In this episode of History of Rock, Andy Aledort examines another one of the essential British Invasion bands: The Kinks. When The Kinks released their song, "Y...
On this edition of History of Rock, Andy Aledort overviews another one of the most important rock bands in history: The Rolling Stones. Though the band is known...
On this 14th edition of History of Rock, we look at the king of the blues instrumental: Freddie King. King was hailed for his trailblazing guitar playing and ou...
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...
On this 10th installment of History of Rock, we continue our exploration of the icons that brought us Rockabilly. Rocktoberfest Giveaway: https://rocktoberfe...
Experimenting with varied and open tunings can open a world of rich chord colors and new harmonic textures. Every time you become familiar with a new tuning, yo...
Any time you encounter a jazz standard, you're almost always dealing with at least one of 6 very common chord progressions. 2-5-1 major, 2-5-1 minor, 1-4-1, 1-6...
A vast majority of the time a band is interested in hiring a jazz guitar player, it is not for their ability to play lead lines and take solos. instead, they ar...
When we, as guitarists, play with other musicians, we learn an immense amount. When we're playing rhythm, we get the chance to hear other soloists and pick up o...
Along the historic timeline of American music, traditional country blues evolved into an electric style. This marked the first bricks in the road to jazz music....