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Top 50: Best Guitar Riffs In The Vault

50 songs / 287:16

By: BillAntonucci

Playlist Description

We've dug through our massive collection of live concerts here in The Vault (hence no Led Zeppelin) for 50 of the greatest rock and roll riffs ever strummed. From Jimi Hendrix to Pearl Jam, this playlist has something for everyone. Did we leave off your favorite riff? Let us know in the comments.

  1. 1 Band Of Gypsys / Voodoo Child (Slight Return) 6:01
  2. 2 Deep Purple / Smoke On the Water 6:44
  3. 3 The Rolling Stones / Satisfaction 5:29
  4. 4 Black Sabbath / Iron Man 7:20
  5. 5 Cream / Sunshine Of Your Love 5:28
  6. 6 Eric Clapton / Layla 6:52
  7. 7 David Bowie / Rebel Rebel 4:03
  8. 8 AC/DC / Highway To Hell 3:27
  9. 9 Chuck Berry / Johnny B. Goode 6:07
  10. 10 Stevie Ray Vaughan / Pride And Joy 4:26
  11. 11 The Who / I Can't Explain 2:20
  12. 12 The Kinks / You Really Got Me / All Day and All Of T… 4:28
  13. 13 Neil Young & Crazy Horse / Cinnamon Girl 4:24
  14. 14 Bo Diddley / Bo Diddley 7:29
  15. 15 The Edgar Winter Group / Frankenstein 13:45
  16. 16 Dire Straits / Sultans Of Swing 6:14
  17. 17 Thin Lizzy / The Boys Are Back In Town 4:45
  18. 18 Burton Cummings / American Woman 3:06
  19. 19 Rush / The Spirit Of Radio 4:52
  20. 20 The Allman Brothers Band / Statesboro Blues 4:13
  21. 21 King Crimson / 21st Century Schizoid Man 7:34
  22. 22 Aerosmith / Walk This Way 4:37
  23. 23 Joe Walsh / Funk #49 4:19
  24. 24 Dire Straits / Money For Nothing 7:55
  25. 25 Lynyrd Skynyrd / Sweet Home Alabama 7:14
  26. 26 ZZ Top / Cheap Sunglasses 4:42
  27. 27 Dickey Betts and Great Southern / Jessica 15:08
  28. 28 The Meters / Cissy Strut 2:29
  29. 29 Jethro Tull / Aqualung 7:36
  30. 30 Pink Floyd / Have A Cigar 6:46
  31. 31 Alice Cooper / School's Out 10:08
  32. 32 Ted Nugent / Cat Scratch Fever 4:30
  33. 33 Heart / Barracuda 4:29
  34. 34 Link Wray and Robert Gordon / Rumble 4:48
  35. 35 Muddy Waters Blues Band / Mannish Boy 5:22
  36. 36 The Rolling Stones / Jumpin' Jack Flash 7:09
  37. 37 Dick Dale / Miserlou 4:33
  38. 38 Ozzy Osbourne / Crazy Train 5:38
  39. 39 Jimi Hendrix Experience / Purple Haze 5:39
  40. 40 Creedence Clearwater Revival / Born On The Bayou 5:22
  41. 41 Bruce Springsteen / Born To Run 4:58
  42. 42 Black Sabbath / Paranoid 3:47
  43. 43 The Who / My Generation 9:29
  44. 44 Rubinoos / Pipeline 2:25
  45. 45 Iggy Pop / I Wanna Be Your Dog 4:42
  46. 46 Fleetwood Mac / Oh Well 4:40
  47. 47 Lou Reed and Moogy Klingman Band / Sweet Jane 4:12
  48. 48 Blue Oyster Cult / (Don't Fear) The Reaper 6:08
  49. 49 Pearl Jam / Evenflow 5:03
  50. 50 R.E.M. / Louie Louie 4:21