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"We hit this one lick, and the lighting director came rushing forward: 'Don't change a thing!”’ Billy Gibbons reveals how a soundcheck jam turned into ZZ Top's breakthrough hit
By Gary Graff published
Gibbons says he has new music in the works with ZZ and the BFGs, whose new single — "Livin' It Up Down in Texas" from the Paramount+ series Landman — comes out today

Junior Marvin on being picked by Bob Marley as his lead guitarist on 'Exodus,' the album that brought reggae to the world
By Andrew Daly last updated
Marvin says engineer Roger Mayer brought him a Strat from Manny’s in New York specifically chosen for album sessions

Joe Bonamassa names "10 Records That Changed My Life"
By Andrew Daly published
Joe B reveals each album's significance to him — and includes one or two that might surprise you

It took 50 years, but this guitarist's tune has become an inescapable hit. You've probably heard it at least once today
By Joe Matera last updated
David Paton's "Magic" was a number-five hit in 1975. Ozempic turned it into a 21st century pop-culture phenomenon

“The best Van Halen album — period.” Lzzy Hale tells us the 10 records that changed her life
By Joe Bosso published
“It’s one of the magical things about music,” she says. “If it gets inside you, it’s yours, and nothing can take that away”

What Charlie Christian did with his reasonably sized toolbox was incredible. Here's what I learned
By Jim Campilongo published
Jazz guitarist Jim Campilongo reflects on Christian's groundbreaking guitar work on the 1987 compilation 'Charlie Christian – The Genius of the Electric Guitar'

Andy Summers reveals his role in the making of the Police hit “Every Breath You Take”
By Gary Graff published
The former Police guitarist says his riff should have earned him a writing credit

Randy Bachman tells us how an inside joke gave him a hit even bigger than "Takin' Care of Business"
By Gary Graff published
Not many artists can boast that their song won an award from the Stuttering Foundation of America
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