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As the lead track to 1973‘s ‘Billion Dollar Babies,‘ it served double duty as a dramatic opening number on the album‘s tour

How Rick Tedesco found and lost his dream guitar.

The guitarist was at his peak with Dire Straits when Dylan hired him to produce the celebrated album that ended his “born-again” phase

The Smiths icon’s gear just sold for millions — proving that intricate melodies and anti-virtuoso discipline outlasted the spandex-clad soloists of his era.

The Toto guitarist looks back on a remarkable career spent making records with the biggest names in music — and becoming friends with some of his heroes along the way

The veteran road manager claims it wasn’t just creative differences that destroyed Pink Floyd — it was the wives

Diamond nearly offered the song to a country star before the Monkees turned it into one of the biggest hits of the 1960s

The guitarist says he couldn't play without drinking — and couldn't play after drinking, bringing his time with the Irish rockers to an early end

The longtime Dan and Doobie Brothers ace recalls one-take solos, the $20 guitar behind a disco hit, and Parton’s request for “sparkles.”

Former Fabs Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr were on hand for a pair of memorable events in the late country icon’s history