Every great road trip needs a song that raises your pulse, and “Sweet Child O’ Mine” still hits like open road and a full tank. Thirty-nine years after Appetite for Destruction arrived, one guitar ...

The debut album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience is many things. As contemporary blues guitarist Samantha Fish said: "Are You ...

Released on Feb. 25, 1981, 13 days after the debut of Moving Pictures, “Limelight” was penned by Peart. The lyrics delved ...

More than 50 years later, the song remains a rock radio staple despite its unconventional structure, extended solo, and ...

Evan MacGregor’s fingers found their position — pressed against steel strings rather than braced against the earth. It’s the ...

Gabriel wrote the song about letting go after leaving Genesis, while Steve Hunter faced a daunting challenge: creating its ...

Few effects in the history of rock guitar are as instantly recognizable — or divisive — as the wah pedal. You know it when you hear it. From aching, explosive bends to scratchy, percussive funk licks, ...

I remember hearing Jimi Hendrix for the first time. I was around 10, and it was before I started playing guitar, and he blew my hair back. I thought: What is this fire, and how can I lunge into it?

It’s time to argue about — well, make that debate and discuss — the greatest guitar solos of all time. Music history is filled with such moments, when an ultra-talented player starts to shred on six ...

Yacht rock first set sail over 50 years ago, but the sound just keeps getting bigger and bigger. This particular kind of soft rock — paired best with a piña colada and a pool chair — peaked in the ...