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Featuring Unhinged Electric Guitar Work and a Contradictory Shredding Non-Solo, Here Why You Need to Listen to Julian Priester Pepo Mtoto’s ‘Love, Love’ By Jim Campilongo published 22 September 23 This 1970s ECM classic defines a moment with deeply spiritual power
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“Your Best Song Is Always yet to Come”: Telecaster Master James Burton Names Five Career-Defining Tracks By Joel McIver published 20 September 23 There’s only one electric instrument worth discussing, says the veteran guitarist behind Elvis, Ricky Nelson, Roy Orbison and Emmylou Harris
“If You Think You’re Going to Get Better by Watching 30-Second Instagram Clips of Guitarists Playing as Fast as They Can, Think Again”: Eddie 9V Shares the Advice That Made Him Blues-Rock’s New Guitar Star By Joe Bosso published 19 September 23 From breathing to talking, fast-rising blues powerhouse Brooke Mason reveals five nuggets of wisdom
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Vernon Reid: "One of My Key Reference Points is Mahavishnu Orchestra’s 'The Inner Mounting Flame'. When it Came Out, it Was the Jazz Equivalent of 'Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols'" By Anil Prasad published 18 September 23 In this classic GP interview, the legendary Living Colour guitarist discusses why he embraced his fusion side – despite that word's "dirty, dusty, foul" reputation – on his 2006 solo LP, and how his relationship with two-handed tapping has changed over the years.
Albert Lee: "Back in 1963, I Bought a Second-Hand Tele and it Changed My Life Completely. The Tele Had a Really Wiry Sound Compared to My Les Paul Custom... I Immediately Began to Approach Music Differently" By Andy Ellis published 15 September 23 He's played with Eric Clapton, the Everly Brothers, Emmylou Harris, the Crickets, Joe Cocker, and countless others, but – as he told GP in this 2010 interview – Albert Lee is always, still, looking for "that perfect night onstage."
Gary Moore: "When I’d See Peter Green, I Was Hanging on Every Note He Played. When He Would Hit the Note, it Would Just Go Right Through Me" By Darrin Fox published 14 September 23 The late blues guitar great discusses channeling Roy Buchanan with a Tele, the best piece of playing advice he ever got, and the hard-rock guitar icon who borrowed liberally from his "Parisienne Walkways" melody in this 2007 GP interview.
Peter Frampton: "I Arrived in San Francisco To Do the Fillmore with Humble Pie. I Had a Terrible Guitar. I Was Almost in Tears Trying to Play it. Lo and Behold, This Young Man Came Up to Me and Said I Could Borrow His Black Les Paul" By Don Menn published 12 September 23 In this 1974 GP interview, Frampton discusses the inner workings of his trademark '54 Les Paul Custom, how he got started modding guitars at the age of nine, and why he thinks it’s "cheating" to use fuzz.
Jeff Beck: "I’ve Done a Whole Tour with a Fender Twin When Stevie Ray Vaughan Was Going Through About Four Billion Watts... He Asked Me, ‘What the Hell Are You Using? Are Your Amps Under the Stage?’” By Art Thompson published 11 September 23 The late Strat-master discusses his thoughts on volume (and when loud becomes too loud), playing classical melodies on the electric guitar, and why he favored a trusty Fender amp onstage and in the studio.
