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The Randy Bachman connection behind Bob Seger’s breakthrough hit, “Night Moves”
Too busy with BTO to produce the record himself, Bachman made a key introduction— rock history did the rest
Brian May and John Deacon reveal what really happened when Queen met David Bowie for “Under Pressure”
Inside the cocaine-fueled Montreux session where Bowie took control — and left Queen questioning the song's future
“Oh my god, I love ABBA.” How a secret obsession with Sweden’s pop royalty derailed Ritchie Blackmore and Rainbow
From a fireside confession in a French château to a secret Stockholm meeting — did Blackmore actually record a solo track with Agnetha Fältskog?
"I’ve no recollection of ever recording it.” How a John Lennon rocker got banished from the Beatles' albums
Recorded for 1965’s ‘Help!’ album, the track was left in the vault for just over 30 years
Paul Rodgers on playing with Paul Kossoff, Mick Ralphs, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Brian May, Steve Cropper, Slash and Joe Bonamassa
“I don't really know the secret of how guitarists create their own unique sounds,” Rodgers tells us, “but I know a good guitar sound when I hear it”
How Marty Stuart bought Clarence White’s legendary B-Bender Telecaster for just $1,450
A visit to Clarence White’s widow led to one of vintage guitar’s greatest bargains — and placed one of the most influential Telecasters ever built in Stuart’s hands.
“It was a little lame. I kicked him out of that.” How Phil Collins reignited Eric Clapton’s legendary career
Hired to produce Behind the Sun in 1985, Collins saw one of rock’s greatest guitarists stuck in a creative rut. Here’s how he challenged Eric Clapton to get off autopilot and start writing again
Bob Dylan and Jorma Kaukonen on the 1960s guitar icon who led an electric blues revolution and died alone and unknown
Dylan called Mike Bloomfield “the best guitar player I ever heard.” But his intensity and brilliance obscured a deep-seated discomfort with success
