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Bill Wyman on the $15 bass guitar that powered the Rolling Stones’ classic hits
Long before stadium tours and Platinum sales, a cheap Dallas Tuxedo was the bassist’s secret studio weapon
Ritchie Blackmore on Eric Clapton, show business and the anxiety he couldn’t outrun
Blackmore blamed his ruthlessness on insecurity — and the anxiety he couldn’t outrun
Bernie Leadon dissects the Eagles’ biggest album of all time
“It’s really simple, and simple’s good,” the group’s co-founder says, “if you want to reach people and make it memorable”
Keith Richards on forcing out his and Mick Jagger’s first hit
The result was a song entirely unlike anything the Rolling Stones would have recorded
Steely Dan’s key guitarist on what happened behind his hit tracks with Walter Becker and Donald Fagen
The ace says he never knew the outcome of a session. ”They would never tell you whether what you played would be kept or not.”
How George Harrison, banjo and a studio accident inspired Roger McGuinn’s invention of folk rock
The Byrds’ guitarist was later told he influenced Harrison to write a Beatles’ classic. “We had some cross-pollination,” he says
How a 1970s rock legend scored his second career-defining hit — and why it feels like a curse 50 years on
Video Recorded in 30 takes with his Martin 00-21, this 1972 hit has delivered mixed blessings
Randy Bachman on his jaw-dropping introduction to Stephen Stills at Neil Young’s 70th birthday party
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