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The riff that made me want to play... Walk This Way – Run-DMC feat Aerosmith

In 1986, when I was 11, my grandmother bought me a Phillips ghetto blaster and some money to spend on tapes, so I bought Run DMC’s and a Huey Lewis & The News album. is a really rocking album, but of course the real highlight guitar-wise is , which got me into Aerosmith and got me into rap as well. And when I was 14, andcame out, that changed everything for me. Oh my God, I listened to all the time...

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