GuitarPlayer.com | Blues and Americana chameleon Samantha Fish picked drums as her first instrument but found her true passion when she switched to guitar. Digging backward from the classic rock she heard at home led her to discover the Delta blues and the Mississippi hill country scene. Along the way, she developed a knack for blurring genre lines when she isn’t knocking them down. Here are the five riffs that changed her life.
00:37 "Shake 'Em on Down," Mississippi Fred McDowell
03:38 "American Girl," Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
06:21 "Same Old Blues," Freddie King
10:31 "War Pigs," Black Sabbath
13:39 "Goin' Down South," R.L. Burnside
Video by Jim Beaugez and J.B. Lawrence