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“100 Riffs” by ChicagoMusicExchange

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“100 Riffs” by ChicagoMusicExchange

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“100 Riffs” by ChicagoMusicExchange

	song info     “100 Riffs (A Brief History of Rock N’ Roll)” by ChicagoMusicExchange is a cool series of 100 famous rock guitar riffs played one after another. Both hands on the guitar are clearly visible for beginners to copy and learn.     Song Title: 100 Riffs     Artist: Alex of ChicagoMusicExchange     Genre: rock     Number of listens: 15745     Current rank: 544 (updated weekly)     Highest rank: 540 (play the video all the way through to register a vote for this song) Translations courtesy of Apple and Google.

100 Riffs: A Brief History of Rock ’N’ Roll

Played by Alex Chadwick of Chicago Music Exchange

Songlist in order

• #
• Song Title
• Artist
• Year
• Key
• Time

• 1
• Mr. Sandman
• Chet Atkins
• 1953
• A
• 0:09

• 2
• Folsom Prison Blues
• Johnny Cash
• 1955
• E
• 0:16

• 3
• Words of Love
• Buddy Holly
• 1957
• A
• 0:21

• 4
• Johnny B Goode
• Chuck Berry
• 1958
• A
• 0:28

• 5
• Rumble
• Link Wray
• 1958
• E
• 0:34

• 6
• Summertime Blues
• Eddie Cochran
• 1958
• E
• 0:44

• 7
• Pipeline
• The Chantays
• 1962
• E
• 0:50

• 8
• Miserlou
• Dick Dale
• 1962
• E
• 0:57

• 9
• Wipeout
• Surfaris
• 1963
• B
• 1:02

• 10
• Daytripper
• The Beatles
• 1965
• E
• 1:05

• 11
• Can’t Explain
• The Who
• 1965
• B
• 1:12

• 12
• Satisfaction
• The Rolling Stones
• 1965
• E
• 1:16

• 13
• Purple Haze
• Jimi Hendrix
• 1967
• E
• 1:23

• 14
• Black Magic Woman
• Santana
• 1968
• D
• 1:31

• 15
• Helter Skelter
• The Beatles
• 1968
• E
• 1:38

• 16
• Oh Well
• Fleetwood Mac
• 1969
• E
• 1:49

• 17
• Crossroads
• Cream
• 1969
• A
• 1:54

• 18
• Communication Breakdown
• Led Zeppelin
• 1969
• E
• 1:57

• 19
• Paranoid
• Black Sabbath
• 1970
• E
• 2:03

• 20
• Fortunate Son
• Creedence Clearwater Revival
• 1970
• G
• 2:11

• 21
• Funk 49
• James Gang
• 1970
• A
• 2:18

• 22
• Immigrant Song
• Led Zeppelin
• 1970
• F#
• 2:23

• 23
• Bitch
• Rolling Stones
• 1971
• A
• 2:27

• 24
• Layla
• Derek and the Dominos
• 1971
• E♭
• 2:33

• 25
• School’s Out
• Alice Cooper
• 1972
• E♭
• 2:41

• 26
• Smoke on the Water
• Deep Purple
• 1973
• G
• 2:48

• 27
• Money
• Pink Floyd
• 1973
• B
• 2:54

• 28
• Jessica
• Allman Brothers
• 1973
• A
• 3:01

• 29
• La Grange
• ZZ Top
• 1973
• A
• 3:08

• 30
• 20th Century Boy
• T. Rex
• 1973
• E
• 3:13

• 31
• Scarlet Begonias
• Grateful Dead
• 1974
• B
• 3:17

• 32
• Sweet Home Alabama
• Lynyrd Skynyrd
• 1974
• E
• 3:22

• 33
• Walk This Way
• Aerosmith
• 1975
• E
• 3:25

• 34
• Bohemian Rhapsody
• Queen
• 1975
• E♭ - C
• 3:29

• 35
• Stranglehold
• Ted Nugent
• 1975
• A
• 3:36

• 36
• Boys Are Back in Town
• Thin Lizzy
• 1976
• B
• 3:41

• 37
• Don’t Fear the Reaper
• Blue Oyster Cult
• 1976
• A
• 3:48

• 38
• Carry on My Wayward Son
• Kansas
• 1976
• A
• 3:54

• 39
• Blitzkreig Bop
• The Ramones
• 1976
• A
• 3:59

• 40
• Barracuda
• Heart
• 1977
• E
• 4:05

• 41
• Runnin’ with the Devil
• Van Halen
• 1978
• E♭
• 4:12

• 42
• Sultans of Swing
• Dire Straits
• 1978
• A
• 4:21

• 43
• Message in a Bottle
• The Police
• 1979
• C#
• 4:34

• 44
• Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)
• Neil Young
• 1979
• A
• 4:41

• 45
• Back in Black
• AC/DC
• 1980
• E
• 4:50

• 46
• Crazy Train
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• Ozzy Osbourne
• 1980
• F#
• 4:55

• 47
• Spirit of Radio
• Rush
• 1980
• E
• 5:01

• 48
• Pride and Joy
• Stevie Ray Vaughan
• 1983
• E
• 5:05

• 49
• Owner of a Lonely Heart
• Yes
• 1983
• A
• 5:13

• 50
• Holy Diver
• Dio
• 1983
• C
• 5:18

• 51
• Beat It
• Michael Jackson
• 1983
• E
• 5:23

• 52
• Hot For Teacher
• Van Halen
• 1984
• A
• 5:30

• 53
• What Difference Does It Make
• The Smiths
• 1984
• B
• 5:36

• 54
• Glory Days
• Bruce Springsteen
• 1985
• A
• 5:43

• 55
• Money For Nothing
• Dire Straits
• 1985
• G
• 5:50

• 56
• You Give Love a Bad Name
• Bon Jovi
• 1986
• C
• 5:58

• 57
• The One I Love
• REM
• 1987
• E
• 6:04

• 58
• Where the Streets Have No Name
• U2
• 1987
• D
• 6:11

• 59
• Welcome to the Jungle
• Guns N’ Roses
• 1987
• E
• 6:19

• 60
• Sweet Child ’O Mine
• Guns N’ Roses
• 1987
• E
• 6:31

• 61
• Girls, Girls, Girls
• Motley Crue
• 1987
• D
• 6:37

• 62
• Cult of Personality
• Living Colour
• 1988
• G
• 6:44

• 63
• Kickstart My Heart
• Motley Crue
• 1989
• D
• 6:53

• 64
• Running Down a Dream
• Tom Petty
• 1989
• E
• 7:03

• 65
• Pictures of Matchstick Men
• Camper Van Beethoven
• 1989
• D
• 7:10

• 66
• Thunderstruck
• AC/DC
• 1989
• B
• 7:18

• 67
• Twice as Hard
• Black Crowes
• 1990
• G
• 7:30

• 68
• Cliffs of Dover
• Eric Johnson
• 1990
• E
• 7:42

• 69
• Enter Sandman
• Metallica
• 1991
• E
• 7:47

• 70
• Man in the Box
• Alice in Chains
• 1991
• E
• 7:55

• 71
• Smells Like Teen Spirit
• Nirvana
• 1991
• F
• 8:09

• 72
• Give it Away
• Red Hot Chili Peppers
• 1991
• D
• 8:18

• 73
• Even Flow
• Pearl Jam
• 1991
• D
• 8:27

• 74
• Outshined
• Soundgarden
• 1991
• D
• 8:35

• 75
• Killing in the Name
• Rage Against the Machine
• 1992
• D
• 8:44

• 76
• Sex Type Thing
• Stone Temple Pilots
• 1993
• E
• 8:56

• 77
• Are You Gonna Go My Way
• Lenny Kravitz
• 1993
• E
• 9:02

• 78
• Welcome to Paradise
• Green Day
• 1994
• E
• 9:06

• 79
• Possum Kingdom
• Toadies
• 1995
• E
• 9:11

• 80
• Say it Ain’t So
• Weezer
• 1995
• E
• 9:19

• 81
• Zero
• Smashing Pumpkins
• 1996
• E
• 9:25

• 82
• Monkey Wrench
• Foo Fighters
• 1997
• B
• 9:29

• 83
• Sex and Candy
• Marcy Playground
• 1997
• D
• 9:35

• 84
• Smooth
• Santana
• 1999
• A
• 9:41

• 85
• Scar Tissue
• Red Hot Chili Peppers
• 1999
• F
• 9:50

• 86
• Short Skirt, Long Jacket
• Cake
• 2001
• D
• 9:59

• 87
• Turn a Square
• The Shins
• 2003
• E
• 10:08

• 88
• Seven Nation Army
• White Stripes
• 2003
• E
• 10:15

• 89
• Hysteria
• Muse
• 2003
• A
• 10:31

• 90
• I Believe in a Thing Called Love
• The Darkness
• 2003
• F#
• 10:40

• 91
• Blood and Thunder
• Mastodon
• 2004
• D
• 10:47

• 92
• Are You Gonna Be My Girl
• Jet
• 2004
• A
• 10:53

• 93
• Reptilia
• The Strokes
• 2004
• B
• 10:58

• 94
• Take Me Out
• Franz Ferdinand
• 2004
• E
• 11:04

• 95
• Float On
• Modest Mouse
• 2004
• F#
• 11:10

• 96
• Blue Orchid
• White Stripes
• 2005
• G
• 11:20

• 97
• Boulevard of Broken Dreams
• Green Day
• 2005
• F
• 11:32

• 98
• Steady As She Goes
• The Raconteurs
• 2006
• B♭
• 11:38

• 99
• I Got Mine
• Black Keys
• 2008
• E
• 11:46

• 100
• Cruel
• St. Vincent
• 2011
• F#
• 11:59

The gear Alex played

1958 Fender Stratocaster

Alex’s pedalboard for this video contains in order: Boss TU-2 Tuner -> Boss CS-3 Compressor -> Jim Dunlop Cry Baby -> Earthquaker Devices Bit Commander -> Ibanez TS-9 Tube Screamer w/Analogman JRC4855D Range Expander Mod -> Ernie Ball Volume -> JHS Mini Foot Fuzz -> Malekko Omicron Analog Trem -> Boss DD-7 Digital Delay -> MXR Carbon Copy Analog Delay -> T-Rex Room-Mate Tube Reverb

Fender ’57 Reissue Tweed Deluxe

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