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How to Make a Guitar Solo Sing

By Joe Don Rooney

How to make your solos really connect with a live audience.

How to Turn a Stock Chord Progression Into a Unique Guitar Part

By Joe Don Rooney

How to sculpt a stock chord progression into a melodically interesting rhythm guitar part.

Crafting Wailing Lead Phrases

By Joe Don Rooney

Adapting Pedal Steel Licks to the Electric Guitar — Video

By Joe Don Rooney of Rascal Flatts

Rockin' The Country with Joe Don Rooney: The Benefits of Being a Singing Guitarist

By Joe Don Rooney

Rockin' The Country with Joe Don Rooney: Making My Guitar Speak on “Me and My Gang”

By Joe Don Rooney

This video is bonus content related to the April 2014 issue of Guitar World. For the full range of interviews, features, tabs and more, pick up the new issue on newsstands now or at our online store.

Rockin' the Country with Joe Don Rooney: Combining Diverse Stylistic Elements, and My Take on “Life Is a Highway”

By Joe Don Rooney

Rockin' the Country with Joe Don Rooney: Drawing Inspiration from a Folk/Bluegrass Instrument, and How I Play “Banjo”

By Joe Don Rooney

'Guitar One Presents Country Guitar' Out Now: Brad Paisley, Keith Urban, Joe Don Rooney, Tabs for Albert Lee's "Country Boy" and More

By Guitar World Staff

Attention, country guitar fans! We've published a new special edition just for you — Guitar One Presents: Country Guitar! It's available now at the Guitar World Online Store.

Rockin' The Country: How I Adapted a Hit Song’s Recorded Guitar Parts for the Concert Stage

By Joe Don Rooney

Rockin' the Country with Joe Don Rooney: Playing an Instrument that’s Ideal for Your Circumstances

By Joe Don Rooney

Rockin' the Country: Adapting More Pedal-Steel-Inspired Licks and Chord-Playing Ideas to the Electric Guitar

By Joe Don Rooney

Joe Don Rooney of Rascal Flatts: "I Love Metal, Rock and Country — and I Like to Wrap It All Up Into One"

By Ted Drozdowski

For Rascal Flatts guitar slinger Joe Don Rooney, freedom’s just another word for fusing country, rock and heavy metal into his own brand of mind-blowing virtuosity.

Rockin' the Country with Joe Don Rooney: At the Crossroads, Part 2 — The Early, Influential Steps of My Musical Journey

By Joe Don Rooney

The following content is related to the August 2013 issue of Guitar World. For the full range of interviews, features, tabs and more, pick up the new issue on newsstands now, or in our online store.

July 2013 Guitar World: Tony Iommi's Battle with Cancer and Black Sabbath's Comeback, Joe Satriani, Ghost B.C., Joe Don Rooney and More

By Guitar World Staff

Rockin' the Country with Joe Don Rooney: At the Crossroads — the Influences Behind My Playing Style

By Joe Don Rooney

The following content is related to the July 2013 issue of Guitar World. For the full range of interviews, features, tabs and more, pick up the new issue on newsstands now, or in our online store.