Beyond mere musicianship, some guitarists transcend their instruments to become cultural touchstones, wielding their axes ...

What is rock and roll without energy-pulsating electric guitar solos? Throughout rock and roll history, guitar solos have sent the guitarist and the audience into spirit-like trances and unmatched ...

"The electric guitar was affordable to most people." Americans invented rock ‘n' roll. But the British added a certain flair. Young English kids such as John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Pete ...

Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep. One of rock and roll's guitar legends, Duane Eddy, has died at 86. His music from the 1950s and '60s featured a twangy sound. (SOUNDBITE OF DUANE EDDY'S "REBEL ...

Zach Meskauskas as D-Vicious. A classic rock guitar solo will make anyone pick up their imaginary guitar and become rock stars in their minds – if only for a moment. For some people though, that ...

“the rock and roll guitar god who invented twang.” Mr. Eddy referred to the term as “a silly name for a nonsilly thing.” Twang, a guitar sound heavy on bass and reverb, brought an added ...

Central to that recalibration was a harmony lead-guitar line unlike anything previously heard in the Beatles’ catalog — or rock and roll. Played by Harrison and Paul McCartney on their ...

The guitar solo; odds are, if you've been a music fan for long enough, you've seen and heard quite a few of them, ranging from some ragtag handfuls of notes to minutes of fret-jumping logistical ...

He was one of the first instrumentalists to become a rock 'n' roll star. His New York Times obituary describes him as having, quote, "played a major role in establishing electric guitar as the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Jeff Beck, a guitar virtuoso who pushed the boundaries of blues, jazz and rock ‘n’ roll, influencing generations of shredders along the way and becoming known as the guitar ...