A classic Chicago blues-style shuffle. Use your first finger on the 2nd fret and add your third or fourth finger on the higher notes. Muddy Waters’ riffs were often played around the open E shape but ...

Artists “It was a challenge to myself: ‘I’m not gonna have a chorus in this song’”: How Jack White created the riff of the century Artists “The first heavy metal riff ever written – and I wrote it!”: ...

Virtuoso guitar playing has come to define rock ‘n’ roll. Greg Kot looks back at its colourful history. Rock guitar solos? Often they’re overblown, overrated and a waste of precious notes. To those ...

The guitarist praises Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi for having inspired his own love of drop tunings and evocative tones ...

Buddy Guy delivered a 90-minute set in the Lifestyle Communities Pavilion that emphatically contradicted his age, which came to 75 years in July. The influential blues guitarist and singer’s age is an ...

Steve Miller of the Steve Miller Band, right, performs with blues-rock guitarist Jimmie Vaughan (left) of the Tilt-a-Whirl Band at Verizon Theatre in Grand Prairie on Monday. Steve invited Jimmie out ...

The '80s were a golden age for guitar-driven rock and roll. Coming strong off the hard rock scene of the '70s and bolstered by the emergence of MTV, riff rock has never been as popular as it was ...