Video ~ 100 Riffs (A Brief History of Rock and Roll)
From 100 Riffs (A Brief History of Rock N’ Roll)
“Alex Chadwick plays 100 famous guitar riffs in one take giving you a chronological history of rock n’ roll. Alex plays a 1958 Fender Strat: goo.gl/g37oT
See the full detailed list of all the artists, keys, and year of each song played in the 100 riffs: ChicagoMusicExchange.com/100Riffs.”
- Mr. Sandman – Chet Atkins
- Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash
- Words of Love – Buddy Holly
- Johnny B Goode – Chuck Berry
- Rumble – Link Wray
- Summertime Blues – Eddie Cochran
- Pipeline – The Chantays
- Miserlou – Dick Dale
- Wipeout – Surfaris
- Daytripper – The Beatles
- Can’t Explain – The Who
- Satisfaction – The Rolling Stones
- Purple Haze – Jimi Hendrix
- Black Magic Woman – Santana
- Helter Skelter – The Beatles
- Oh Well – Fleetwood Mac
- Crossroads – Cream
- Communication Breakdown – Led Zeppelin
- Paranoid – Black Sabbath
- Fortunate Son – Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Funk 49 – James Gang
- Immigrant Song – Led Zeppelin
- Bitch – Rolling Stones
- Layla – Derek and the Dominos
- School’s Out – Alice Cooper
- Smoke on the Water – Deep Purple
- Money – Pink Floyd
- Jessica – Allman Brothers
- La Grange – ZZ Top
- 20th Century Boy – T. Rex
- Scarlet Begonias – Grateful Dead
- Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Walk This Way – Aerosmith
- Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
- Stranglehold – Ted Nugent
- Boys Are Back in Town – Thin Lizzy
- Don’t Fear the Reaper – Blue Oyster Cult
- Carry on My Wayward Son – Kansas
- Blitzkreig Bop – The Ramones
- Barracuda – Heart
- Runnin’ with the Devil – Van Halen
- Sultans of Swing – Dire Straits
- Message in a Bottle – The Police
- Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) – Neil Young
- Back in Black – AC/DC
- Crazy Train – Ozzy Osbourne
- Spirit of Radio – Rush
- Pride and Joy – Stevie Ray Vaughan
- Owner of a Lonely Heart – Yes
- Holy Diver – Dio
- Beat It – Michael Jackson
- Hot For Teacher – Van Halen
- What Difference Does It Make – The Smiths
- Glory Days – Bruce Springsteen
- Money For Nothing – Dire Straits
- You Give Love a Bad Name – Bon Jovi
- The One I Love – REM
- Where the Streets Have No Name – U2
- Welcome to the Jungle – Guns N’ Roses
- Sweet Child ‘O Mine – Guns N’ Roses
- Girls, Girls, Girls – Motley Crue
- Cult of Personality -Living Colour
- Kickstart My Heart – Motley Crue
- Running Down a Dream – Tom Petty
- Pictures of Matchstick Men – Camper Van Beethoven
- Thunderstruck – AC/DC
- Twice as Hard – Black Crowes
- Cliffs of Dover – Eric Johnson
- Enter Sandman – Metallica
- Man in the Box – Alice in Chains
- Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana
- Give it Away – Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Even Flow – Pearl Jam
- Outshined – Soundgarden
- Killing in the Name – Rage Against the Machine
- Sex Type Thing – Stone Temple Pilots
- Are You Gonna Go My Way – Lenny Kravitz
- Welcome to Paradise – Green Day
- Possum Kingdom – Toadies
- Say it Ain’t So – Weezer
- Zero – Smashing Pumpkins
- Monkey Wrench – Foo Fighters
- Sex and Candy – Marcy Playground
- Smooth – Santana
- Scar Tissue – Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Short Skirt, Long Jacket – Cake
- Turn a Square – The Shins
- Seven Nation Army – White Stripes
- Hysteria – Muse
- I Believe in a Thing Called Love – The Darkness
- Blood and Thunder – Mastodon
- Are You Gonna Be My Girl – Jet
- Reptilia – The Strokes
- Take Me Out – Franz Ferdinand
- Float On – Modest Mouse
- Blue Orchid – White Stripes
- Boulevard of Broken Dreams – Green Day
- Steady As She Goes – The Raconteurs
- I Got Mine – Black Keys
- Cruel – St. Vincent
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