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“It’s sacrosanct.” St. Vincent says Larry Carlton’s Steely Dan guitar solo should be played note-for-note
The guitarist argues that some recordings are so definitive they shouldn’t be reinterpreted — even by the players performing them.
“It sounds like a terrible B-flick horror soundtrack.” Eddie Van Halen on the night he got drunk and wrecked Marvin Hamlisch’s piano
During a late-night experiment in a rented Malibu home, the guitarist scraped the composer’s Yamaha grand with forks and knives — and turned the chaos into a track later used on Van Halen’s ‘Balance’
Joe Satriani and Vai on the upcoming SatchVai album — and their plans for the group’s future
The virtuoso duo reveal how their latest single took shape and how their solo successes made this the right time to join forces
Dethklok/Metalocalypse creator Brendon Small says he lost rare guitars gifted by Joe Satriani and Steve Vai
The Dethklok guitarist has also downsized his collection and changed his playing technique to correct years of bad habits
“It felt like there were insects in my legs.” Peter Frampton recalls the moment he knew something was wrong
As he prepares to release his album ‘Carry the Light,’ the guitarist says the strange sensation came years before he was diagnosed with Inclusion Body Myositis
“Look up!” Olivia Rodrigo reveals the hidden note Jack White left in her ‘SNL’ dressing room
White texted her a hint, prompting a full-scale search of the dressing room ceiling and closets
“Even Clapton came out and gave me the thumbs up.” The day Ministry’s Al Jourgensen shut down a studio — while Eric Clapton was recording next door
The distortion-loving guitarist recalls how a tape experiment blew out the power while Clapton was recording his 1989 album ‘Journeyman’
Mark Knopfler on his grueling 10-hour Steely Dan session that resulted in just seconds of music
Fresh off the success of “Sultans of Swing,” the Dire Straits guitarist joined Donald Fagen and Walter Becker in the studio — and discovered just how painstaking their recording process could be.
