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Pete Townshend on the Who’s farewell tour, and the health issues he had to kick to get back on the road
By Phil Weller published
After a knee operation earlier this year, he fell foul of an issue which “is how rock stars die,” he says

The one ex-Beatle George Harrison was open to starting a new band with
By Phil Weller published
Harrison was stifled in the latter days of the Fab Four, but while his solo career proved his creative worth, he held one former bandmate in higher regard than the others

Why former Eagle Don Felder mods his Gibson double-neck guitars – and how Chet Atkins inspired it
By Phil Weller published
The challenge of how to play the song live forced the guitarist to new extremes of modification

Studio legend Glyn Johns on Paul McCartney's shocking request to work on what became the Beatles' final album
By Phil Weller published
The album’s roots live on as 'Let It Be,' but Johns says the rest of the band didn’t get McCartney’s “really interesting” idea

Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page never agreed on which of them composed the song Beck called “the first heavy metal riff ever written"
By Phil Weller published
The tune's 1966 recording session would lead to the formation of Led Zeppelin two years later

From Taylor Swift to Phoebe Bridgers and Wilco's Jeff Tweedy — how indie rockers came to adopt a guitar bridge born from parts in Home Depot's toilet aisle
By Phil Weller published
Rubber-bridge guitars have changed the sound of acoustic guitar over the past 10 years. And it's all down to one man's invention

Recording engineer Glyn Johns on why he never used click tracks when working with the Stones, Beatles, and Led Zeppelin
By Phil Weller published
He’s recorded and mixed seminal records by some of rock’s biggest artists, and click tracks were always left out in the cold

Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland sue Sting over the Police hit "Every Breath You Take"
By Elizabeth Swann published
Now past 2.8 billion streams on Spotify alone, the song reportedly earns the bassit $740,000 per year

Grace Bowers impresses with flawless “Crazy Train” shred as she pays tribute to Ozzy Osbourne and Randy Rhoads
By Phil Weller published
The guitarist says she only learned the song’s solo days before playing it live, and she’s delivered it with her own flair

Paul McCartney on the ghost of John Lennon and “strange goings-on” that marked the recording of the Beatles’ ‘Anthology’ hits
By Phil Weller published
It was the first time the trio had entered the studio without John Lennon, who McCartney claims made his presence known from beyond the grave
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