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How Neil Diamond, a bag of weed and a twice-rejected song turned a pair of struggling young guitarists into global stars
As the Bellamy Brothers reveal, they were hurting for a hit when they befriended Diamond’s band. The rest is history
Scotty Moore on the night Elvis Presley walked into Sun Records — and the session that launched the King’s career
As Baz Lurhmann’s new ‘EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert’ comes to screens, we revisit Guitar Player’s classic interview with Presley’s first guitarist
Julian Lage says noise from cellphone towers made recording his guitars impossible. Just by luck, he had a fix
The guitarist was cutting his new album near the Empire State Building, where interference from 5G towers was excessively strong
John Lydon on the Sex Pistols’ obsession with ABBA
Punk mocked pop’s excesses, but Sid Vicious adored ABBA — and wasn’t afraid to show it.
Bernie Leadon dissects the Eagles’ biggest album of all time
“It’s really simple, and simple’s good,” the group’s co-founder says, “if you want to reach people and make it memorable”
Al Jardine on the Beach Boys’ “lost album” and Brian Wilson’s strangest comeback
As ‘We Gotta Groove’ highlights a polarizing, two-year period in the group‘s history, the long-running guitarist reflects on a band in transition
Johnny Cash on the true story behind his infamous signature song
The celebrated country icon spoke with us as he enjoyed a long-awaited — and much-deserved — career revival
Win tickets to see Warren Haynes perform on his “Winter of Warren” solo tour at Guitar Player Presents
The Gov’t Mule leader and Allman Brothers Band veteran makes a rare solo jaunt out west when he comes to Santa Cruz on February 15
