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- December 6
- December 5
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- “They put us on the bill with Humble Pie and Johnny Winter.” As Joe Perry teams up with Yungblud for a new EP, he tells tales of his adventures with guitar icons Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Slash and other rock greats
- “We were just jamming when our organ player started to yodel.” The Dutch prog-rock band that combined Chuck Berry guitar riffs and yodeling to score a top-10 hit
- “So even after he passed, Jimmy found a way to join the party.” Kenny Chesney reveals Jimmy Buffett's ashes were smuggled into his Rock Hall induction for a performance with James Taylor and Mac McAnally
- “We were trying to be the Beatles, the Hollies, and the Beach Boys, all in one.” Randy Bachman on the rehearsal accident that led him to became the the guitarist for Canada's biggest American hitmakers
- December 4
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- “He told me I’d never see him with it, but he used it to record.” Jeff Beck had a secret love affair with a PRS guitar. Paul Reed Smith is trying to track it down
- ““Why do I need a pick? I have five right here on this hand.” Fingerstyle virtuoso Marcin on why a plectrum is “the most limiting thing in the world”
- “He said, ‘You have something that these other guys here don’t.’” Jimmy Page says this separated Steve Lukather from his peers
- “I kept it right on my knee. Couldn’t move too much, ’cause it would vibrate off.” The late Steve Cropper on his ingenious substitute for a guitar slide on the timeless Sam & Dave hit “Soul Man”
- December 3
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- “I said, ‘Man, look at this.’ I didn’t know what a hippie was. But they were going crazy.” Buddy Guy on Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page — and the famous guitarist in the audience he thought he was a cop
- “I was sitting in the dressing room, and he came straight in like a rabid dog.” Tommy Emmanuel on the night he showed up an electric guitar legend before a full house — and was promptly put in his place
- December 2
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- “I said, I think I can help you. Hold my beer.’” Joe Bonamassa on the artist who demanded Eric Clapton play “The Thrill Is Gone” — and why only an icon can tackle the B.B. King hit
- “They are a pack of bastards!’” Former Thin Lizzy guitarist Eric Bell on his regret-filled experience playing “Whiskey in the Jar” with Metallica
- Black Friday and Cyber Monday might be over, but these 69 deals for guitarists are still live – act fast before they're gone forever
- December 1
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