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Five Reasons Liona Boyd is a Guitar Legend By Guitar Player Staff The “First Lady of the Guitar” is a classical master.
Watch John Frusciante Hard at Work in the Studio By Rod Brakes Video As ‘Blood Sugar Sex Magik’ turns 30 next week we glimpse back to a moment when the 21-year-old was making music history.
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Billy F. Gibbons Reveals How Jeff Beck Helped ZZ Top Score the First 110-volt Marshalls in America By Richard Bienstock The ‘Burst-toting frontman tells the curious tale of the opening track from ‘ZZ Top's First Album.’
