Petty wrote "American Girl" on his acoustic guitar, not by choice but because it was the only guitar he owned. He was living in Florida at the time, and his apartment backed up against U.S. 441, where a steady stream of traffic ran. "The cars would go by," he said in Paul Zollo...
The Ramones' debut album, from 1976, was rooted in an earlier era. Namely, '60 garage rock, girl groups and monster-movie culture. But that didn't stop them from making one of punk's most influential records. With a limited vocabulary, and a limited amount of guitar chords, they sparke...
I let my mind be free and played the chords I heard in this place I went to in my head. Releasing myself into the song (my emotions, my thoughts, my wants and desires, my everything), chords came out and the arrangement and dynamic of the song rang true for me and I’ve stuck ...
Laura NyroIn the 1960s and '70s, American singer-songwriter Laura Nyro welded urban folk blues to the gospel resonance of the girl group sound. In the early 1970s a white, mostly middle-class pantheon of soloists coalesced—Joni Mitchell,Van Morrison,Neil Young,Randy Newman,James Taylor,Carly...
ALL AMERICAN GIRL Melissa Etheridge Song's not too difficult and sounds great when you rip it on an electric - good for acoustic, too. Listen to recording for right rythyms. Chords: E (022100), A (002220), D (000232), B5 (x244xx), A5 (x022xx), C#m (x46650), ...
(Guitar Method). A complete collection of all three Acoustic Guitar Method books in one volume! Learn how to play guitar with the only beginning method based on traditional American music that teaches you authentic techniques and songs. Beginning with a few basic chords and strums, you'll ...
The North American leg ofGuns N' Roses' 2023 tour kicked off over the weekend in Moncton, Canada, with country superstarCarrie Underwoodas the opening act. You can see some great photos from the show below. Underwood, who's a self-proclaimed massive Guns N' Roses fan, played a set ful...
“Now if you know anything about us, we write most of our songs based off an element of truth. This is like, the only song we’ve written out of, kind of like fantasy and a joke ‘cause it’s kind of a sick subject. But you know, sometimes you think about it when your girl...
“American Idiot” was the first single and first song shared in the new album cycle and on its own, it didn’t exactly scream “rock opera.” But among the familiar power chords, Billie Joe’s lyrics aren’t at allDookie. His not-so-subtle jabs at conservatism ...
There are two guitars strumming all acoustic parts, and they both play the chords on different parts of the neck, so it doesn't really matter if you play the E open or at the 7th fret, or the F#m at the 2nd or 9th. [Intro] A F#m Bm E A F#m Take away the sensation inside...