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Brian May on Freddie Mercury and the mega-hit that changed Queen’s relationship with their audience
The tune was a highlight of ‘News of the World,’ the album on which Queen brought their fans into the act
Rock royalty's favorite sideman recalls his days with Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Pete Townshend, Roger Waters and Bill Wyman
From Hendrix‘s earliest U.K. gigs to Clapton‘s Crossroads, Andy Fairweather Low has seen and played with the best of them
“I was in Trader Joe’s putting bananas in a shopping cart.” Phil X on his surprise induction into Bon Jovi
The guitarist says he had five seconds to accept the stand-in gig, then waited two years before getting the call to join full-time
The show that ended David Bowie’s touring career — and the song that became his last hit
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Pete Townshend on the Who's real lead guitar player
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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
Roger McGuinn and Keith Richards on the country-rock pioneer who laid a path for the ’70s California sound and died at 26
Despite his tumultuous lifestyle, Gram Parsons delivered transcendent music with the Byrds, the Flying Burrito Brothers and his own Fallen Angels
Buddy Guy on how a 150-foot guitar cable, a great big lie and a little kindness got him the gig that launched his career
The legendary guitarist's story reveals the supportive brotherhood hidden beneath Chicago's cutthroat blues scene
