Know Your Jukebox Heroes

Among the great creators of classical electric guitar music was a man named Chuck Berry. After him came greats like Pete Townsend and Jimi Hindrix. The rocking sounds reverberating from their electric guitars shook the very foundations of society and music history. The electric guitar became an expression of entire generations and the guitar music of that was created still speaks in volumes to this very day. Jimi Hendrix may very well hold one of the most impressive records on an electric guitar. In the Summer of Love, 1969, he played the National Anthem of the United States of America on his feet at a three-day music marvel known as Woodstock. The entire music festival at Woodstock was an historic event. However, if you ask any of the people that were there, the one thing that is remembered more than anything else was Jimi Hendrix playing the National Anthem with his feet. In the seventies, the nation went through a transitional phase as disco made its brief passage through guitar history and then we moved into the nineteen eighties where big hair bands turned the guitar into a screaming and crying musical machine. Artists such as Stevie Ray Vaughn and Eric Clapton made yet another mark on history by creating another new and amazing guitar craze mixing blues with rock and roll. Throughout the eighties and into the early nineties, guitars took on a heavier tone as grunge and punk moved into the limelight. They were frequently interrupted by alternative bands as well, all of whom made their own little mark on guitar history. As we move into the 21st century, room is there for the next Juke Box hero who will come up with the next latest and greatest guitar craze. All of these legends had one very common beginning and maybe even something in common with you as well. Each and every one of them started out with nothing more than a dream and a desire to learn to play the guitar. A good guitar guide could very well put you well on your way to becoming the next guitar hero.