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We look back at a few of the big guitar moments from the global music event, held 41 years ago this weekend

Danny Gatton said his playing “knocked him on his ass” and Brian Setzer calls it “the best solo of all time”: Danny Cedrone could have been rock’n’roll’s first guitar hero – but he didn’t live to see the impact he had

As ‘Parachutes’ turns 26, the story behind “Yellow” reveals how a nighttime break, a busted piece of studio gear and a Neil Young impression produced one of the biggest songs of the 2000s

Released on this day in 1964, “A Hard Day’s Night” has confounded guitarists with its famous opening chord. Here’s why no one was ever able to play it correctly.

Inspired by an advance listen to Led Zeppelin’s unreleased ‘Presence,’ Rainbow aimed higher than ever on its 1976 masterpiece. Not everyone’s contribution survived the session

The Who guitarist still called Young “one of my favorite guitar players” but used AC/DC to illustrate a point he'd been making ever since he built one of rock's first home studios

The guitarist reveals the deep friendship between the Byrds and the Beatles at the dawn of the 1960s’ psychedelic era

A dead-end search, a Facebook message and a trip into the California desert led Bonamassa to one of the most meaningful guitars in his collection.

He was told he’d be a one-hit wonder, but the tunesmith is going strong — and still holding the keys to his empire

The rocker had never acted before when Winkler played a prank in front of a studio audience, just moments ahead of her debut as Leather Tuscadero.