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Scotty Moore on the night Elvis Presley walked into Sun Records — and the session that launched the King’s career
As Baz Lurhmann’s new ‘EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert’ comes to screens, we revisit Guitar Player’s classic interview with Presley’s first guitarist
Julian Lage says noise from cellphone towers made recording his guitars impossible. Just by luck, he had a fix
The guitarist was cutting his new album near the Empire State Building, where interference from 5G towers was excessively strong
Al Jardine on the Beach Boys’ “lost album” and Brian Wilson’s strangest comeback
As ‘We Gotta Groove’ highlights a polarizing, two-year period in the group‘s history, the long-running guitarist reflects on a band in transition
Jorma Kaukonen on how he forged the sound of psychedelic rock on Jefferson Airplane’s groundbreaking hit
Kaukonen was still making the transition from acoustic to electric guitar when he improvised his transformational solo
George Harrison on the time Eric Clapton asked for a little help from his friend
The two guitarists were growing closer as friends and musicians when they leaned on the other for assistance
This classic from Japan got a cold reception in the U.S. Here’s why it’s hot on today’s vintage market
Designed for the Japanese surf group the Sharp Five, the LG 350-T sounds as unique as it looks
Mark Knopfler on his difficult collaboration with his childhood hero, Bob Dylan
The guitarist was at his peak with Dire Straits when Dylan hired him to produce the celebrated album that ended his “born-again” phase
How Jeff Beck foiled David Bowie’s plans after appearing with him on the biggest night of the Ziggy Stardust tour
Beck had been Bowie‘s first choice as guitarist in the Spiders From Mars. He proved temperamental to the end
