The Bitchin' Guitar Solo, 66, passed from popular music October 15. Solo, born in Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup's That's All Right Mama, enjoyed great popularity throughout the 1960s and 1970s when he had musical icons such as Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Carlos Santana, and Terry Kath vying for his attentions. In recent years, however, the influences of syntho-pop, boy bands who sing and dance but play no instruments, and Radio Disney had caused Solo's health to decline dramatically. With the release on Monday of Kelly Clarkson's Catch My Breath, Solo's frail condition could not endure yet another song that consisted entirely of a vocalist over a synthesized background. The Bitchin' Guitar Solo is survived by his brother The Kick-Ass Rock Guitar Solo--but even the brother is now mostly relegated to specialty-format radio and satellite stations and an ever-aging fan base.
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