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Michael Jackson Remembered: Best Guitar Songs
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It would be impossible for me to make a post today without mentioning the sudden death of Michael Jackson. There is no way that I, writing any kind of music blog, could talk about music today without mentioning the loss of someone who has had such a tremendous effect on all music. They called him the King of Pop, but Michael Jackson’s influence can be seen in almost all forms of popular music today. So many artists have borrowed from his repertoire of moves, developed vocal melodies and methods modelled from his phenomenal voice and covered his songs.
Just a few of the things that Micheal Jackson gave us that will never die: ...
Jackson's Five: The Guitar Highlights Of Michael Jackson’s Career
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As the world continues to mourn the loss of one of its greatest ever musical icons, we look at Michael Jackson's savvy taste in rock guitar players… 1. Eddie Van Halen On: Beat It (Thriller) Van Halen’s solo on Thriller’s Beat It is easily the most famous guitar part on a Jackson song, and for good reason. Producer Quincy Jones made the call to the guitarist who initially thought it was a joke but ended up giving his services for free. Eddie recently described working on the song as, “one of my fondest memories in my career. Michael will be missed and may he rest in peace." Excuse the ropey quality but below is a 1984 clip of the only known live ...
12 Greatest Female Electric Guitarists [News]
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" You can caress [a guitar] like a woman, " says Jimmy Page in the opening of It Might Get Loud , a new documentary by Davis Guggenheim that invites electric-guitar virtuosos Page , U2 s The Edge , and Jack White to meet on an L.A. soundstage, tell their guitar stories, and do a little impromptu jamming. In theaters now, its the kind of gripping music doc that could inspire girls and boys everywhere to ditch Guitar Hero for a real Stratocaster. And yet, as good as it is, we couldnt help but think, why no female guitarist in the bunch? Could be that since the electric guitars popularity blossomed in the mid-twentieth century, collective wisdom ...
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