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How a tip led Terry Kath’s daughter to track down the late Chicago musician’s lost guitars.
Decades after Kath’s death, Michelle Kath Sinclair uncovered the instruments that helped define the sound of Chicago — and her father’s legacy.
“We were really limited onstage.” Eric Clapton on the group he said achieved what Cream could not
Jack Bruce said Clapton had doubts about Cream from the start. “I remember him saying, ‘This is a good recording band, but it will never be a good live band.’”
Signal Chains: A Guide to Guitar Pedal Order
Get your guitar pedals in line with our expert tips
“I kept Cozy in the band because he would bring stacks and stacks of English chocolates...”
Rainbow’s new nine-disc ‘Temple of the King’ box arrived with a rare invitation to debrief the elusive virtuoso.
Andy Summers says the Police’s biggest riff is harder than most guitarists think
The guitarist explains why “Message in a Bottle” demands massive stretches — and how he turned Sting’s idea into the band’s signature sound.
Micki Free says Prince really did school Eddie Murphy on the basketball court
The Shalamar guitarist was there the night the Purple One stunned Eddie Murphy and Charlie Murphy — and confirms the legendary Chappelle’s Show story was no joke
How Elvis Costello and a Whitney Houston movie turned a failed song into a million-dollar payday
The pub-rock icon thought his tune had vanished for good — until a few seconds in ‘The Bodyguard’ changed everything.
“Can you make it more green?” Jeff “Skunk” Baxter recalls his strangest studio sessions — from Steely Dan to Dolly Parton
The longtime Dan and Doobie Brothers guitarist recalls one-take solos, the $20 guitar behind a disco hit, and Parton’s request for “sparkles.”
