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Our most favoured guitar idols are often people that inspire us with their musical ability and guitar prowess. Their songs often speak to us and tell us that we should try and pick the guitar up, whether it be to emulate some of our favourites or to start our own band or write our own music with our very own style. But it isn't just the music that inspires us to create our own music, sometimes, when they are not getting wasted, sleeping with groupies or taking drugs, guitarists can say some pretty awe inspiring things. So what are the best[...]

Hello everybody and welcome to a new feature within the blog... Guitar Duel. This is going to be a weekly feature where I pit two legendary guitarists against each other and you lot have to vote on who you think is the better guitarist. I must admit some of these choices will be hard to bare, almost like choosing who is the favourite out of your Mother or your Father. So grit your teeth and get ready to make some agonising but amazing choices. Right, lets get on with the first in the series. This weeks Guitar Duel is going to be[...]

Hello everyone. Hope you are all dandy. Welcome to another post in the series of riff of the week. This weeks riff is a real beauty. It is one of the most instantly recognisable riffs ever invented, and shows why Keith Richards was voted 10th best guitarists of all time in Rolling Stone magazines greatest guitarists chart. It signified a breakthrough for the Stones as it was their first record to hit number 1 in both the UK and the US. The song that I am talking about, of course, is (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction. Apparently it[...]