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Hello everyone and welcome to another Guitar Duel. I apologise for not doing one for a week but I've been busy. Anyway the last Guitar Duel between Paul Weller and Johnny Marr ended with Marr taking 88% of the votes, so thanks for all that voted. Now to this weeks fascinating battle between arguably Ireland's two best guitarist exports. Between this weeks guitarists we look back at 70s blues and technical ability with the guitar. We look at some Bullfrog Blues and some apregio'd delay. So who are these two Irish guitar gods? Well its none[...]

Hello all, and welcome to another edition in the weekly riff feature and this one's a real classic. From a band inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame in 2006, this riff is one that every guitarist should know and want to play. Sweet Home Alabama has to be one of the most recognisable riffs in Guitar history, even though Rolling Stone Magazine didn't decide to put it on their top 100 list. Lynyrd Skynrd formed in 1964 but didnt really enjoy mainstream success until 1973. Sweet Home Alabama was taken from their second album, Second[...]

Hello everybody and welcome to another edition of Guitar Duel. Even though it is a day late. Last week saw Angus Young take on Kirk Hammett. Rolling Stone magazine placed Hammett 85 places higher than Young in their 100 Greatest guitarists poll, but you guys didn't see it like that, with Young winning by with 20 votes to Hammetts 13. Woah you guys really felt passionate about that one. They were neck and neck until a few days ago. Anyway now on to this weeks guitarists. They come from two of the biggest British bands in Rock n Roll[...]

Hello everyone hope you're all ok. It's feeling more like spring now with the sun. This weeks riff comes from one of the best, if not the best, rock guitarists ever. And from a band that plays rock n roll harder than any other. The guitarist was Angus Young, the band AC/DC and the song Back In Black. It came from the 1980 album with the same name and was the bands first album release since the death of their singer Bon Scott. Rolling Stone Magazine placed it at 29 in the 100 greatest guitar tracks of all time. And it is one of the best[...]

Hello everybody and welcome to the second edition of the weekly feature, Guitar Duel. Last week saw Jimmy Page take on Keith Richards and to be honest I thought it might have been more of a contest. But you voted 11 for Page and just 2 for Richards. So Jimmy Page won that Guitar Duel by a landslide. But now onto this weeks Duel. A tasty affair indeed. They hail from two of the biggest Rock bands in history. One classed more as Heavy Metal, one more as Hard Rock. They formed 8 years apart in 1973 and 1981. The bands are of course,[...]