Josh Abraham has spent his career championing the outliers. “I’m drawn to those who lead the way by not following trends,” ...

Norman Greenbaum’s 1969 debut solo album, Spirit in the Sky, often gets distilled down to its one iconic single, but there’s more to explore beneath that ...

When I think about the roots of blues music—the raw honesty, the pain wrapped in poetry, the joy carved out of hardship—I ...

Among them was a song that was the first ever written expressly for drummer Ringo Starr: “If You’ve Got Trouble.” Composed by ...

The catchy, boogie-driven riff-rock tune ... Dickey Betts on guitar. 7. “Somebody Loan Me A Dime - Rick Derringer (2000) From Derringer’s very strong, very electric blues album “Jackhammer ...

John’s fluid, skilful playing combined the passion of Gary Moore with riffs inspired ... a certain melodic blues feel, which set him apart from the shredders. The guitar John is most associated ...

He knocks a rhythm on the body of his guitar to ... taught me the root riff of a recognizable Bentonia standard. When I finally latch onto the slow groove of “Catfish Blues,” Holmes offers ...

Credit: Paul Natkin/Getty Images Whether you’re a pro musician or play with bands in your spare time, chances are you’ll spend the majority of your time fulfilling rhythm guitar duties.

Instead of having Rose join them for one of their songs, the group decided to cover an all-time country classic: Johnny Cash‘s “Folsom Prison Blues ... focus on his guitar part, giving off an ...

Rock and roll has never stopped being a riff-based genre ... of great licks throughout blues history, nothing could compare to Muddy Waters laying it down on ‘Rollin’ Stone’. Despite its simple basis, ...

There’s a reason why his particular brand of guitar-playing ... and powerful riffs throughout the song. It’s quite a well-produced track with the right balance of lines and rhythm.