1.   And with that, the soft-spoken Ali thrust his left leg out like a thousand guitar heroes before him.

2.   But I think that Eddie got caught up for a while with being the guitar hero, the main man, the inventor.

3.   For this same reason, younger audiences no longer seek guitar heroes like Beck but instead look to bands that work together toward communicating a shared experience.

4.   Satriani, a guitar hero in an era when such job descriptions hardly exist anymore, would probably agree with the practicing part.

5.   Take a classic rock guitar hero whose commercial prospects had faded in the decade of hip-hop and grunge.

6.   Atkins was inspired to club performing partly by fellow guitar hero Les Paul, who has been playing a weekly New York club date for years.

7.   Vai encouraged him to follow his dreams of being a guitar hero.