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The late guitar ace who spurned the jazz world, climbed the pop charts and lived in terror of taking a solo
By Christopher Scapelliti published
In a rare interview, Wes Montgomery revealed the insecurities that forced his retreat from jazz, even as he was celebrated as a giant of jazz

Jefferson Airplane’s Jorma Kaukonen on Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir and other giants of San Francisco’s psychedelic rock scene
By Gary Graff published
The cofounder of Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna has just released 'Wabash Avenue,' a collection of his rediscovered live recordings from 1965

Paul McCartney said he and John Lennon were ambidextrous guitarists thanks to this one thing
By Elizabeth Swann published
McCartney also explained how he came to understand the bass guitar's transformational power while recording the Beatles' "Michelle"

Adam Jones on his oddball approach to crafting Tool’s out-of-this-world guitar tones
By Elizabeth Swann published
The guitarist praises Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi for having inspired his own love of drop tunings and evocative tones

Buddy Guy on the one thing every guitar player needs to play the blues
By Adam Levy published
“There’s some things they do that I wish I had known!” the blues guitar icon says of a few select guitar heroes who followed in his footsteps

J.J. Cale on his song that launched Eric Clapton’s solo career and made the laidback Tulsa guitarist a surprise overnight sensation
By Dan Forte published
Cale reflected on the Tulsa sound and his sudden rise to fame in the years after Clapton cut "After Midnight"

Jim McCarty on Jeff Beck’s and Jimmy Page’s “stressed out” time in the Yardbirds
By Gary Graff published
The Yardbirds drummer reveals the highs and lows of the group’s most successful era

“I didn’t realize how short he was!” Ace Frehley told us what he thought of his Kiss replacements
By Andrew Daly published
As the quintessential Kiss guitarist, Ace knew he was a tough act to follow
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