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June 2023

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June 30
- Starring Jazz Guru Bill Frisell, Here's Why Paul Motian’s ‘On Broadway Vol. 1’ Is Essential Listening for Every Guitar Player
- “You Wanna Get It Right, Let’s Get It Right!” Watch Chuck Berry Schooling Keith Richards in This Tense Scene
June 29
- Ten Mind-Blowing Rock Guitar Solos Every Player Needs to Know About
- “When the Vocal Stops, You Want to Make Sure That the Audience Isn’t Bored”: Neil Giraldo Details His Philosophy for Crafting Great Guitar Solos and Reflects on Career Highlights From Rick Derringer to Pat Benatar and Beyond
June 28
- “Being an Engineer for Pink Floyd Was Arguably the Biggest Challenge I Ever Gave Myself”: Alan Parsons Takes Us Behind the Recording Sessions and Guitar Gear for ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’
- “Nobody Can Be the Best Guitar Player. There’s No Such Thing”: Mind-Blowing Guitarist Harvey Mandel Riffs With ‘GP’ on His Music, Guitar Technique and a Certain Player by the Name of Eddie Van Halen
- Rediscover Pink Floyd’s ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ With Our Insightful Listening Guide
June 27
- Before It Was an Album, ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ Was a Tour. Here, We Trace the Origin of Pink Floyd’s Masterpiece
June 26
- 10 Under-the-Radar Albums Every Guitar Player Needs to Hear
June 25
- “There’s Guitar Madness All Over This”: Prince Talks Gear, Recording and His Creative Process in This Essential Interview From the ‘Guitar Player’ Vault
June 23
- Six Ways Tony Iommi Broke the Rulebook and Invented Heavy Metal Guitar
June 21
- “The Concept Is Simple: Plug a Great Guitar Into a Great Amp, and Don’t Let Anything Get in Between”: Billy Squier Explains How He Honed His Tone on Five Classic Tracks
- “I Think Tone Is in the Hands – From the Hand to the Heart”: Angela Petrilli Talks Guitar Tone and Recording at the Fabled Sunset Sound Studios
- “If I Can Lift Myself With a Solo or Riff, It Can Re-Ignite Me and Save the Show”: Taylor Goldsmith Talks Dawes’ Latest Genre-Extending Effort and the Power of Lead Guitar
June 16
- John Lennon Played It on Repeat and Frank Sinatra Called It the Best Song of the ‘70s – Here’s How a Simple C9 Chord Inspired Little River Band’s Top-Ten Hit “Reminiscing”
June 15
- How the Smiths and R.E.M. Gave Rickenbacker Guitars Renewed Appeal in the Early ‘80s
June 14
- Half a Century of Killer Guitar Tone and Now More Popular Than the Beatles, Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones on Spotify, Queen Are Still Delivering their Unique Kind of Magic
June 13
- Watch Ritchie Blackmore Savagely Obliterate His Fender Stratocaster
- Watch George Harrison and Bob Dylan's “If Not for You” Acoustic Rehearsal at the Legendary Concert for Bangladesh
- "I Didn’t Like Playing a Whole Lot of Chords – I Just Liked Playing the Crap Out of Those Single-note Lines!" George Benson looks back
June 9
- “I’ve Dedicated My Life to the Blues, and a Lot of Other People Have, Too. What Did We Do to Be Treated Like That?”: Buddy Guy Has, Most Definitely, Still Got the Blues
- Here's Why José Feliciano Is a Musical Melting Pot as Well as an Amazing American Story
June 8
- Watch Stray Cats Reignite ‘50s Rock and Roll at the 1981 Montreux Jazz Festival With Their Classic Hit “Stray Cat Strut”
- Watch the Claypool Lennon Delirium’s Cosmic “Blood and Rockets” Performance
June 7
- Peter Buck and Krist Novoselic Pick Their Gigs Carefully, but Hector Tellez Jr. Got Both Rock and Roll Hall of Famers
- “He Said, ‘I Just Canceled a Gig, ’Cause I Wanted to See You’”: Buddy Guy Talks Befriending Jimi Hendrix
- “I Always Want to Transcend the Technical Aspects of the Guitar to Move People”: Joe Satriani’s Top Five Career-Defining Tracks
June 5
- “Somebody called and told him I sounded pretty good, and he decided to come by and see for mimself”: When Buddy Guy met Muddy Waters
June 1
- “’Sunday Bloody Sunday’ Was an Absolutely Pivotal Song for Us”: Three Albums Into Their Career, U2 Found Their Triumphant Sound and Activist Voice on ‘War’
- “There Were No Rules With This Project”: The Edge Reveals the Secrets Behind U2’s New Album, 'Songs of Surrender' – a Whopping Collection of “Reimagined” Songs From Their Back Catalog
- “I Got to Chicago on September the 25th, 1957. And I’m Still Here”: How Buddy Guy Went From Diddley Bow “Country Boy” to Chicago Blues Legend