12 Timeless Rock and Roll Mistakes
By Robert Archer
These 12 rock and roll miscues, which will live on forever, are perfect for audio demos.

As a proud Les Paul owner I may be biased, but Gibson is one of the best companies at using social media.

Gibson recently tweeted a story called "Oops! 10 Great Rock and Roll Bloopers" that chronicled some funny moments caught on tape during the recording process.

For musicians, the story proves nobody is perfect and that even the most talented musicians screw up. For audiophiles, these songs prove to be pure listening gold to see if their systems can resolve these mistakes. For dealers selling these components, these mistakes provides some tangible non-audiophile talking points that can be used in product demos.



To make this list a nice even dozen, I've added two of my favorite Rock and Roll mistakes to the list:

Stevie Ray Vaughn: "Little Wing" (The Sky is Crying)
Around 1:20 of the studio version of “Little Wing,” a buzzing sound emanates from Stevie Ray Vaughn’s equipment and RF/EMI noise is amplified by Vaughn’s Fender Stratocaster pickups.

The song features some nicely recorded drums and bass. This song surprisingly isn’t used more to showcase Vaughn’s trademark Fender tone.

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