What’s Your Favorite Guitar Riff?

Many people believe the best part of a great rock song is the guitar ‘riff,’ the unmistakable guitar signature of that song. Sure, melody and lyrics are nearly as important, but it’s important to have that riff down while playing the air guitar. What are the best guitar riffs in all of rock? Here’s our list…

1. Smoke On The Water – Deep Purple
2. There’s Never Been Any Reason – Head East
3. So Far Away – Dire Straits
4. Layla – Derek And The Dominos
5. Walk This Way – Aerosmith
6. Iron Man – Black Sabbath
7. Johnny B Goode – Chuck Berry
8. Heartbreaker – Led Zeppelin
9. Crazy Train – Ozzy Osbourne
10. Free Ride – Edgar Winter
11. Start Me Up – Rolling Stones
12. Are You Going My Way? Lenny Kravitz

Prologue: Notice that most of the tunes come from the 60s and 70s, “Smoke On the Water” and “Layla” still rock. Lenny went retro, while the Dire Straits prove that not all riffs need to be at ’11.’

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