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  • Afterward, after the band's signature show-closer, a rollicking version of "Amazing Grace" set to the famous Keith Richards rhythm-guitar riffs of "Honky Tonk Woman," Abbey residents rush the stage to thank McBride.

    Music where they live: Singer Mary McBride's unconventional tour J. Freedom duLac 2011

  • Red Hot Chili Peppers: heard in the night air, those rhythm-guitar bits feel interestingly thin and fragile these days for a Big Rock Band; then the guitar breaks come in, all trumped-up.

    Coachella: Giving In to the Beat - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2007

  • Red Hot Chili Peppers: heard in the night air, those rhythm-guitar bits feel interestingly thin and fragile these days for a Big Rock Band; then the guitar breaks come in, all trumped-up.

    Coachella: Giving In to the Beat - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2007

  • One of the secret muses of this music was David Crosby, a frequent visitor to Ace's, who added his own "outside" rhythm-guitar accents - inspired in part by McCoy Tyner's majestic contributions the John Coltrane Quartet -- to the evolving sound, though Crosby didn't appear on the finished album.

    Orpheus 1976

  • One of the secret muses of this music was David Crosby, a frequent visitor to Ace's, who added his own "outside" rhythm-guitar accents - inspired in part by McCoy Tyner's majestic contributions the John Coltrane Quartet -- to the evolving sound, though Crosby didn't appear on the finished album.

    Orpheus 1976

  • Hendrix did Like a Rolling Stone, so I copped some of that vibe for the rhythm-guitar parts.

    chron.com Chronicle 2010

  • Here's what the magazine said about the family band: "Bluegrass's answer to heavy metal is led by the powerful singing, songwriting, and banjo playing of Cia Cherryholmes and the aggressive rhythm-guitar playing of brother Skip."

    Cybergrass Bluegrass Music News 2010

  • And reggae is a significant part of Bush's musical make-up - not only do Bob Marley's songs invariably find their way into his concerts, but Bush's mandolin technique, heavy on the rhythmic element, has been influenced by the rhythm-guitar style that is near the core of reggae music.

    Aspen Times - Top Stories 2009

  • Nichtern says that when they began to work on the new album, they started with simple rhythm-guitar ideas.

    Monkeyfister 2009

  • De Stoomwals (Steam Engine Waltz) (7: 13): This track alternates between dreamy with twanging guitars / melancholical flute and violin and propulsive with powerful acoustic rhythm-guitar and swirling interplay between flute, violin and bass, very exciting.

    Latest reviews @ Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website 2008

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