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"Shugetsuya" by Osamuraisan(Original)
"Shugetsuya" is Osamuraisan's original song, evoked by The Tale of Genji which Japan regards as the oldest novel in the world.
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The 56 Greatest Musical Moments in Guitar History
A moment in time. A split second where everything freezes, and your mind takes a snapshot of an event you’ll always keep with you—an event that forever divides your life into two groups: stuff that happened before this moment, and the stuff that will happen after. Great moments change you. The greatest ones change everything...
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Jerry Reed And Chet Atkins: Jerry's Breakdown
For those who only know him from Smokey and the Bandit movies or The Waterboy - Jerry Reed was a serious guitar hotshot and songwriter (he wrote Eastbound and Down, featured in Smokey and the Bandit) who recorded several albums with Chet Atkins, the king of Nashville guitar back in the day. Here they perform one of Reed's signature tunes. You definitely don't have to like country music to appreciate Reed's talent in this video.
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Wishbone Ash - Time Was (1972)
From the album "Argus"
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Wishbone Ash - Throw Down The Sword
From their 3rd studio album "Argus" (1972)
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Why Musical Purity is Overrated
Rock, pop, metal, alternative, blues, jazz and hip-hop have die-hard fans who firmly believe the best aspects of their favorite genre lie in its purest form. Mixing these styles together can be thought of as blasphemous by some, an attempt to dilute their purity. But is this really the case?
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Hitler Reacts to John Mayer and the Dead
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Fantaisie Impromptu on Guitar
Have you ever seen something done on guitar that you just didn't think was possible?
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Original Solo Bass Composition
Played on a Steinberger. The rapid arpeggios from about 30 to 35 seconds are from a Yiddish song, but other than that it's all original. Mostly improvised.
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Symphony Of Picks
This guy wrote me this weekend and told me about his guitar pick collection. It's quite amazing! Almost 900 guitar picks from all kinds of bands.
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Burqa-wearing Rock Guitarist Aims to Break Barriers
Gisele Marie, a Muslim woman and professional heavy metal musician, plays her Gibson Flying V electric guitar during a concert in Sao Paulo December 16, 2014. Based in Sao Paulo, Marie, 42, is the granddaughter of German Catholics, and converted to Islam several months after her father passed away.
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100 Bass Riffs: A Brief History of Groove on Bass and Drums
100 Bass Riffs is a brief history of groove performed on bass guitar and drums, with a compilation of killer bass riffs performed in one continuous take.
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Still rockin' it at 81 years old!
Mr. Wood from Tennessee visited this music shop called British Audio Services… When he started playing nobody expected him to be so good!
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John Lennon's acoustic guitar sells for $2.4 million - CNN.com
An acoustic guitar John Lennon used to record ''I Want to Hold Your Hand" and other early Beatles hits has sold for $2.4 million, according to an auction house.
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In Memory of My People
Ferenc Snétberger and Concerto Budapest
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Carlos Santana - Oye Como Va
"Oye Como Va" is a song written by Latin jazz and mambo musician Tito Puente in 1963 and popularized by Santana's rendition of the song in 1970 on their album Abraxas, helping to catapult Santana into stardom with the song reaching #13 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song also reached #11 on the Billboard Easy Listening survey and #32 on their R&B chart.
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Cry Baby: The Pedal That Rocks The World
The story of the wah wah effect pedal, from its invention in 1966 to the present day.
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Guitar World's 50 Best Albums of 2015
Despite a one or two nasty rumors to the contrary, the guitar is alive and well in late 2015.
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The Road Goes on Forever
“I had this idea that I could arrive in Macon, Georgia, via rental sedan, nose around for a day or two, and figure something out about the South, and rock music in the South, and men in the South, and men, and death, and guitars, and the Allman Brothers Band, who, in the late 1960s, engineered a new style of rock music that was deeply and earnestly influenced by rhythm & blues but also by something else—some wildness I couldn’t isolate or define or deny.” By Amanda Petrusich.
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All Things Must Pass: Watch George Harrison's Final Performance
On July 24, 1997, George Harrison visited VH1 with his old friend Ravi Shankar to discuss Shankar's new studio album, Chants of India, which Harrison had produced and played on.