“It was a challenge to myself: ‘I’m not gonna have a chorus in this song’”: How Jack White created the riff of the century

Seven Nation Army was so named because the young Jack once misheard the name of the Salvation Army. According to White, the ...
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How to Make a Bitter Mai Tai, a New-School Riff on a Tiki Classic

The Bitter Mai Tai is not the Mai Tai’s redemption. It is the Mai Tai’s revenge. For decades, bartenders have been defaming the Mai Tai, debasing it, making and selling versions of the drink that were ...
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Warren Haynes picks his favorite Gov’t Mule guitar riffs and shows you how to play them – properly

Through his work with the Allman Brothers Band, Gov’t Mule and his solo group, Warren Haynes has established himself as one of blues rock’s finest electric guitar greats, assembling a bevy of records ...
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“We were doing that riff and cracking up laughing the whole time”: Zakk Wylde on how a “joke” riff won Ozzy Osbourne his first ever Grammy

The No More Tears sessions found the Ozzy camp in high spirits and ready to lay down a record that would take the Prince of ...