A Rock History Lesson– in 100 Riffs
**VIRAL VIDEO**
Skippy Massey
Humboldt Sentinel
Is it the end of an era?
In the very cool video above, Chicago-based guitarist Alex Chadwick at Chicago Music Exchange plays 100 well-known guitar riffs from 1952 to the present day in one surprising take, providing a rapid-fire lesson of rock and roll history.
In 12 minutes, Chadwick tackles classic riffs from songs by artists ranging from Chet Atkins to St. Vincent and everything else in between.
The transitions are seamless as he moves between keys and artists while chronologically covering snippets from instantly recognizable classics like Wipeout and Bohemian Rhapsody as well as some lesser-known, more recent jams like Marcy Playground’s Sex and Candy and Franz Ferdinand’s Take Me Out.
And while some of you might’ve seen this clip before (It’s been viewed 7 million times), you might enjoy another run of Chadwick’s amped-up mad skills, playing his 1958 Fender Stratocaster and using a ’57 Fender Tweed Deluxe amplifier, Jim Dunlop Cry Baby, T-Rex Roommate Tube Reverb, pedalboards and a host of other vintage and new equipment.
Alas, we mourn for the good old days. The ’60s are gone. Dope will never be as cheap, sex never as free, and the rock and roll never as great.
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