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The song is in the key of F# minor, [5] and features a guitar solo after the second chorus which is played by guitarist Steve Lukather featuring several techniques like bendings, alternate picking, vibrato and harmonies. [6] Several of the band members recall hearing "Hold the Line" for the first time on the radio. Steve Lukather remembered:
A guitar solo is a melodic passage, instrumental section, or entire piece of music, pre-written (or improvised) to be played on a classical, electric, or acoustic guitar.In 20th and 21st century traditional music and popular music such as blues, swing, jazz, jazz fusion, rock and heavy metal, guitar solos often contain virtuoso techniques and varying degrees of improvisation.
Robert "Waddy" Wachtel (born May 24, 1947) is an American musician, composer and record producer, most notable for his guitar work. Wachtel has worked as session musician for other artists such as Linda Ronstadt, Beth Hart, Stevie Nicks, Miranda Lambert, Kim Carnes, Randy Newman, Keith Richards, The Rolling Stones (lead guitar on "Saint of Me"), Jon Bon Jovi, James Taylor, Iggy Pop, Warren ...
Surfin' Guitars: Instrumental Surf Bands of the Sixties is a book by Robert J. Dalley which covers the instrumental side of the surf genre in the 1960s and looks at groups and artists from that era. It has been published three times with the first version published in 1988 and the third in 2015.
Robert Conti (born November 21, 1945) is an American jazz guitarist and educator. Conti was born in Philadelphia and was an autodidact, first performing locally at age fourteen and mentoring with Pat Martino. In 1966, after four years on the road touring North America, he settled in Jacksonville, Florida.
Robert A. Johnson (born in the 1950s) is a rock, pop, and blues guitarist based in Memphis, Tennessee who is best known for his work in the late 1970s. [1] He is usually known professionally simply as "Robert Johnson." Early in his career Johnson played in bands with Jack Holder and Greg Reding, who later became members of Black Oak Arkansas.
After taking lessons for a year, he studied classical guitar at the suggestion of his teacher. In 1971, he entered Hofstra University as a Music Education major, studying under Stanley Solow. After graduating in 1975, Phillips began studies in New York under José Rey de la Torre .
As leader, he recorded one album with his trio, one duo album with bassist Steve Gilmore and one solo album. Leahey gave guitar lessons at his home in Plainfield, New Jersey and from 1974 to 1988 at William Paterson University. [17] His students include Bob DeVos, Jon Herington, Vic Juris, Chuck Loeb, Jack Six, and Warren Vaché Jr. [3]