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Ernie Isley recalls sitting next to Jimi Hendrix as the Beatles made their American television debut on The Ed Sullivan Show
Isley said he and his brothers had no idea they were sitting next to a future guitar deity. "We just knew he played extremely well"
How D.K. Harrell kickstarted a one-man blues guitar revival
“I want to grab people and make them feel good,” Harrell says. “Blues songs don’t have to be sad to resonate"
Don Felder recalls the fight with Glenn Frey that brought the Eagles to a guitar-smashing end one night in July 1980
Frey griped that Felder chose his cheapest guitar to break. Felder counters that he had no choice, thanks to a deal Frey cut with Takamine
“Not since the Renaissance.” Gene Simmons on the group he calls the best in over 200 years
The Kiss bassist looks beyond the band’s success with a keen eye on their creativity and songwriting
How Jay Graydon nailed the impossible guitar solo in Steely Dan's “Peg"
The session ace was the last of several big names — including Robben Ford, Rick Derringer and Larry Carlton — who attempted the song's deceptively difficult solo
Sammy Hagar says Eddie Van Halen was preoccupied with the cello when he died – and has called on Wolfgang to form a Van Halen tribute with him
The singer adds he's called on Wolfgang to form a Van Halen tribute group with him for at least one show
Chuck Berry was buried with a Gibson ES-355. His son reveals his family's brain-twisting task to honor the Father of Rock and Roll
The younger Berry says Gibson came to the rescue with a donated guitar as a "thank you" for Chuck's years of music and support
Mike McCready on Stevie Ray Vaughan, acid, and the night that made him fall in love with guitar again
A young McCready had given up the rock and roll dream and quit playing guitar entirely. One moment changed everything
