#492 – Rick Beato: Greatest Guitarists of All Time, History & Future of Music

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0:00- The following is a conversation with Rick Beato, legendary music educator, interviewer, producer, songwriter, and a true multi-instrument musician, playing guitar, bass, cello, and piano. Rick, with his

0:14incredible YouTube channel, celebrates great musicians and musical ideas, and helps millions of people, including me, fall in love with great music all over again. This is the Lex Fridman Podcast. To support

0:30it, please check out our sponsors in the description, where you can also find links to contact me, ask questions, give feedback, and so on. And now, dear friends, here's Rick Beato. You had, I

0:45think, an incredibly fun and diverse beginning to your music journey. I heard somewhere that one of the things that made you fall in love with music was listening to guitar solos, some epic guitar solos.

0:57What's an early guitar solo that you remember you connected to spiritually, musically, where you're like, "Wow, there's magic in this"? - Well, the first solo that I learned was "Hey Joe." It was actually a good

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