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Roger Daltrey says the Who invented metal before Black Sabbath
By Phil Weller published
The singer says the Who's pioneering use of volume, feedback and Marshall amps laid the foundations for metal years before Black Sabbath arrived.

Rita Coolidge says Eric Clapton owes her a writing credit for one of the most celebrated songs in rock
By Phil Weller published
The Grammy-winning singer helped pen the piano coda that closes "Layla," but was never credited despite her pleas to the guitarist

How Lita Ford rediscovered her stolen B.C. Rich Mockingbird — and then let it go again
By Phil Weller published
The guitar joins the ranks of star-owned axes that have mysteriously disappeared, only to return again

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

Dr. John on the fight that nearly killed his guitar-playing dreams — and set him on a new path to music immortality
By Bill Milkowski published
Years before he scored his 1973 hit, Mac Rebennack was in the wrong place at the wrong time — and changed his life forever

The Journey single that became “the Biggest Song of All Time” thanks to TV, baseball and Bachman-Turner Overdrive
By Christopher Scapelliti published
Neal Schon says the classic hit owes a debt to its producers’ unusual request

Fender serves a cease-and-desist to PRS, but does this latest target meet Fender’s copyist criteria?
By Phil Weller published
PRS confirms it received a cease-and-desist letter over the Silver Sky — John Mayer’s massively successful signature model. But does this latest target meet Fender’s copyist criteria?

“We haven’t got a single.” Paul McCartney recalls how the Beatles gave the Rolling Stones their first hit
By Phil Weller published
McCartney says the bands’ supposed rivalry was largely invented by the press as London’s ’60s rock scene exploded.
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