Product Overview
Published by Hal Leonard. Sometimes you don't want to read the whole novel; you just want know the gist. The same can be said for songs. Most classic guitar songs contain unforgettable riffs – that signature hook that everyone wants to know. It's the first thing you think of when you hear the title of the song. Of course, the notes are only half the story. It won't sound right without the proper tone, so it helps to know a good bit about the equipment used as well. Background information on the artist is always helpful as well. That's where CliffsNotes to Guitar Songs comes in. In this book, you'll not only learn the signature riffs of 150 guitar classics, you'll also learn invaluable information for each, including: equipment and tone info; biographical information on the artist; song and album facts; theoretical analysis; performance tips; and more. From hard rock, metal, and punk to folk and old time rock 'n' roll, there's something here for everyone. Best of all, you'll be cranking out dozens of timeless riffs in no time! Learn nearly 150 riffs, including: • Ain't Talkin' Bout Love • All Day and All of the Night • All Right Now • American Woman • Aqualung • Are You Gonna Go My Way • The Attitude Song • Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You • Back in Black • Bad to the Bone • Barracuda • Beast and the Harlot • Beat It • Behind Blue Eyes • Blitzkreig Bop • Boom Boom • Born to Be Wild • Born Under a Bad Sign • Brain Stew (The Godzilla Remix) • Breaking the Chains • Breaking the Law • Bring It On Home • Brown Eyed Girl • Can't Stop • Carry On Wayward Son • Cheap Sunglasses • Cochise • Cold Gin • Come As You Are • Come Out and Play • Couldn't Stand the Weather • Crazy Train • Cross Road Blues • Cult of Personality • Day Tripper • Dr. Feel Good • Don't Fear the Reaper • Drive • Dust in the Wind • 18 and Life • Even Flow • Every Breath You Take • Eye of the Tiger • Foolin' • Frankenstein • Free Ride • Funk #49 • Get Ready • Gimme Three Steps • Girl U Want • Girls, Girls, Girls • Godzilla • Hangar 18 • A Hazy Shade of Winter • Heaven • Hells Bells • Her Strut • Hit Me with Your Best Shot • Hocus Pocus • Hold On Loosely • Hot Blooded • The House of the Rising Sun • I Feel Fine • I Love Rock 'n Roll • Iris • Iron Man • Is This Love • Jack and Diane • Jailbreak • Killing Floor • Kryptonite • La Bamba • La Grange • Layla • Le Freak • The Lemon Song • Life in the Fast Lane • Look-Ka-Py Py • Love Song • Mama, I'm Coming Home • Man in the Box • Man on the Silver Mountain • Message In a Bottle • Money • Money for Nothing • Monkey Wrench • More Than a Feeling • More Than Words • My Girl • No One Knows • Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) • Oh, Pretty Woman • Outshined • Owner of a Lonely Heart • Panama • Paperback Writer • Paranoid • Personal Jesus • Peter Gunn • Plush • Pride and Joy • Raining Blood • Rebel, Rebel • Rebel Yell • Refugee • Rhiannon • Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo • Rock Lobster • Rock You Like a Hurricane • Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting) • Say It Ain't So • School's Out • Secret Agent Man • Seventeen • Shine • Silent Lucidity • Since You've Been Gone • Slow Ride • Smells like Teen Spirit • Smoke on the Water • Song 2 • Space Truckin' • Spoonman • Start Me Up • Stayin' Alive • Still of the Night • Stone Cold Crazy • Stone in Love • Sunday Bloody Sunday • Sunshine of Your Love • Super Freak • Susie-Q • Sweet Child o' Mine • Sweet Emotion • Sweet Home Alabama • Sweet Leaf • Talk Dirty to Me • Tears in Heaven • Too Rolling Stoned • The Trooper • Trust • 25 to 6 to 4 • Up Around the Bend • Wake Up Little Susie • Walk This Way • Wanted Dead or Alive • Welcome to the Jungle • You Really Got Me • You Were Meant for Me • The Zoo
