100 Riffs (A Brief History of Rock N’ Roll)

Alex Chadwick plays 100 famous guitar riffs in one take giving you a chronological history of rock n’ roll. THANKS FOR WATCHING!! SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE CHICAGO MUSIC EXCHANGE!! See the full detailed list of all the artists, keys, and year of each song played in the 100 riffs: -- PLUS see the pedalboard, guitar and amplifier too! 0:00 Introduction 0:10 Mr. Sandman Chet Atkins 0:18 Folsom Prison Blues Johnny Cash 0:29 Johnny B Goode Chuck Berry 0:35 Rumble Link Wray 0:45 Summertime Blues Eddie Cochran 0:51 Pipeline The Chantays 0:58 Miserlou Dick_ Dale 1:03 Wipeout Surfaris 1:07 Daytripper The Beatles 1:13 Can’t Explain The Who 1:17 Satisfaction The Rolling Stones 1:24 Purple Haze Jimi Hendrix 1:32 Black Magic Woman Santana 1:39 Helter Skelter The Beatles 1:55 Crossroads Cream 1:58 Communication Breakdown Led Zeppelin 2:04 Paranoid Black Sabbath 2:12 Creedence Clearwater Revival 2:19 Funk 49 James Gang 2:24 Immigrant Song Led Zeppelin 2:28 B*tch Stones 2:34 Layla Derek and the Dominos 2:41 School’s Out Alice Cooper 2:48 Smoke on the Water Deep Purple 2:55 Money Pink Floyd 3:01 Jessica Allman Brothers 3:10 La Grange ZZ Top 3:14 20th Century Boy T. Rex 3:19 Scarlet Begonias Grateful_Dead 3:23 Sweet Home Alabama Lynyrd Skynyrd 3:26 Walk This Way Aerosmith 3:30 Bohemian Rhapsody Queen 3:36 Stranglehold Ted Nugent 3:42 Boys Are Back in Town Thin Lizzy 3:49 Don’t Fear the Reaper Blue Oyster Cult 3:55 Carry on My Wayward Son Kansas 4:00 Blitzkreig Bop The Ramones 4:06 Barracuda Heart 4:13 Runnin’ with the Devil Van Halen 4:22 Sultans of Swing Dire Straits 4:35 Message in a Bottle 4:42 Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) Neil Young 4:50 Back in Black AC/DC 4:56 Crazy Train Ozzy Osbourne 5:02 Spirit of Radio Rush 5:06 Pride and Joy Stevie Ray Vaughan 5:14 Owner of a Lonely Heart Yes 5:20 Holy Diver Dio 5:24 Beat It Michael Jackson 5:31 Hot For Teacher Van Halen 5:37 What Difference Does It Make The Smiths 5:43 Glory Days Bruce Springsteen 5:51 Money For Nothing Dire Straits 5:58 You Give Love a Bad Name Bon Jovi 6:12 Where the Streets Have No Name U2 6:20 Guns N’ Roses 6:39 Girls, Girls, Girls Motley Crue 6:45 Cult of Personality Living Colour 6:54 Kickstart My Heart Motley Crue 7:05 Running Down a Dream Tom Petty 7:11 Pictures of Matchstick Men Camper Van Beethoven 7:19 Thunderstruck AC/DC 7:32 Twice as Hard Black Crowes 7:43 Cliffs of Dover Eric Johnson 7:48 Enter Sandman Metallica 7:56 Man in the Box Alice in Chains 8:10 Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana 8:18 Give it Away Red Hot Chili Peppers 8:28 Even Flow Pearl Jam 8:36 Outshined Soundgarden 8:46 Killing_ in the Name Rage Against the Machine 8:57 Sex_ Type Thing Stone Temple Pilots 9:03 Are You Gonna Go My Way Lenny Kravitz 9:07 Welcome to Paradise Green Day 9:12 Possum Kingdom Toadies 9:21 Say it Ain’t So Weezer 9:26 Zero Smashing Pumpkins 9:30 Monkey Wrench Foo Fighters 9:36 Sex_ and Candy Marcy Playground 9:42 Smooth Santana 9:50 Scar Tissue Red Hot Chili Peppers 10:00 Short Skirt, Long Jacket Cake 10:09 Turn a Square The Shins 10:16 Seven Nation Army White Stripes 10:31 Hysteria Muse 10:41 I Believe in a Thing Called Love The Darkness 10:49 Blood and Thunder Mastadon 10:54 Are You Gonna Be My Girl Jet 10:59 Reptilia The Strokes 11:05 Take Me Out Franz Ferdinand 11:11 Float On Modest Mouse 11:21 Blue Orchid White Stripes 11:33 Boulevard of Broken Dreams Green Day 11:39 Steady As She Goes The Raconteurs 11:47 I Got Mine Black Keys Listen to the official Spotify 100 Riffs playlist: *Learn how to play all 100 Riffs at () Press inquiries please contact: 100riffs@ To hear original music from Alex Chadwick, go to Check out our Giveaways page to win gear! - #chicagomusicexchange #100riffs #history #rocknroll #guitardemo #vintageguitars #fender #stratocaster
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