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The Most Recent stories by Jesse Gress
- Demystifying the Art and Science of Harmonics May 2008
What do Chet Atkins, Lenny Breau, Tal Farlow, Ted Greene, Jeff Beck, Roy Buchanan, Rory Gallagher, Leslie West, Billy Gibbons, Michael Hedges, Eddie Van Halen, Joe Satriani, David Torn, the Edge, and Jaco Pastorius all have in common? ...
- 10 Things You Gotta Do to Play Like Rory Gallagher March 2008
Although he’s often excluded from lists and polls that rate the upper echelon of blues-rock guitar heroes, the late, great Rory Gallagher (1948-1995) certainly deserves that honor. Why? Consider the Irish blues-rocker’s pedigree. It ...
- 10 Things You Gotta Do to Play Like Metallica January 2008
It’s been a blast watching Metallica grow. Now well past their quarter-century mark, the band has been together longer than the Beatles, Cream, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, and Led Zeppelin combined. Musically speaking, America’s favorite ...
- 10 Things You Gotta Do To Play Like Robin Trower January 2008
Remember the ’70s? The pre-disco ’70s, to be exact? If not, let me remind you that this was an incredibly fertile and creative period in music history. Blues rock, progressive rock, funk, and fusion were in their prime, corporate rock ...
- 10 Things You Gotta Do To Play Like Johnny Winter January 2008
Let’s set the record straight. In the wake of Stevie Ray Vaughan’s meteoric rise to fame and subsequent legacy, there may exist generations who have either forgotten or never knew that another Texas guitarist had already been there ...
- 10 Things You Gotta Do To Play Like Jeff Beck November 2007
When rock poetress Patti Smith introduced Jeff Beck as “the jewel in our crown” at London’s 2005 Meltdown Festival, she wasn’t just whistling “Hail Britannia.” An international treasure whose wizardly way with the guitar has defined ...
- Angus & Malcolm Young - Guitar Heroes A-Z October 2007
As they captain their indestructible Aussie rock-and-roll vessel into a fourth decade, Angus and Malcolm Young still commandeer one of the heaviest two-guitar assaults on the planet. Perhaps the only band to survive the rough seas of ...
- Stevie Ray Vaughan - Guitar Heroes A-Z October 2007
One of the most powerful guitarists ever to roam the earth, Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954-1990) pummeled his ax like a force of nature throughout his profoundly successful but all too short mission to bring the blues to the masses. In concert, ...
- Carlos Santana - Guitar Heroes A-Z October 2007
A staunch advocate of peace and universal brotherhood, Carlos Santana’s guitar playing has always conveyed a similar sentiment. Okay, maybe it’s hokey to claim that you can “hear” such qualities in a guitar part, but with Carlos, well, ...
- Jimmy Page - Guitar Heroes A-Z October 2007
James Patrick Page is one clever bastard. Think what you will about the third member of the Yardbirds trinity’s alleged appropriations of O.P.M. (you figure it out) during his reign with the legendary Led Zeppelin, but the wizardly ...