Jas Obrecht

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Bob Weir of Grateful Dead

“We Could Take a Pretty Massive Dose and Hang in There for a While”: How LSD Influenced the Grateful Dead’s Music

By Jas Obrecht, Art Thompson published

From the Acid Tests and beyond

Eddie Van Halen from American rock group Van Halen performs live on stage at the Rainbow Theatre in Finsbury Park, London on 22nd October 1978.

“I Am Just a Punk Kid Trying to Get a Sound Out of a Guitar That I Couldn't Buy Off the Rack”: a 23-Year-Old Eddie Van Halen Talks Building His Own Guitars

By Rod Brakes, Jas Obrecht published

Screwdrivers, chisels, drills and chainsaws – the young prodigy reveals all in this amazing interview from the GP archive.

Australian guitarists and brothers Angus (L) and Malcolm Young of the hard rock group ACDC inaugurate 22 March 2000 the first street in the world bearing their group's name in Leganes, 29 kms from Madrid.

“I'm Just Like a Color Over the Top. He's the Solid Thing”: Angus Young on Malcolm Young and the Vital Chemistry of AC/DC

By Jas Obrecht, Rod Brakes published

Read this classic Guitar Player interview with one half of the greatest guitar dueling brotherhood in hard rock history.

John Lee Hooker with Epiphone Zephyr

Watch John Lee Hooker Bringing the Blues to London in 1964

By Jas Obrecht published

Video This historic BBC performance of “Boom Boom” helped turn a whole generation on to the blues.

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Lightnin' Hopkins seen through the window of the studio while recording his album 'Penitentiary Blues' on July, 6, 1960 in Los Angeles

Watch Lightnin’ Hopkins Play “the Best Blues Performance Ever”

By Jas Obrecht published

Video Remembering the influential Texas bluesman born 110 years ago today with this archive gem featuring quotes from Johnny Winter, Billy Gibbons and more.

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Keith Richards, 1992

The Keith Richards Guide to Distortion

By Jas Obrecht, Jesse Gress published

The Rolling Stone comes clean on distortion in this archive interview from the December 1992 issue of Guitar Player.

Toto

“People Don't Buy a Guitar Solo. They Buy a Song”: Steve Lukather Talks Soloing, Songwriting and Success

By Jas Obrecht, Rod Brakes last updated

As ‘Toto IV’ hits 40 this year, we take a rummage through the vaults to bring you some classic Luke snippets.

Freddie Mercury and Brian May performing at Madison Square Garden in New York, 1983

Brian May Reveals the Magic Behind His Recording Studio Wizardry

By Jas Obrecht published

In this insightful interview from the Guitar Player archive Brian May explains how he recorded classic Queen tracks.

American Rock musician Eddie Van Halen, of the group Van Halen, performs onstage at the Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois, April 6, 1979

Eddie Van Halen Talks Revolutionary Gear Mods and the Death of Rock in his First-Ever Interview from 1978

By Jas Obrecht last updated

Jas Obrecht's classic Eddie Van Halen interview from the November 1978 issue of Guitar Player.

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