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The hit single that’s over six minutes long, has 14 verses and no hook or guitar solo. They nailed it on the first take
With spare time in the studio, Gordon Lightfoot peeled off a commemoration to a modern tragedy that's 50 years old today: “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”
Doyle Bramhall II on Eric Clapton's incredible offer that brought him the gig of a lifetime
An opportunity to show Slowhand a few songs landed him on Clapton's Grammy-winning duet with B.B. King and opened the door to a lasting friendship
Tom Petty and Mike Campbell on how a chance meeting saved the Heartbreakers’ debut single from oblivion
Petty was so excited to find the hook, he called the band back in the studio to remake the song — at four in the morning
On the anniversary of Duane Allman's death, we present Guitar Player's 1973 memorial to Allman Brothers Band icon
Guitar Player was scheduled to interview Skydog the December after his death. This memorial ran 18 months later in the May/June 1973 issue.
Tom Petty on the accident that nearly ended his guitar-playing days
In a flash of anger over a song, the guitarist saw his future nearly disappear
Ace Frehley on his one regret about the hit that is forever associated with him
A prior success in the U.K., the tune became an American classic after the Space Ace covered it on his 1978 solo album
