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Hello and welcome to another weekly riff where I look at a classic rock riff and show you guys how to play it. This weeks riff is a bit different from the last one I did which was a psyhcadelic 60s riff by Status Quo. Anyway I heard this riff the other day as many 15 and 16 year old's across the UK are finishing school this summer. This song is played every year on some sort of Holiday, Summer, Job or other advertisement as soon as the schools break up for summer. I always thought this was an overplayed song and that the riff was often a[...]

Hello everyone and welcome to another Guitar Duel, a battle of legendary guitarists wits, stamina and skills. These contests provide blood, sweat and tears from our guitar heroes but I'm afraid they have to be done. Well done for everyone who voted on the last guitar duel between Chuck Berry and BB King, it was close at the start but then King started to pull away and he was the winner in the end. Anyway now on to this weeks fascinating encounter between two of the best British guitarists of the 70s and 80s and two guitarists that are still[...]

Hello everyone and welcome to another weekly riff and this weeks riff is from one of my favourite artists and songwriters. It's also always been a personal favourite riff of mine for a long time. To be honest I don't think I've ever seen an artist reinvent themselves so much. Released in 1974 this song is supposedly Bowie's most covered track which surprised me a little I must say, considering his other amazing hits; Starman, Space Oddity, Heroes, Life On Mars and Changes to name but a few. But this one is the most riff orientated out of those[...]

Hello everyone and welcome back to Hero Worship, after I missed one last week, oops. This weeks hero comes from an English punk band from the 70's, and one which probably started it all. A guitarist that I think is often overlooked in the guitar industry. The band that kicked off the Punk controversy? Obviously its The Sex Pistols. And the guitarist? The influential Steve Jones. He may not have been the best guitarist ever, but he sure was inspirational. He shown people that they didn't need to be a Hendrix to sound good. Pretty Vacant, God[...]

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[...]