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- August 6
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- “And in comes this thin, 98-pound, translucent dude.” The guitar legend who launched David Bowie and John Lennon to the top of the charts, got high with Paul McCartney and talked back to Chuck Berry
- David Lee Roth recalls the night Tony Iommi thought he’d kidnapped Ozzy Osbourne: “What did you do to Ozzy?!”
- Tony Iommi’s new bassist thought she’d lost the gig on day one. “Could we get a quick photo together, in case I never see you again?”
- Joe Bonamassa reveals one of the most-played guitars in his 600-plus collection: “It’s basically a Gibson Les Paul jammed into a Fender Telecaster”
- Joe Bonamassa says toxic guitar culture has gone too far: “It caused this guy to go into therapy”
- August 5
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- Todd Rundgren on the Jimi Hendrix album that changed everything: “This was the first real Jimi Hendrix album”
- David Lee Roth’s Skyscraper drove Billy Sheehan out. ”The whole atmosphere changed“
- Song of the Day: The Journey single that became The Biggest Song of All Time. “They said, ‘Play something dumb!’”
- The Eric Clapton album David Gilmour says every guitarist should study. “Eventually, you will find your own style from that”
- August 4
- August 3
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- Tony Iommi reveals Ozzy Osbourne’s final text to him. “It was a hell of a shock, really”
- Richie Sambora on how the Bon Jovi partnership fell apart: “If anybody told Jon the truth, it was me”
- Eddie Van Halen's studio-used Kramer guitars are up for auction — with his cigarette butts still tucked beneath the strings: “Definitely and extensively used by Eddie in the studio”
- August 2
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- “He’s on fire, the real thing. I wish I could be like that.” Eric Clapton on the one guitarist who mastered the “difficult” art of modern blues. They’re no longer speaking
- “He’s one of the greatest there is, not just in blues but anything. He’s an alien.” Samantha Fish names the five guitar players she says will keep the blues alive
- August 1
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