"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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Duane Eddy, the most commercially successful instrumental artist in the history of rock 'n' roll, has died. He was 86. The Grammy-winning guitarist died peacefully on Tuesday, surrounded by family ...

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 ...

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 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 the first rock and roll guitar god, a truly humble and incredible human being. He will be sorely missed.” Eddy was credited with inspiring some of rock’s most legendary ...

By Bill Donahue The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame wants a federal judge to toss out a copyright lawsuit over an image of Eddie Van Halen, arguing that it made legal fair use of the image by using it as ...

Who was the first rocker to smash a guitar? And how did destroying instruments onstage become a rock 'n' roll rite of passage in the first place? You may be surprised to learn the history of ...

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 ...