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Jimmy Page on the “hypnotic” Led Zeppelin riff he couldn’t stop playing
By Phil Weller published
The track expanded his experiments with an alternate tuning, with electrifying results

Roger Daltrey on the day he knocked out Pete Townshend
By Elizabeth Swann published
With the group's final U.S. tour behind them, the singer explains what kept them going through the worst of times

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“That’s a terrible idea for a song!” “Margaritaville” writer Jimmy Buffett didn’t listen to his critics. Here’s how a bad day, a traffic jam and a rejection from Elvis Presley turned out just fine for him
By Christopher Scapelliti published
After years of struggling in Nashville, Buffett turned his musical ambitions south, to the Gulf Coast, and created a generation all his own

Elliot Easton opens up about the Cars’ Ric Ocasek and says new music is coming featuring the group’s five original members
By Gary Graff published
As a book about the new wave legends comes out, Easton reveals that the surviving members have completed leftover tracks featuring Ocasek and Ben Orr

“Death’s been knocking at my door.” Ozzy Osbourne reflected on death weeks before his passing
By Elizabeth Swann published
The metal legend offered thoughts on his death in newly published excerpts from his forthcoming memoir

“Even when he was drunk, his guitar playing was unbeatable.” How Eric Clapton trounced George Harrison in a guitar duel for a prize like no other
By Phil Weller published
The battle came after years of Clapton’s infatuation with the former Beatle’s wife

Jimmy Page remembers original Yardbirds guitarist Chris Dreja, who has died at age 79
By Christopher Scapelliti published
Dreja died of complications recently, just weeks before his 80th birthday. The guitarist suffered strokes in 2012 and 2013
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