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Carol Kaye, one of the most prolific recording bass players in rock history, has revealed she won’t be in attendance when she ...
Guitar hero and rock ‘n’ roll legend Rick Derringer, of “Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo” and "Hang On, Sloopy" fame, has died in Ormond Beach, according to reports on TMZ and other outlets.
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 ...
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 ...
Derringer had written and recorded “Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo” a few years prior while he and the McCoys were still playing with Johnny Winter. As he told Guitar Player last year, Derringer ...
"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 ...
“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 ...
Guitar hero and rock 'n' roll legend Rick Derringer, of "Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo" and "Hang On, Sloopy" fame, has died in Ormond Beach, according to TMZ, Variety and The Hollywood Reporter.
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 ...