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Steve Hackett on Peter Gabriel, Brian Eno and the Genesis classic 'The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway'
By Gary Graff last updated
Genesis's sixth album gets a belated deluxe 50th anniversary box set this fall, but Hackett is serving up cuts of 'Lamb' on his own

Keith Richards on how acoustic guitars, alternate tunings and a cassette recorder revived the Rolling Stones with a pair of classic hits
By Christopher Scapelliti published
Amid the turmoil of drug busts and music missteps in 1967, Richards dug deeper into acoustic guitar and pushed the Stones in a new direction

Roger McGuinn said Bob Dylan didn't recognize his own song when the Byrds performed it for him
By Andrew Daly published
The Byrds' founder talked to us about the origins of folk-rock, the allure of 12-string Rickenbackers and his eternal love of folk music

Uber producer Bob Rock learned the secret sauce behind Alexander Dumble's amps during his long friendship with the famed designer
By Jimmy Leslie published
The producer shares tales of how Dumble's magic transformed many of the prized amps he's used on his productions

Tony Iommi’s tech threw out the one-of-a-kind treble booster behind Black Sabbath’s classic guitar tone
By Elizabeth Swann published
An essential element of his guitar tone, the pedal disappeared in 1979 during a refresh of his rig

Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Duane Allman, George Harrison and John Lennon performed with him. Today he’s virtually unknown
By Ben Fisher published
Delaney Bramlett helped Clapton and Harrison find their footing as they approached their solo careers at the end of the 1960s

Dave Davies on Eddie Van Halen, Jimmy Page and the Kinks’ power revolution
By Christopher Scapelliti published
Davies' influences are scattered far and wide — but he hasn't always appreciated how musicians have responded to the Kinks' music

Mick Ralphs on how David Bowie unintentionally led to the formation of Bad Company
By Christopher Scapelliti last updated
When Bowie's assistance led Mott the Hoople to fame, Ralphs found success in the glitter-rock world was a dead end

How Grady Martin, Nancy Sinatra and Ann-Margret helped the fuzz pedal become every guitarist's favorite effect
By Christopher Scapelliti published
Between the effect's creation and its development as a guitar pedal, interest was kept alive by a trio of fuzz-loving musicians

Pete Townshend declared war at Woodstock when Abbie Hoffman interrupted the Who in the middle of their biggest gig
By Christopher Scapelliti published
The preeminent festival of peace and love was anything but when one of the era's biggest political activists cut in on one of its most powerful rock acts
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