I did a post back in 2010 on my favorite guitar solos, and as I reconsider it, there’s not much I would change. It’s still a pretty good old fart guitar solo […]
#SNRGTR: Tony Hamera of The Blueflowers breaks down Chelsea Wolfe

by Tony Hamera I’m going to go “off the board” with my choice for best guitar work, and that’s the song “Mer” by Chelsea Wolfe from her 2010 album Apokcalypsis. Some have described […]
#SNRGTR: Jim Booth’s three-for-one
There are three. Based purely on deep affection for them. The first is George Harrison’s and Paul McCartney’s twin lead work on “And Your Bird Can Sing.” The Fabs were great players. […]
#SNRGTR Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem – The Duel – Skwisgaar and Toki
This song is my ringtone.
#SNRGTR: Michael Smith of Fiction 8 on the two kinds of solos

by Michael Smith There are basically two kinds of guitar solos: the ones that are improvised and the ones that are composed specifically for the song. The former can be impressive sometimes, […]
#SNRGTR: Sam’s favorite guitar solos
Part 1 in a series. I’ll go first. And since it’s my idea, I’ll take the editor’s privilege and cheat a bit by giving you two solos instead of one. Up first, […]
#SNRGTR: Our favorite guitar solos

Starting tomorrow – fittingly, on TunesDay – S&R will launch SNRGTR, a series spotlighting our favorite guitar work of all time. We were tempted to say “greatest,” but we’ve all read enough […]