What makes a guitar solo great? A great guitar solo makes great songs even better. Great solos build tension, heighten musical drama and expand melodic and harmonic ideas. The very best guitar solos are like mini compositions and can stand on their own, outside the song, but we’d never want them to. Think of your [...]
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Without question, bassist/vocalist Rick Danko had one of the most expressive voices in rock music. It could be joyful or mournful, sometimes sounding as if it would shatter like glass, as on the heartachingly beautiful “It Makes No Difference,” from The Band’s 1975 release Northern Lights-Southern Cross . His singing on The Band’s landmark debut, [...]
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