Lisa SharkenSocial Links Navigation Latest articles by Lisa Sharken "My solos happen so fast that I don't really know what I'm doing. It's like trying to tell somebody about a car crash: It's all over in two-fifths of a second, and then you talk about it for ten hours afterward": A revealing chat with Jeff Beck By Lisa Sharken published 25 December 23 In 1999, Jeff Beck sat down with Guitar Player for one of his most revealing interviews. Topics covered: why younger players are "crap", the genius of Eric Clapton, and why "the Marshall sound is the balls" "I took a screwdriver and stuck it under the strings at the nut…" Gary Rossington on how he came up with his sound on Lynyrd Skynyrd's Freebird By Lisa Sharken published 21 December 23 Lynyrd Skynyrd's Gary Rossington died in March, 2023. Back in 1999, he told us the weird trick he used for the slide part on Freebird… "For slide, I've always used a glass Coricidin bottle, like Duane Allman. He told me that a bottle sounds different than a steel slide, so I copied him": Gary Rossington on the gear – and unlikely household tool – that inspired Lynyrd Skynyrd's Free Bird By Lisa Sharken published 2 November 23 It's now the all-time bar band song request, but this classic rock epic was going nowhere until the late Skynyrd guitarist did some wallet-friendly modding... Watch Jeff Beck and Jennifer Batten’s Dazzling Display of Guitar Wizardry on ‘Letterman’ By Lisa Sharken published 2 March 22 Video “He's like the Miles Davis of rock guitar” Batten told us back in 1999. Video MOST READ1“A lot of times when someone says, ‘They have good technique, but there’s something missing,’ what’s actually missing is part of the technique”: Paul Gilbert on the essentials of great guitar playing2“Sometimes things like that just come together, like a piece of magic. I wrote that song in just five minutes”: Dickey Betts on dueling with Duane Allman, composing Allman Brothers' biggest hit, and the oddball Les Paul/SG hybrid he “personally designed”3“When I heard Lindley play that, I went, ‘That’s the most incredible thing I’ve ever heard in my entire life’”: All-star tribute show in honor of David Lindley, one of the greatest sidemen of all time, announced4“We all knew it was really good… The guitar playing is just amazing”: How Dickey Betts made “Ramblin’ Man”, triumphed over tragedy and led the Allman Brothers to their greatest success5“The chord progression in the Highway Star solo – Bm, to a Db, C, and then G – is a Bach progression”: Ritchie Blackmore on Steve Howe, Jimi Hendrix, classical influences and more
"My solos happen so fast that I don't really know what I'm doing. It's like trying to tell somebody about a car crash: It's all over in two-fifths of a second, and then you talk about it for ten hours afterward": A revealing chat with Jeff Beck By Lisa Sharken published 25 December 23 In 1999, Jeff Beck sat down with Guitar Player for one of his most revealing interviews. Topics covered: why younger players are "crap", the genius of Eric Clapton, and why "the Marshall sound is the balls"
"I took a screwdriver and stuck it under the strings at the nut…" Gary Rossington on how he came up with his sound on Lynyrd Skynyrd's Freebird By Lisa Sharken published 21 December 23 Lynyrd Skynyrd's Gary Rossington died in March, 2023. Back in 1999, he told us the weird trick he used for the slide part on Freebird…
"For slide, I've always used a glass Coricidin bottle, like Duane Allman. He told me that a bottle sounds different than a steel slide, so I copied him": Gary Rossington on the gear – and unlikely household tool – that inspired Lynyrd Skynyrd's Free Bird By Lisa Sharken published 2 November 23 It's now the all-time bar band song request, but this classic rock epic was going nowhere until the late Skynyrd guitarist did some wallet-friendly modding...
Watch Jeff Beck and Jennifer Batten’s Dazzling Display of Guitar Wizardry on ‘Letterman’ By Lisa Sharken published 2 March 22 Video “He's like the Miles Davis of rock guitar” Batten told us back in 1999.
