" Frankenstein " by The Edgar Winter Group climbed to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, turning a sprawling live jam into one ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A joyful 1973 instrumental by The Allman Brothers Band is getting fresh praise more than five decades later. “Jessica,” the bright ...

This song choice is not out of the blue. "Out of the Blue" by George Harrison was named the greatest classical rock instrumental song. Recorded on July 2, 1970, the 11-minute tune is an improvised ...

From the late 1950s to the late 1970s, rock ‘n’ rollers were taking the formula for what they already knew a six-string electric could do and pushing the boundaries one notch further. Musicians were ...

Let’s be real. This wouldn’t be a list of incredible instrumental rock music moments without mentioning the 1976 song “Eruption” by Van Halen. Eddie Van Halen was the OG guitar hero in many respects, ...

While Link Wray's The Rumble, of 1958, is often cited as the first tune without vocals featuring distorted guitar, the rock instrumental came into its own during the early 1970s. Partially inspired by ...