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“Come on, get a move on!” John McLaughlin recalls the night Ginger Baker started throwing drumsticks at Jack Bruce
Before forming Cream with Eric Clapton, the volatile duo were already clashing nightly onstage.
Chrissie Hynde on James Honeyman-Scott’s tragic loss. “I am guilty”
The guitarist reflected on the drug-related deaths of Honeyman-Scott and bassist Peter Farndon less than a year apart after the band struck it big
Tony Iommi reveals Ozzy Osbourne’s final text to him. “It was a hell of a shock, really”
The Black Sabbath guitarist says he never imagined his lifelong friend would die just hours after their last conversation
Richie Sambora on how the Bon Jovi partnership fell apart: “If anybody told Jon the truth, it was me”
In his 2024 Guitar Player cover feature, Sambora looked back at the creative differences and personal struggles that led to his 2013 departure — and the moment he realized the band’s chemistry had changed.
Eddie Van Halen's studio-used Kramer guitars are up for auction — with his cigarette butts still tucked beneath the strings
Two battle-scarred backup guitars built by longtime tech Zeke Clark carry $50,000 opening bids, while Backstage Auctions says they saw extensive studio use during the 5150 era
Eric Clapton on the one guitarist who mastered the “difficult” art of modern blues. They’re no longer speaking
Slowhand highlighted one player as a champion of the genre — but their friendship wasn't built to last
Samantha Fish names the five guitar players she says will keep the blues alive
She’s been backed by Joe Bonamassa and Slash, but who is she backing as the next generation of blues greats?
Win tickets to see ZZ Top & Cheap Trick in Northern California at Guitar Player Presents
Rock out with Billy Gibbons and Rick Nielsen at the majestic Mountain Winery in Saratoga, CA., Saturday, August 8
