British-born guitarist, Billy Morrison recently decamped and made his way to Billy Idol’s band for an extensive globetrotting gig that’s carried him to Russia, Greece, Switzerland, England and Eastern Europe. That’s not to say that’s he’s not continuing his work with Camp Freddy and Circus Diablo, two groups that he’s worked with for several years.
“Tightrope” is often considered one of Stevie Ray Vaughan’s all-time great releases, combing his virtuosic guitar chops, ability to write meaningful lyrics and radio playability to produce a song that appeals as much to fans of blues, the guitar and casual listeners alike. Released on the 1989 album In Step, which was titled after SRV’s battle with drug and alcohol abuse, the album would be the last record Stevie would record with Double Trouble. There was one more release with his brother Jimmy Vaughan, Family Style¸ before Stevie was taken from the world by a helicopter crash way too early as far as his fans are concerned.
“What I Got” would be released on Sublime’s 1996 self-titled album, rocketing it to the top of the charts, but unfortunately lead singer Brad Nowell wouldn’t live long enough to enjoy the band’s global success. Sublime’s lead guitarist would overdose on heroin right before the release of the album, causing a tricky situation for the band as they now had a huge need to record a new record and tour, but were missing their most important band member and songwriter. So, just as Nirvana had done a few years earlier, Sublime decided to end the band after Nowell’s death, a move that caused them financial pain, but gained them tons of respect from their fans and the music community at large.
Inspired by the T.S. Elliot poem “The Hollow Men” and the U2 song “Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For,” Switchfoot’s 2003 release “Meant to Live” would go on to receive Gold sales and be a huge it for the band. Appearing on both their debut record, The Beautiful Letdown and Music From and Inspired by Spiderman 2, the song is often credited as helping Switchfoot reach mainstream success, launching their international careers in the process. Along with the song appearing on two different albums, the band also made three different videos for the single, all depicting different stories and released at separate times during the year.
Originally titled “Indiana Girl,” Tom Petty’s 1993 song “Mary Jane’s Last Dance” is often thought of as a song promoting, or at least talking about, drugs, Marijuana in particular. But, as Heartbreaker’s guitarist Mike Campbell has said, the song can be about drugs if that’s what you’re looking for, but it could just as easily be a love song, or whatever it is you want to hear when listening to the track. Regardless of the lyrical intent, the song was a major hit for Petty and the Heartbreakers, and continues to receive strong radio play even to this day.
After writing the song “Fast Car,” folk artist Tracy Chapman would have to wait until a memorable appearance before the song was picked up by American radio and TV stations, making her one of the biggest rising music stars of 1988. Her performance at Nelson Mandela’s 70th Birthday Party not only exposed “Fast Car” to an international audience, it shone a spotlight on Chapman’s unique, socially aware style of writing, a style that would help shoot her debut album Tracy Chapman to the top of the charts in the U.K. and the U.S. While the singer-songwriter didn’t have quite the success with her follow up albums, her self-titled album and this song remain as one of the most memorable releases of the late ‘80s.
When U2 entered the studio to record their 2000 smash-hit “Beautiful Day,” the band was a little undecided about the guitar tone that The Edge was using on the song. They felt that it harkened back to the band’s early days, a tone that was more reflective of the early ‘80s than the early 2000s, but they decided to go with it and let the guitarist do his thing. This was definitely the right choice as the song went on to be a huge hit for the band, and it helped bridge the gap between their older and newer fans, allowing them to skyrocket once again to the top of the rock world in the new millennium.
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Featuring one of the most famous guitar intros, rhythm parts and lead melody lines in instrumental rock history, the Chantay’s created a monster hit with their 1963 release “Pipeline.” Ever since, guitarists of all backgrounds and tastes from across the globe have sat down and worked out this triple-guitar threat, which was originally titled “Liberty’s Whip” until the band members watched the film Endless Summer which depicted two surfers searching for the perfect wave. Whichever name they would have gone with, the song proved to be the band’s biggest hit, and one that has gone down in rock history as one of the ‘60s most memorable tunes.
After writing all the music and coming up with only one line of lyrics, which would end up being the song’s title, Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo sat down to pen the rest of one of the band’s biggest hits, “Say It Ain’t So.” Appearing as the third single from the band’s 1995 debut record The Blue Album, the song would go on to be ranked #82 by Rolling Stone magazine in their list of the “100 Greatest Songs of All Time,”
