Greatest Guitar Solo Ever

This video is come from my teacher, Ian. It is a great song and the most Importantly is the amazing solo from Prince. It rocks!

Fender- the father of modern music

Leo Fender(1909-1991)

  The life of Leo Fender can be described as “musical.” Clarence Leonidas Fender was the American Inventor who created Fender Electric Instrument Manufacturing Company who’s now known as Fender Musical Instruments Corporation which later on branched out to create MusicMan and G&L Musical Products. The design he made for guitars, bass and amplifiers in the 1950’s are still amongst the top in terms of design, quality, and sound. Dominating throughout half the century. Most amplifier companies like Marshall use fender instruments for the basis of their products. This makes Fender together with Les Paul the most significant personalities in 20th century electric instruments development.

Blues Movie - Crossroads (1986)

Legend : 
   Before we talk about the movie, we have to tell a legend first. It's said that Robert Jonhson made a deal with devil for fantastic guitar skills, and what Robert paid is his soul, so he was dead at 27. How to find the devil? A old blues musician Tommy Jonhson said that if you want to learn how to play guitar well or how to make songs, you can go to the Crossroad at the midnight with your guitar. Presently, a big and strong black man will come to you and play your guitar awhile. Finally, He returns your guitar, and then you will get all you want......

Introduction :
   In the movie, a boy called Eugene is a student in a conservative institute of music. Although he majored in classical music, he really love blues music and he wanted to find Robert Jonson's 30th composition that was missing and no one has seen before. That was very strange at the time for some people, because most of the classical musicians didn't regard blues as a kind of music. As a result, he determined to leave the school and visited  Robert's friend, who is very brilliant at playing harmonica, Willie Brown. However, Willie didn't want to teach Eugene anything about the missing composition unless Eugene took him to Mississippi Crossroad. Undoubtedly, Eugene promised to take Willie to the crossroad. In the journey, Eugene experienced the most different life ever and got many first time. For instant, he drank alcohol, he fell in love, he had a fight with others, he got his first electric guitar, and he was heartbroken because of a girl. One day, a well-mannered black man in suit came to Willie and told him that he was ready to take Willie's soul away. Many years ago, Robert Johnson told Willie what he got at the crossroad, so Willie went to the crossroad and made a deal with devil for incredible skills. And the black man stand in front of  Eugene and Willie now is the devil who gave skills to Willie many years ago. In order to help Willie, Eugene negotiated with devil. Finally, devil promised that he won't take Willie's soul unless Eugene play better than his new covenanter Jack who also had fantastic guitar skills. Then Jack and Eugene had a competition in a bar. Eventually, Eugene won the competition, and the devil tore the contract, so Willie was free. After this, Eugene and Willie continued their journey. This unique journey made Eugene realize that there is no 30th composition in the world. Because of the varied journey, that special composition is in his mind.

The competition is the most exciting part of the film. Enjoy it!

 

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The 50 Best Blues Songs

50 BB King Night Life

49 Gary Clark Jr. If Trouble Was Money

48 Tony Vega Band Frisco Blues

47 Alan Haynes Diving Duck

46 Stevie Ray Vaughan The Sky Is Crying

45 John Lee Hooker Boom, Boom

44 Luther Johnson If Blues Was Whiskey

43 Matt Leddy Too Many Girlfriends

42 Eric Clapton 5 Long Years

41 John Lee Hooker One Scotch, One Bourbon

40 Gene Kelton My Baby Don't Wear No Panties

39 Matt Leddy Good Woman

38 Shuggie Otis Shuggie's Boogie

37 Billie Holiday Foolin' Myself 

36 Kenny Wayne Shepherd Shame, Shame, Shame

35 Lonnie Brooks Wife For Tonight

34 Tony Vega Band Orq's Swing

33 Albert King You're Going To Need Me

32 Ray Charles I'm Wondering

31 Alan Haynes Houston Blues

30 Albert Collins Trash Talkin'

29 Walter Trout If You Ever Change Your Mind

28 Gary Moore Still Got The Blues

27 Texas Johnny Brown Cheatin' and Stealin'

26 Roy Buchanan When a Guitar Plays The Blues

25 Albert King The Sky Is Crying

24 Robben Ford Help The Poor

23 ZZ Top La Grange

22 Buddy Guy Damn Right I've Got The Blues

21 Stevie Ray Vaughan The House Is Rockin'

20 Johnny Winter Life Is Hard

19 Janis Joplin Summertime

18 Jimi Hendrix Catfish Blues

17 Gatemouth Brown Goin' Down Slow

16 John Lee Hooker Boogie Chillin'

15 Alan Haynes Every Night and Every Day

14 Albert Collins Don't Lose Your Cool

13 BB King Paying the Cost to be the Boss

12 ZZ Top Jesus Just Left Chicago

11 Jimi Hendrix Red House

10 Stevie Ray Vaughan Pride and Joy

9 John Lee Hooker We'll Meet Again

8 Allman Brothers Stormy Monday Blues

7 Eric Clapton Crossroads

6 Freddie King Hideaway

5 Stevie Ray Vaughan Tin Pan Alley

4 Bobby 'Blue' Bland Stormy Monday

3 BB King The Thrill Is Gone

2 Stevie Ray Vaughan Texas Flood

1 Albert Collins If Trouble Was Money

What Is Blues ?

Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads. The blues form, ubiquitous in jazz, rhythm and blues, and rock and roll is characterized by specific chord progressions, of which the twelve-bar blues chord progression is the most common. The blue notes that, for expressive purposes are sung or played flattened or gradually bent (minor 3rd to major 3rd) in relation to the pitch of the major scale, are also an important part of the sound.

The blues genre is based on the blues form but possesses other characteristics such as specific lyrics, bass lines and instruments. Blues can be subdivided into several subgenres ranging from country to urban blues that were more or less popular during different periods of the 20th century. Best known are the Delta, Piedmont, Jump and Chicago blues styles. World War II marked the transition from acoustic to electric blues and the progressive opening of blues music to a wider audience, especially white listeners. In the 1960s and 1970s, a hybrid form called blues-rock evolved.

The term "the blues" refers to the "blue devils", meaning melancholy and sadness; an early use of the term in this sense is found inGeorge Colman's one-act farce Blue Devils (1798). Though the use of the phrase in African-American music may be older, it has been attested to since 1912, when Hart Wand's "Dallas Blues" became the first copyrighted blues composition. In lyrics the phrase is often used to describe a depressed mood.

Gary Moore

Robert William Gary Moore (4 April 1952 – 6 February 2011), better known simply as Gary Moore, was an Irish musician from Belfast, best recognised as a blues rock guitarist and singer.
In a career dating back to the 1960s, Moore played with artists including Phil Lynott and Brian Downey during his teens, leading him to memberships with the Irish bands Skid Row and Thin Lizzy on three separate occasions. Moore shared the stage with such blues and rock luminaries as B.B. King, Albert King, Colosseum II, George Harrison and Greg Lake, as well as having a successful solo career. He guested on a number of albums recorded by high profile musicians, including a cameo appearance playing the lead guitar solo on "She's My Baby" from Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3.
Moore died of a heart attack^[ in his hotel room while on holiday in Estepona, Spain, in February 2011.