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Watch Iron Maiden and Tool members jam Jeff Beck at a wedding
By Phil Weller published
The three musicians took to the stage for a very special occasion: the wedding of Smith’s daughter

Neil Young tells how Randy Bachman helped him track down his long-lost Gretsch. Now he’s playing it in concert
By Elizabeth Swann published
Young used the guitar during his early 1960s tenure with the Squires but sold it after he developed ambitions to become a folk singer

Steve Vai on the theft that got him Frank Zappa’s number — and the job that changed his life
By Elizabeth Swann published
Vai was just 16 and called Zappa repeatedly over the next year until he got through to him, putting his guitar career on the launch pad

The Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia on the classic Bob Dylan song that made him a convert
By Christopher Scapelliti published
It wasn’t until Dylan went electric that Garcia was won over by the folk icon

Jeff Beck and former Beatles producer George Martin made a jazz-fusion classic that's getting a new look
By Phil Weller last updated
The guitar legend's 1975 landmark comes to life in a new video released from the 'Midnight Special' archives

Win tickets to see former Police guitarist Andy Summers live at GP Presents in San Francisco
By Jimmy Leslie published
Summers makes a solo multimedia appearance at the new Presidio Theatre, September 27

Darkness guitarist Justin Hawkins joins his brother Dan to trash talk the VMAs’ Yungblud–Aerosmith Ozzy Osbourne tribute
By Phil Weller published
Dan Hawkins had dubbed the Ozzy honor “cynical” and “nauseating.” His brother had a few choice words as well

How Eddie Van Halen and Metallica's Kirk Hammett pushed Primus bassist Les Claypool to his musical destiny
By Phil Weller published
The Primus bandleader would later audition for Metallica after the death of Cliff Burton
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