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February 2026

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February 28
- “The airbag shattered all the bones.” Jack White on the accident that forced a major change in his guitar playing
February 27
- “The guitar is like this magic wand. It’ll take you to these places that you never imagined.” Bill Frisell opens up about imagination, collaboration and the heavily modified guitar guiding his new album
- “My introduction to guitar was AC/DC and Led Zeppelin. I was way more fascinated with the electric world.” Matteo Mancuso on why he plays fingerstyle on electric — and how he got Steve Vai to work with him
February 26
- “Everyone was kinda f***ed up.” Steve Stevens on smashed guitars, being pushed offstage — and what he discovered watching Billy Idol’s new documentary
February 23
- “I remember being completely seduced by the sound. That concert stayed with me.” The night Jimmy Page, Keith Richards and Mick Jagger discovered the blues
- “Shrapnel hit his tent. The only surviving thing was a Martin D-28.” Joni Mitchell on the guitar she got from a Vietnam soldier — it vanished after she wrote and recorded her signature hits with it
February 21
- “I had a hard time choosing: Was I an actor or a musician, or could I be both?” Before the Oscar, before ‘The Big Lebowski,’ Jeff Bridges was ready to give his life to music. Then Hollywood intervened
February 20
- “We were all looking for something that would sell. Then along came Elvis.” Scotty Moore on the night Elvis Presley walked into Sun Records — and the session that launched the King’s career
February 17
- “The radio interference was so significant. There was nothing we could do.” Julian Lage says noise from cellphone towers made recording his guitars impossible. Just by luck, he had a fix
February 12
- “People started to boo. It taught us you can’t pander to other styles.” Al Jardine on the Beach Boys’ “lost album” and Brian Wilson’s strangest comeback
February 4
- “The pressure was on. I got really lucky.” Jorma Kaukonen on how he forged the sound of psychedelic rock on Jefferson Airplane’s groundbreaking hit
February 2
- “I wanted Eric for a bit of moral support. I think it was the same reason he asked me to play on that session.” George Harrison on the time Eric Clapton asked for a little help from his friend