Nothing makes a genre seem more theatrical than an iconic and impressive guitar solo, and that’s certainly the case for blues rock. When one thinks of sick guitar solos, one might think of metal. But ...

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Decades before the electric guitar became synonymous with rock stars and enormous solos, pioneering musicians were already discovering what amplification could do to the instrument. Those early ...

Choosing the Big 4 of guitar solos? Provocative is one word for the task. Thankless is another. As we know, most any rock song worth its salt has a guitar solo. That means there are hundreds of ...

The ranking, published Aug. 11, 2026, featured the guitar work of Martin Barre and pointed to the song's unusual mix of hard rock, acoustic music and blues. The nearly seven-minute track also has a ...

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What makes a great guitar solo? Is it pure emotion or dazzling technical command? Simplicity or complexity? One note or a thousand? Is it meticulously crafted melodic precision, hair-raising ...