Chuck Berry's iconic riff from "Johnny B. Goode" was ranked No. 2 on a list of the best guitar riffs ever written, but many fans may not know that it was actually copied from another song that Berry ...

Some guitar riffs are so legendary and so iconic that even the mildest fans will recognize them from a distance. These guitar riffs from the 1990s are some of the very best to come out of that decade, ...

Few songs grab listeners faster than Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Gimme Three Steps." Released in 1973 on the band's debut album, Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd, the Southern rock staple has stood the test of ...

In The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul McCartney wrote that George’s guitar riff in “And I Lover Her” made the song more musical. The “Yesterday” singer explained that the song needed something to ...

Classic rock is synonymous with iconic guitar riffs. In the 1970s, everyone from Lynyrd Skynyrd to Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, and Aerosmith crafted radio staples with motifs that became just as ...

In his book, The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul explained that his vocals on “Let Me Roll It” sound the way they do because of the “bog echo” he used. He and The Beatles often utilized the ...

You know the riff. It’s a spiky, exuberant burst of electric guitar that often generates cheers of recognition among listeners across many generations. It’s so infectious that by the time you hear Axl ...