“Rusty Cage” by Soundgarden
Riff Rundown Difficulty: Intermediate Intro This intro contains two gutar parts: Verse Riff Resources Complete Transcription To “Rusty Cage” (PDF) Complete Transcription To “Rusty Cage” (Power Tab)
“The One I Love” by R.E.M
Riff Rundown Difficulty: Easy – Intermediate Composer: R.E.M. Where To Find This Song: Eponymous track #10 Intro Riff If you have access to a stereo mixer you can use it to listen to the original and hear each individual part much easier. This song is fairly straightforward, although deciphering the picking on the record can [...]
“Sittin’ On The Dock Of The Bay” by Otis Redding
Riff Rundown Difficulty: Easy – Intermediate Main Riff Guitar 1 Guitar 2 Riff Resources Complete Transcription To “Dock Of The Bay” (PDF) Complete Transcription To “Dock Of The Bay” (Power Tab)
“Burning Down The House” by The Talking Heads
Riff Rundown Difficulty: Easy – Intermediate Composer – David Byrne Where to find this song – Stop Making Sense track #4 Release Date – August 1984 David Byrne was born on May 14,1952, Dumbarton, Scotland, but was raised in Baltimore, Maryland. He was briefly a student of the Rhode Island School of Design. He abandoned [...]
“Otherside” by The Red Hot Chili Peppers
Riff Rundown Difficulty: Easy Composer – RHCP (Keidas, Flea, Frusciante, Smith) Where to find this song – Californication track # 4 Release Date – June 1999 The Red Hot Chili Peppers (RHCP) is widely known for their adrenalized funk music. The band teamed up with Rick Rubin, their producer from the “BloodSugarSexMagik” album, again and [...]
“Wheels” by Chet Atkins
Riff Rundown Difficulty: Advanced Main Theme To play this one you’ll first need to tune your guitar to D-G-D-G-B-E. All you have to do is tune your low E string to a D note and tune your A string down to a G note. This is where a chromatic tuner would come in handy. Every [...]
“Whole Lotta Love” by Led Zepplin
Riff Rundown Difficulty: Intermediate Composer – Jimmy Page/Robert Plant Where to find this song – Led Zeppelin II track # 1 Release Date – April 1969 No guitarist alive has really ever been able to equal the mass appeal that “Zep’s” Jimmy Page does. Robert Plant, the vocalist and frequent harmonica player, pierces your ears [...]
“All Apologies (Unplugged)” by Nirvana
Riff Rundown Difficulty: Easy Composer – Kurt Cobain Where to find this song – In Utero track #12 Release Date – September 1993 Ahh, Nirvana. The grunge rock band that our parents warned us about. Kurt Cobain has become an icon in the music world in many ways like John Lennon. His knack for creating [...]
“Mary Jane’s Last Dance” by Tom Petty
I got to see Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers in concert Saturday night in Little Rock. It was a great show with a sold out audience! Riff Rundown Difficulty: Easy – Intermediate Composer – Tom Petty Where to find this song – Greatest Hits, track #17 Release Date – November 1993 There will be two [...]
“Behind Blue Eyes” as recorded by Limp Bizkit
Riff Rundown Difficulty: Easy – Intermediate Composer – Originally “The Who” ( Pete Townsend ) Where to find this song – Results May Vary track #15 Release Date – September 2003 Limp Bizkit is known for more of their harder, rap-oriented alternative music. After losing Wes Borland, the band, mainly Fred Durst, (frontman) started working [...]
