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Well hello there and welcome to another weekly riff! I know its been quite a few weeks but the World Cup was on, so you can't begrudge me that can ya? :-P This weeks riff comes from one of my favourite acoustic performances ever. The version that I have decided to do is from 1993 and an MTV Unplugged performance in New York, which was actually featured in my MTV Unplugged post a few months back. The original version of this song was released way back in the early 70's by the legendary David Bowie and then covered again in the MTV performance[...]

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 and welcome to another in the Hero Worship series. Hope you are all ok? Anyway, this weeks post takes us to 70's Glam Rock in the form of the legendary Marc Bolan. Big hair, big riffs and premature death all make this guitarist and frontman an icon. What Total Guitar Said: You Know Him By His: Corkscrew curls, pre-Slash top hat, feather boas and glam rock riffs. Greatest Moment: 20th Century Boy. Who said galm rock couldn't be heavy? David Bowie had more staying power and the New York Dolls' burnout tale is more[...]