Watch "Guitar Legends" with Fubo for $0 Today
The love affair between rock and roll and the guitar originally began with the blues, but the real key to the success of the guitarist in rock and roll was amplification. Once the guitar could be properly amplified, it took over and from the very early days of the genre, it was the sound of rock and roll.
The love affair between rock and roll and the guitar originally began with the blues, but the real key to the success of the guitarist in rock and roll was amplification. Once the guitar could be properly amplified, it took over and from the very early days of the genre, it was the sound of rock and roll.
More episodes
Rock Legends
"Mod"From the word modernist, Mod is a subculture that began in the late 1950s and spread throughout Great Britain, before ultimately influencing trends in other countries. Elements of the mod subculture include fashion, music (primarily jazz), and motor scooters.
Rock Legends
"Punk Rock"See how rooted in the 1950s rock and roll and the 1960s garage rock, punk bands rejected the corporate nature of mainstream 1970s rock music, typically producing short, fast-paced songs with hard-edged melodies.
Rock Legends
"90s Riot Grrrl"An underground feminist punk movement that began during the early 1990s in Olympia, Wash.; it has since expanded to at least 26 other countries; combines feminism, punk music and politics.
Rock Legends
"Roots Rock"A look back at rock's origins as a response to the perceived excesses of the dominant psychedelic and progressive rock scenes.
Rock Legends
S10, EP8 "Marvin Gaye"Marvin Gaye sings in his father's church and in the Moonglows before signing with Motown; he records songs by Smokey Robinson before producing the protest album "What's Going On"; Gaye is killed in 1984 during a domestic dispute with his father.
