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This rock and roll legend led Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band on a trainwreck performance before a nationally televised audience
By Gary Graff published
Nils Lofgren reveals how he was twice bitten in his encounters, including one legendary concert with Bruce on behalf of the Rock Hall

I have no more space at home for another Gibson, but with up to $450 off at Musician's Friend this Labor Day, I can't resist adding another to the collection
By Daryl Robertson published
As a Gibson fanatic, this epic sale is where I'll be shopping this Labor Day

Andy Summers tells why he deserves credit for “Every Breath You Take,” the Police monster hit at the heart of his lawsuit against Sting
By Christopher Scapelliti published
Summers contends the song was nothing without his iconic guitar riff

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
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