Latest about Guitarists
“I have the dubious distinction.” Steve Farris sang “Honky Tonk Women” with Kiss — and was fired almost immediately
The future Mr. Mister guitarist impressed Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley with a single solo, but one unexpected audition requirement ended his tenure almost as soon as it began
How a tossed-out Jimi Hendrix album inspired Stevie Ray Vaughan’s guitar journey
His brother Jimmie found the album behind a Dallas blues club. The discovery would shape his tone and technique, and create a blues giant for a new generation
How John Lennon created one of the Beatles’ strangest sounds in just five minutes
Eddie Kramer recalls watching Lennon discover a forgotten electronic instrument and turn it into the signature sound of “Baby You’re a Rich Man.”
“I’m always trying to increase the size of my paintbox.” Daniel Lanois turns studio accidents into songs on his new album, ‘Belladonna Nocturne’
The producer behind U2, Brian Eno and Peter Gabriel explains how he builds music from fragments, repurposes discarded ideas, and treats the studio itself as an instrument
How Lita Ford rediscovered her stolen B.C. Rich Mockingbird — and then let it go again
The guitar joins the ranks of star-owned axes that have mysteriously disappeared, only to return again
Roger McGuinn said Bob Dylan didn't recognize his own song when the Byrds performed it for him
The Byrds' founder talked to us about the origins of folk-rock, the allure of 12-string Rickenbackers and his eternal love of folk music
The “accidental” 1976 smash hit created by a virtuoso rock group and the most recorded guitarist in history
Louie Shelton and the founding members of Toto didn’t think the song had “a chance in hell” of succeeding. A DJ proved them wrong
Dr. John on the fight that nearly killed his guitar-playing dreams — and set him on a new path to music immortality
Years before he scored his 1973 hit, Mac Rebennack was in the wrong place at the wrong time — and changed his life forever
