The history of rock in 100 guitar riffs

Alex Chadwick and his 1958 Fender Strat present one hundred great guitar riffs of all time in one 12-minute take. (The only riff here I can play is Blitkreig Bop, but fortunately, it's the best one.)

From Open Culture:

So central is the riff to the catchiness of a song that one could write an entire history of rock n roll in riffs, which is exactly what Alex Chadwick has done in the video above, opening with the groovy jazz lick of 1953s Mr. Sandman and wrapping up with St. Vincents Cruel. Though the more recent riffs might elude many peoplehaving not yet become classic rock hits played at hockey gamesnearly all of these 100 riffs from 100 rock n roll songs will be instantly familiar. The video comes from music store Chicago Music Exchange, where employees likely hear many of these tunes played all day long, but never in chronological succession with such perfect intonation.