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Stevie Ray Vaughan “Love Struck Baby” (1983)
The greatest guitarist I've ever heard, or will ever hear. This song changed my life....
July 8, 2018
Professor Longhair “Big Chief” (1980)
I’d never heard of Professor Longhair before going away to college. I mean really, who...
July 25, 2018
Tedeschi Trucks Band “I’m Gonna Be There” (2019)
What the Tedeschi Trucks Band can create is something truly rare: pure joy....
July 9, 2019
Steely Dan “Bodhisattva” (1973)
It’s doubtful you would ever think of Steely Dan as a “guitar solo” band, and...
November 29, 2019
Gladys Knight & The Pips “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” (1967)
Maybe there’s a better example, but I can’t think of any, where there were three...
July 18, 2018
AC/DC “Hells Bells” (1980)
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