Fred Stuckey

Fred Stuckey was a contributing editor to Guitar Player magazine in the publication's earliest years. During that time, he interviewed numerous guitarists, including John Mayall, Chuck Berry and Jerry Garcia, providing readers with their first in-depth articles about the players, their music and the gear behind it.

Latest articles by Fred Stuckey

Musician/Singer John Mayall performs at the Whisky a Go Go, West Hollywood, CA 1969.
John Mayall recalls Eric Clapton, Peter Green and Mick Taylor in Guitar Player's December 1970 issue

By Fred Stuckey Published

We remember John Mayall on the first anniversary of the blues legend's death with a classic interview from our vault

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Leslie West (ex Mountain) performs live on stage with West, Bruce and Laing at the Rainbow in London on 20th April 1973.
Leslie West revealed the picking techniques that made him a singularly great guitar hero to Eddie Van Halen, Randy Rhoads and Pete Townshend

By Christopher Scapelliti Published

Speaking to Guitar Player in 1972, the Mountain guitarist laid out his use of "harmonic jumps" and high volume to achieve a wide range of articulations

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