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Return to the source of inspiration with these Windy City blues guitar classics
From Jimmie Vaughan, Doyle Bramhall II and Kenny Wayne Shepherd to Robert Cray and Bonnie Raitt, these deep cuts are bound to have you reaching for your Strat
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From Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy Page to Stevie Ray Vaughan and Slash, here are some of the greatest rock guitar solos ever committed to record
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“Now I have to rethink my whole fingering,” said the guitarist
Choice cuts from the electric guitar innovator’s mid-‘60s Yardbirds era
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