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Johnny Marr on shredders, guitar heroes — and why he’s selling nearly 100 of his guitars dating back to the Smiths
As Marr prepares to sell his guitars, we recall his long-running disdain for the 1980s shred culture
“This was one of the greatest guitar safaris of my life.” Joe Bonamassa on tracking down Terry Reid’s 1952 Telecaster
A dead-end search, a Facebook message and a trip into the California desert led Bonamassa to one of the most meaningful guitars in his collection.
“They said I couldn’t follow ‘American Pie.’ I heard two years of this crap.” Don McLean on proving his critics wrong
He was told he’d be a one-hit wonder, but the tunesmith is going strong — and still holding the keys to his empire
Suzi Quatro thought she’d blown her first big ‘Happy Days’ scene. Then she saw Henry Winkler laughing
The rocker had never acted before when Winkler played a prank in front of a studio audience, just moments ahead of her debut as Leather Tuscadero.
As he approaches 90, guitar legend Buddy Guy prepares to return to the road with the BG90 tour
Three years after retiring from the road, Guy is still out there and has no plans to stop
Gary Lucas on Captain Beefheart, Lou Reed, Jeff Buckley, Bruce Springsteen and Chris Cornell
From co-writing "Grace" with Buckley to his sessions with Chris Cornell, the journeyman virtuoso looks back on five decades of wild studio sessions and untamed rock history
How a guitar-playing bodybuilder with no musical experience helped Alice Cooper resurrect his career in the shred-metal '80s
Cooper was trying to find relevance in the MTV era. He found what he needed in 24-year-old Kane Roberts
The interview that ended Eddie Van Halen and Eric Clapton's friendship
History says Clapton insulted Van Halen. Taken within context, his comments were part of a wider discussion about understanding the blues
“Oh my god — I ruined my guitar!” Brian Setzer on the night a stunt went wrong and destroyed the rockabilly star’s beloved ’59 Gretsch
The Stray Cats star says he watched in horror as his prized 6120 snapped in two during a show in Japan
"It was tense... then he waved his magic wand." Andy Summers reveals the Beatles connection that saved the Police's biggest album
When a screaming match threatened to destroy Synchronicity, a desperate hike across a Caribbean island to find legendary Beatles producer George Martin changed everything
