On the 13th installment of History of Rock, we learn about a unique product of rock's development: surf music. This interesting phase of music rode a wave of po...
On Episode 12 of History of Rock, Andy Aledort gives us insight into the emergence of instrumental rock. At the turn of the '60s, instrumental rock became very ...
On Episode 11 of History of Rock, Andy Aledort walks us through the evolution of British rock. While rockabilly and rock 'n' roll dominated in the U.S., 'skiffl...
In the world of bluegrass, improvisation is essential. And, more times than not, players will base improvisations off of a song's main melody. To further this n...
The blues is arguably the most influential style of music to be born in the past century. So, it's not surprising that people still love learning to play the bl...
On this 10th installment of History of Rock, we continue our exploration of the icons that brought us Rockabilly. Rocktoberfest Giveaway: https://rocktoberfe...
On Episode 9 of History of Rock, we learn about another vital predecessor to rock: Rockabilly. Rocktoberfest Giveaway: https://rocktoberfest2020.com
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Aside from learning your basic major and minor scales, there is one additional set of notes that guitarists usually learn first: the pentatonic scale. Though st...
If you, as a guitarist, are inspired by icons like Johnny Watson, Cornell Dupree, George Benson, or Grant Green, you are probably a blues player searching for s...
In this fifth episode of History of Rock, Andy Aledort touches on the evolution of rock music from the 1940's to the 1950's. Andy sheds light on the contributio...
On Episode 2 of the History of Rock, Andy Aledort walks us through the influences that guitar legends, John Lee Hooker and Elmore James had on rock, and the sty...
Introducing the History of Rock with Andy Aledort! On this first episode, Andy talks about two of Rock's founding fathers: Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf. These ...