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Jul. 12, 2012

Alex Chadwick of the Chicago Music Exchange never expected his video of 100 famous guitar riffs to go viral, but it did. Thursday on Eight Forty-Eight, Tony Sarabia and Richard Steele talk with Chadwick about their favorite guitar tunes. Here's the video, some of which we're sure to hear on air today: 

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