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“I didn’t have any gear with me.” How Bo Ramsey wound up on Lucinda Williams’ masterpiece
By Andrew Daly published
The veteran guitarist reveals the explains the real story behind his work on the legendary ‘Car Wheels on a Gravel Road’ sessions—and how it led to producing her Grammy-nominated follow-up

Tom Petty on the song that defined him as a new kind of guitar-slinging American rocker
By Christopher Scapelliti published
The tune went on to challenge the norms for music videos with a storytelling approach that was unique for the time

“The nighttime defenses are down”: Inside Bob Dylan’s secret weapon for recording masterpiece albums
By Joe Matera published
Legendary producer Daniel Lanois reveals why Dylan insisted on tracking vocals in the dead of night on ‘Oh Mercy’ and ‘Time Out of Mind’ — two albums behind his late-career renaissance

Vince Gill on the guitar that launched his career
By Richard Bienstock published
Purchased at a bluegrass festival in the 1970s, the Martin D-28 Herringbone has play a keyed role in his music

“It was his simplest stuff.” Sammy Hagar says fans are wrong about Eddie Van Halen’s best work
By Gary Graff published
The Red Rocker explains why EVH's most brilliant masterpieces actually came much later — and reveals the one track that still leaves Joe Satriani completely baffled

Mark Knopfler on why he’s ditched the pick in favor of fingerpicking
By Gary Graff published
The former Dire Straits guitarist told us why he moved away from the plectrum but still regards the pick as “a superior thing”

“I can gauge his reaction.” Paul McCartney says he still talks to John Lennon while writing songs
By Phil Weller published
McCartney says he often imagined what Lennon would think of his new material — and could still hear his old songwriting partner's voice in the process.

Lzzy Hale reveals how Alice Cooper helped her find herself
By Phil Weller published
An awkward sleepover, a classic Cooper album and some advice from her father helped the future Halestorm star realize that fitting in wasn’t the point

“I think I want you to play with the Who now.” Peter Frampton on Pete Townshend’s career-saving invitation — and the silence that followed
By Gary Graff published
As his new documentary premieres, Frampton recalls the moment Townshend invited him to replace him in the Who — only to leave him waiting by the phone as his career hit rock bottom.
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