Marc McSteaSocial Links Navigation Latest articles by Marc McStea “I have a few guitars but if I don’t play them for a while, I punish myself by giving them away. It’s not fair to have a guitar in a lockup…” The Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde and James Walbourne on songwriting and the “solo-shy” James Honeyman-Scott By Marc McStea published 23 November 23 Chrissie Hynde has been leading The Pretenders for 45 years now. She and co-guitarist James Walbourne on developing style, the pressure to stay faithful to old guitar parts and more... Steven Wilson on What He Learned From Remixing Def Leppard and Prog’s Most-Treasured Recordings By Marc McStea last updated 30 September 22 The Porcupine Tree mastermind has become one of the hottest remixers in the record industry, with credits including Yes, King Crimson, and a certain stadium-rocking band from Sheffield. MOST READ1Gary Clark Jr. never asked to be a guitar savior 2Best Travel Guitars 2024: Top Portable Instruments From Lowden, Furch, Martin and more3“‘Those old Beatle bashers?’”: Paul McCartney talks Vox amps, and his love of dirty tones4“I was 17 years old and found it in this local paper. It said, ‘Gretsch guitar, 100 bucks.’ I called the guy up and asked, ‘Is it like Eddie Cochran’s?’ He was like, ‘Who?’”: How Brian Setzer forged his trademark twanging tone 5“We’re the birthplace of blues, country and rock and roll music, and the guitar is at the core of all of it”: The America at the Crossroads exhibit charts the guitar’s history with instruments owned by Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, B.B. King, and more
“I have a few guitars but if I don’t play them for a while, I punish myself by giving them away. It’s not fair to have a guitar in a lockup…” The Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde and James Walbourne on songwriting and the “solo-shy” James Honeyman-Scott By Marc McStea published 23 November 23 Chrissie Hynde has been leading The Pretenders for 45 years now. She and co-guitarist James Walbourne on developing style, the pressure to stay faithful to old guitar parts and more...
Steven Wilson on What He Learned From Remixing Def Leppard and Prog’s Most-Treasured Recordings By Marc McStea last updated 30 September 22 The Porcupine Tree mastermind has become one of the hottest remixers in the record industry, with credits including Yes, King Crimson, and a certain stadium-rocking band from Sheffield.
