch guitarist Brodie Cumming ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Ramones’ classic makes it onto the list – but which is it? - Roberta Bayley/Redferns We’re going to fall out about this, ...

As a developing and beginner guitar player, learning riffs from your idols is a great way to push yourself to that next level. By learning classic riffs, you expose yourself to a range of techniques ...

As a very mediocre guitar player, watching this video completely vaporized my libido. In it Alex Chadwick with the Chicago Music Exchange riffles through 100 consecutive rock riffs without pause, ...

LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - Guy Lee, a guitarist and publisher, has released a new book called 100 Guitar Riffs in the Key of A Minor.

There are a number of factors that might make a song immediately recognizable—a whisper, a cough, a G note… But nothing gets our little black hearts racing quite as rapidly as a guitar riff we know ...

That's right. So who's ready for a good rocking? Prepare your eyes and ears for this sonic feast of classic rock courtesy of guitarist Andrea Boccarusso on YouTube. The stellar musician blasts through ...