Latest articles by Alan di Perna
How Marty Stuart bought Clarence White’s legendary B-Bender Telecaster for just $1,450
A visit to Clarence White’s widow led to one of vintage guitar’s greatest bargains — and placed one of the most influential Telecasters ever built in Stuart’s hands.
Bob Dylan and Jorma Kaukonen on the 1960s guitar icon who led an electric blues revolution and died alone and unknown
Dylan called Mike Bloomfield “the best guitar player I ever heard.” But his intensity and brilliance obscured a deep-seated discomfort with success
Roger McGuinn and Keith Richards remember Gram Parsons, who laid a path for the ’70s California sound and died at 26
Despite his tumultuous lifestyle, the country-rock pioneer delivered transcendent music with the Byrds, the Flying Burrito Brothers and his own Fallen Angels
Vince Gill tells how a tragedy brought him his prized 1959 Gibson Les Paul ’Burst
In a 2017 interview with Guitar Aficionado, the country-rock six-string ace revealed how a sad and deeply personal twist of events brought a prized '59 Les Paul into his life
Roger McGuinn on jamming with George Harrison, teaching Mike Bloomfield and confusing Bob Dylan
The folk-rock icon said the Beatles were jealous of the Byrds’ clothes. “They asked, ‘How’d you get to wear jeans? We had to wear stupid suits’”
Photographer Richard E. Aaron on how a late-night Lynyrd Skynyrd party and a Jack Daniel’s–chugging chimp made rock history
The ‘Frampton Comes Alive!’ lensman snapped an iconic image of Skynyrd at the height of their fame and excess — before making a narrow escape from tragedy
“I’m Definitely Not a One-Guitar Person”: Carlos Santana Pulls out His Favorite PRS, Gibson and Fender Axes
“It may look nice, but if it doesn’t have the tone I want, I’m not interested,” says the discerning six-string master
Carlos Santana's Magical 1968 Gibson Les Paul Custom
This holy grail of Santana guitars defined the supernatural sound on ‘Abraxas’ and beyond.
