Help me with my cheesy (kinda) guitar riff mixtape

[JackWilson]

I'm putting together a classic-ish mixtape of various awesome recognizable guitar riffs. The theme is kinda more towards blues and rock than heavy metal.

What I've got so far:

Layla - Derek and the Dominoes (Eric Clapton)
Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones

Other songs that could also work (but I'm trying to focus more on recognizable riffs):

Guns 'n Roses - Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing

Anyone have any suggestions?

[TheDudeAbides]

Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple
Sweet Home Alabama - Skynyrd
Money for Nothing - Dire Straits
House of the Rising Sun - The Animals
Lots of Zeppelin
Voodoo Child - Hendrix
Purple Haze - Hendrix

[JackWilson]

Thanks.

Smoke on the Water might be a little too hard for this. I'll have to give House of the Rising Sun another listen. What Zeppelin would you recommend? Hendrix of course is great but I don't know if it'll fit so well with the blues theme...not that it's not blues, just aiming for a more, for lack of a better word, classic theme.

[heater]

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What Zeppelin would you recommend?

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Blackdog
Communication Breakdown
Good Times Bad Times
Rock and Roll
Whole Lotta Love

There are a bunch more you could use.

[Peoplez]

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Guns 'n Roses - Knockin' on Heaven's Door


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There aint no real guitar riffs in this song + it's a Dylan song so what's the point. GNR has some really cool and recognizable riffs for example Welcome To The Jungle, Swee Child O'Mine, Paradise City these are the obvious songs.

When it comes to classic guitar riffs you can't skip Black Sabbath(it doesn't matter you didn't want heavy metal, you can't skip this), Ac/Dc, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple etc.

[wmonfor]

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I'm putting together a classic-ish mixtape of various awesome recognizable guitar riffs. The theme is kinda more towards blues and rock than heavy metal.

What I've got so far:

Layla - Derek and the Dominoes (Eric Clapton)
Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones

Other songs that could also work (but I'm trying to focus more on recognizable riffs):

Guns 'n Roses - Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing

Anyone have any suggestions?

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i would say if your gonna have Dire Straits, have the opening riff from "Money for Nothin".

also SRV "The House is a Rockin'"

[Taso]

Paint it Black - Stones
Sunshine of Your Love - Cream

[theblackkeys]

WHole Lotta Love
Heartbreaker
Black Dog
The Ocean

[Dan BRIGHT]

2 solid hours of gut wrenching alice in chains

it gets their panties wet, no doubt

[theblackkeys]

Funk #49-James Gang (had to look it up)
killer bluesy riff