From blues-inspired classics to heavy metal masterpieces, join us as we celebrate the most influential and memorable guitar ...

In the ‘40s, blues phrases such as the insistent chug that opens John Lee Hooker’s Boogie Chillen’ and the expressively melancholy riff that recurs throughout T Bone Walker’s Call It ...

A Ritchie Blackmore-style minor pentatonic double-stop riff kicks off the ’70s piece with a Jimmy Page-inspired blues scale ...

Riffs are the lifeblood of a great record, and these are 10 of the best, featuring Hendrix, Bowie, Zeppelin and Metallica.

But they’re all fairly blues guitar influenced; syncopated rock-blues riffs, 12/8 gospel, swing-shuffle, country-rock and walking bass. Treat each example as the beginning of your studies.

New Orleans miscreants Eyehategod did their best to portray themselves as dead-eyed nihilists, but their second LP, Take as Needed for Pain, featured some of the sweetest doom-blues riffs since ...

It’s one of the greatest blues rock songs of all time—but it’s also got a controversial history. It’s been in countless movies, TV shows, and commercials. It’s playing in jukeboxes right ...

The riff is as classic now as it was when it was released in 1971, serving as one of the best examples of an epic rock song with an unforgettable guitar riff. 7. “Hound Dog” by Big Mama Thornton ...