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The show that ended David Bowie’s touring career — and the song that became his last hit
By Gary Graff published
Earl Slick recalls working with the artist in his final years on tracks highlighted in the new David Bowie box set, 'I Can’t Give Everything Away'

Tommy Emmanuel reveals everything you need to know about his upcoming Guitar Camp U.S.A.
By Jimmy Leslie published
Presented by Dreamcatcher Events this October, the camp is a hands-on learning experience unlike any other, featuring the acoustic virtuoso and other noted guitarists

Ozzy Osbourne’s biggest solo hit was years in the making. It took a touch of southern rock to make it the anthem of his lifetime
By Andrew Daly published
Guitarist Zakk Wylde says the song — Osbourne’s only top-40 hit as a solo artist — combined some of the singer’s favorite styles into a powerful ballad

Roger McGuinn says Bob Dylan wanted nothing to do with the 1969 anthem they wrote for a major film
By Andrew Daly published
The theme song for ‘Easy Rider’ has become a classic, but Dylan was unhappy with the film and refused to have his name associated with it

Lindsey Buckingham on joining Fleetwood Mac with Stevie Nicks and cutting their breakthrough hit album 50 years ago
By Christopher Scapelliti published
The uniquely gifted guitarist helped lead the storied blues group formed by Peter Green to become one of the biggest hit acts of the 1970s

Randy Bachman on Pete Townshend's hilarious response when the Guess Who told the Who to change their name
By Christopher Scapelliti published
Bachman says the Who's hotel-trashing antics caused his band trouble with staff when “we could not convince them we were quiet Canadians”

John Lennon had a plan to keep the Beatles going into the 1970s. Paul McCartney rejected it. The rest is history
By Christopher Scapelliti published
A last recorded meeting between Lennon, McCartney and George Harrison revealed how they might have carried on despite their growing differences

How Snapple and a 1968 news story on Steve Miller led to an urban myth about head-banging insects and heavy metal
By Joe Matera last updated
A suspicious report about rock music's effect on termites took on new life at the turn of the 21st century. Our reporter dug in

Peter Frampton says Ace Frehley and Paul Stanley used his guitars on Kiss’s smash 1975 live album
By Joe Matera published
The his rock acts were coincidentally working on their breakthrough live albums at Electric Lady Studios in New York City

"I don't think I knew four chords when I started recording. All the songs I liked you could play with two or three chords. We made a lot of noise, got into a lot of fights…" Johnny Cash looks back…
By Chris Gill published
Singing about "death, hell, danger, trouble, killing and murder, blood, and redemption," Johnny Cash's American Recordings marked the beginning of a late-period resurgence. In 1994, he did the Guitar Player Interview…
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