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LEFT: Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970) performs live on stage playing a white Fender Stratocaster guitar with The Jimi Hendrix Experience at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 18th February 1969. RIGHT: Robert Fripp performing at Wickham Festival 2023.

Robert Fripp on his 1960s contemporaries — and the guitarist whose playing he thought was “good fun”

By Phil Weller published

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LEFT: Jeff Beck performs on stage at Royal Albert Hall on May 14, 2014 in London, United Kingdom. RIGHT: Jimmy Page performs onstage during the 38th Annual Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony at Barclays Center on November 03, 2023 in New York City.

Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page disagreed about who composed the world’s “first heavy metal riff”

By Phil Weller published

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Pete Townshend of The Who performs live on stage at the Capitol Theater, Passaic, New Jersey on 10th September 1979. Townshend plays his Wine Red Gibson Les Paul Deluxe guitar number 1.

Pete Townshend on the Who's real lead guitar player

By Christopher Scapelliti published

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LEFT: American actor Jack Nicholson onstage at the Live Aid benefit concert, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 13, 1985. RIGHT: American Blues and rock musician George Thorogood performs onstage during the Live Aid benefit concert at Veteren's Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 13, 1985.

George Thorogood on his Live Aid performances with Bo Diddley and Albert Collins, and the two actors who made his day

By Gary Graff published

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Paul Stanley (L) and Tommy Thayer of Kiss perform at Arco Arena on November 19, 2009 in Sacramento, California.

Tommy Thayer teases future Kiss activity and says the band “has a lot in the works”

By Phil Weller published

The lead guitarist for the band’s final two decades doesn’t believe it’s game over just yet

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Bob Dylan (holding a cigarette) and guitarist Mike Bloomfield (seated) take a break during the recording of the album 'Highway 61 Revisited' surrounded by an assortment of microphones, amplifiers and guitars in Columbia's Studio A in the summer of 1965 in New York City, New York.

Bob Dylan and Jorma Kaukonen on the 1960s guitar icon who led an electric blues revolution and died alone and unknown

By Alan di Perna published

Dylan called Mike Bloomfield “the best guitar player I ever heard.” But his intensity and brilliance obscured a deep-seated discomfort with success

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American musicians Steve Vai (left), on guitar, and Frank Zappa (1940 - 1993) perform on stage at the Palladium, New York, New York, October 31, 1981.

Steve Vai on Frank Zappa's prophetic words about his career

By Phil Weller published

Vai had was a young, awestruck kid when he joined Zappa's band. Frank saw something else

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(from left) Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi, Orianthi and Phil X of Bon Jovi perform onstage with Kings of Chaos during the Rock for Responders Benefit Concert at Battleship USS Iowa Museum on February 27, 2025 in San Pedro, California.

From Triumph to Bon Jovi — Phil X on working with Chris Cornell, Richie Sambora, Alice Cooper, Orianthi and Rik Emmett

By Andrew Daly published

The guitarist riffs on the guitarists and artists he’s known and worked for in a career spanning 40 years

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Singer-guitarist Boz Scaggs autographs "Children of The Future", the first Steve Miller Band album (which he appeared on as a former band member) at an instore appearance at Peaches Records on April 20, 1976 in Atlanta, Georgia.

The “accidental” 1976 smash hit created by a virtuoso rock group and the most recorded guitarist in history 

By Joe Matera published

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  

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Olivia Rodrigo performs onstage for the kick off of GUTS World Tour at Acrisure Arena on February 23, 2024 in Palm Springs, California.

Olivia Rodrigo on St. Vincent’s signature model and the power of women in rock

By Phil Weller published

The design is aesthetically and ergonomically satisfying. Or as Rodrigo says, “It’s such a f**king cool-looking guitar”

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