Latest articles by Christopher Scapelliti
Ritchie Blackmore plays “Smoke on the Water” as he reunites with Deep Purple for the first time in 33 years
The guitarist joined the rock group he helped found at their August 12 performance
Ritchie Blackmore to reunite with Deep Purple for first time in 33 years. “It’ll be good to see the old guys again”
The guitarist says he will join the rock group for one song at a show tonight at New York’s Jones Beach Theater
The group that stole an idea from the Who to make two of the 1970s’ greatest power-pop hits
Producer Tom Werman admits he was the guilty party: “Pete Townshend was always my main musical inspiration”
How Bob Weir stole one of his favorite guitars from George Benson
The Grateful Dead guitarist told Guitar Player how he walked off with an Ibanez made for Benson — and why it became one of his favorite guitars
"I’ve no recollection of ever recording it.” How a John Lennon rocker got banished from the Beatles' albums
Recorded for 1965’s ‘Help!’ album, the track was left in the vault for just over 30 years
Eric Clapton and Duane Allman found a connection that went beyond guitar
The co-writer of many 'Layla' tracks sheds light on the symbiotic relationship between the two guitarists
Lindsey Buckingham says he and Stevie Nicks are “talking all the time now” — and hints that “quite a few things will reveal themselves”
After a bitter estrangement, the former Fleetwood Mac bandmates have repaired their relationship. Buckingham says 2027 should be “a pretty interesting year”
Dolly Parton is receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award — but her story began with a tiny Martin guitar
The country legend’s first instrument, a gift from her uncle, sparked a lifelong love of small-bodied guitars and helped launch one of music’s greatest songwriting careers
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.
Song of the Day: The Journey single that became “The Biggest Song of All Time”
Neal Schon says the classic hit owes a debt to its producers’ unusual request
Eddie Van Halen on the one guitarist he said out–Van Halened him
Ed's impressions of David Lee Roth’s new guitarist weren't entirely positive — he wondered if others saw him the same way
Richie Sambora on how the Bon Jovi partnership fell apart: “If anybody told Jon the truth, it was me”
In his 2024 Guitar Player cover feature, Sambora looked back at the creative differences and personal struggles that led to his 2013 departure — and the moment he realized the band’s chemistry had changed.
Modest Mouse part ways with Simon O’Connor after allegations he sent inappropriate messages to a minor
The band have replace him on their tour with Seth Jabour of Les Savy Fav
How Grady Martin, Nancy Sinatra and Ann-Margret helped fuzz become every guitarist's favorite effect
Between the effect's creation and its development as a guitar pedal, interest was kept alive by a trio of fuzz-loving musicians
How the Beatles reinvented the recording studio with Rubber Soul
The making of Rubber Soul marked the moment the Beatles began taking control of the recording process, launching the sonic experimentation that would define Revolver and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Tom Petty and Mike Campbell on the song they couldn’t give Stevie Nicks — and the one they did that became a hit
Asked to write a song for Nicks, Petty nearly gave away a cut he considered one of his best
John Lennon had a plan to keep the Beatles going into the 1970s. Paul McCartney rejected it. The rest is history
A last recorded meeting between Lennon, McCartney and George Harrison revealed how they might have carried on despite their growing differences
Linda Perhacs, influential psychedelic folk songwriter, reported missing
Friends say they have been unable to reach her since she was discharged from a care facility eight months ago
Brian May on the Queen song that requires him to “keep my wits about me”
May has also revealed the “daring” Beatles song that influenced it
Modest Mouse guitarist Simon O'Connor is accused of sending inappropriate messages to a minor
O'Connor has responded to the claim, which emerged on Reddit over the weekend
Jimi Hendrix’s roadie claims in his new book that he played guitar for him at his biggest show. A recording from the event says otherwise
Eric Barrett recalls more than two years on the road with the guitar icon. But one anecdote doesn’t add up
Buddy Guy on the blues giant who turned his back on him — and the hilarious reality check that followed
Albert King was notoriously protective of his upside-down guitar style, but Guy was quick to point out why copying his moves was literally impossible
Mike Campbell on the time he broke his guitar in two onstage with Bob Dylan with just one wrong move
The guitarist bought the 1962 Gibson SG with another guitar for just $120 and famously played it for his guitar solo on Tom Petty's "Runnin' Down a Dream"
