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...
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...
As any of us climb the ranks of guitar-playing proficiency, many of us will self-teach. Others, may follow a more traditional educational path. One thing is for...
It would be fair to say learning how to improvise on the guitar is akin to learning a new language. First, you learn the "words," or individual notes. Then, you...
It really doesn't matter what type of music you're playing on the guitar; most of of the time, you'll be playing rhythm! And, if you're playing any American-bor...
As guitar players, we often adopt the habit of constantly trying to improve our skills. We strive for a goal of higher proficiency, so we can be like our favori...