The Beatles might have looked incredibly different had Paul McCartney not choked the first time he went to play lead guitar in public.

Pete Townshend is hailed as one of rock’s greatest rhythm players. Even he’s not shy about his talents, telling Sound International in 1980, “in that particular area, I don’t think I’m topped.” But ...

If you asked someone who played lead guitar in The Beatles, the simple answer would be George Harrison. However, that didn’t mean John Lennon (the rhythm guitarist) wouldn’t take a solo now and then.

This main riff in “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)” is deeply memorable and insatiably catchy. Though the vocal melody is equally as enticing, it’s really Lennon’s playing that gives this song its wings.

John Lennon may be an excellent songwriter, but he wasn't always the most adept guitarist, and certainly not when it came to playing lead parts.

This is a rockin’ opinion toon caption contest. Based on her campaign ads, we knew Kay Ivey was a sharp shootin’ gunslinger. But who knew Alabama’s governor was also a rockin’ music icon? Look at her, ...

Guitarist and composer Claudio RagazzI and his band play Latin jazz melodies and tango rhythms. Claudio Ragazzi, Argentinian-born Grammy and Emmy Award-winning guitarist and composer; Zahili ...

No musical instrument on earth is more heavily identified with rock music than the guitar. Your band may have a great singer, a nimble bassist, and a superhuman drummer, but you'll have difficulty ...

America has had dozens of Presidents, but only four have their faces carved into the side of a mountain in South Dakota. Similarly, some very big and important names will be regrettably but ...