David Chiu is a freelance music writer based in New York. Steve Hackett is primarily known as an electric guitarist whose ...

From the players of old to the guitarists shaping the blues scene, this list serves up a cross section of the genre’s finest solos from across nearly a century of guitar blues ...

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So while it’s not exactly fair to judge both guitarists on one of their solos, ‘Comfortably Numb’ does beat out ‘Stairway to Heaven’ not only in terms of stylistic choices but also what it meant for ...