Players “I Just Knew I Was Born to Play That Guitar”: Barbara Lynn Recalls Her Pioneering Days as a Guitarist A Black, left-handed, female guitarist who played lead and wrote most of her own material, Lynn was an anomaly from the start Here’s Why Santana’s ‘Abraxas’ Is a Lesson in Finding Your Own Voice on Guitar The band’s ‘Billboard’ number one album remains the most focused and concise album from Carlos’s group “If You Know Your Chords, You Can Pick up Anything Onstage”: Carol Kaye Talks Jazz Guitar Known for her pop hit basslines, her early days as a jazz guitarist have been almost forgotten Grid List Latest Players “Any Idiot Can Play It… I Just Happen to Play It Better Than Anybody”: Leslie West Explains Why "Mississippi Queen" Is a Stone-Cold Classic By Joe Bosso published 22 December 22 Remembering the guitar legend on the anniversary of his passing with this insightful interview about how he made Mountain's 1970 breakthrough hit “Every Artist Wants to Get Something Done That They’re Proud of”: Daniel Tashian Follows Three Guidelines on His Latest Solo Record, ‘Night After Night’ By Joe Bosso published 22 December 22 Known for his work as a guitarist, writer and producer with artists like Kacey Musgraves and Brett Eldredge, the result is an album’s worth of gems “Everything About This Record Captured the Essence of Who I Am”: Marcus King Takes the Brakes off for New Album, ‘Young Blood’ By Mark McStea published 21 December 22 Co-written with the Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach, this heartfelt rock and roll record is the guitar sensation’s most personal yet “I Try to Do Things That Aren’t Going to Interfere With the Song”: Chris Scruggs and Craig Smith Explore the Licks That Make Jim Lauderdale’s New Album ‘Game Changer’ a Winner By Jim Beaugez published 21 December 22 How Lauderdale’s latest two players put in the extra innings to make the record shine “No Matter Where You’re at in Life: There’s so Much to Learn”: Revered Singer-Songwriter Jim Lauderdale Opens up About His Decades-Long Musical Evolution By Jim Beaugez published 21 December 22 As he drops his 35th album, ‘Game Changer,’ the Americana stalwart is learning to be a better musician “We Try to Always Make a Record That We Would Want to Listen to”: GA-20 Guitarists Matt Stubbs and Pat Faherty Show Us the Gear That Fuels Their Authentic Blues-Rock Tone By Mark McStea published 21 December 22 Their stripped-down approach has propelled the “Lords of Lo-Fi” to the top of the blues charts “Blues Is Life”: Christone “Kingfish” Ingram Talks the Future of Blues By Joe Bosso published 20 December 22 Here’s how the Mississippian guitarist is taking music forward “We Are Crazy About Riffs”: Rebecca and Megan Lovell Reveal the Secrets Behind Larkin Poe’s Alchemical Magic By Vinnie DeMasi published 20 December 22 The southern sibling songsters talk turning classic blues riffs into modern fuzzed-out blues-rock hooks on their latest album, ‘Blood Harmony’ George Thorogood’s Top Five Career-Defining Destroyers Tracks By Mark McStea published 16 December 22 With more than five decades of road behind him, the Gibson ES-125TDC stalwart picks a handful of tunes that brought smiles to the miles "What You Hear Is Basically a Bar Band Playing Together”: Jim Keller Tells the Story of Tommy Tutone’s Top Ten Hit “867-5309/Jenny” By Joe Bosso published 14 December 22 The guitarist reveals how he helped dial in the band’s 1982 smash 123456789Archives The Pick Newsletter Name: Your Email Address : Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors Thank you for signing up to The Pick. You will receive a verification email shortly. There was a problem. Please refresh the page and try again. MOST READ1“I Just Knew I Was Born to Play That Guitar”: Barbara Lynn Recalls Her Pioneering Days as a Guitarist2Famously Played by the Rolling Stones’ Brian Jones in the ‘60s, Vox’s Teardrop Guitars Remain as Distinctive as Ever3Here’s Why Santana’s ‘Abraxas’ Is a Lesson in Finding Your Own Voice on Guitar4“If You Know Your Chords, You Can Pick up Anything Onstage”: Carol Kaye Talks Jazz Guitar5“He Will Eventually Be Remembered as One of the Great Composers of Our Time”: Adrian Belew, Don Preston, Mike Keneally and Jon Anderson Remember Frank Zappa
“Any Idiot Can Play It… I Just Happen to Play It Better Than Anybody”: Leslie West Explains Why "Mississippi Queen" Is a Stone-Cold Classic By Joe Bosso published 22 December 22 Remembering the guitar legend on the anniversary of his passing with this insightful interview about how he made Mountain's 1970 breakthrough hit
“Every Artist Wants to Get Something Done That They’re Proud of”: Daniel Tashian Follows Three Guidelines on His Latest Solo Record, ‘Night After Night’ By Joe Bosso published 22 December 22 Known for his work as a guitarist, writer and producer with artists like Kacey Musgraves and Brett Eldredge, the result is an album’s worth of gems
“Everything About This Record Captured the Essence of Who I Am”: Marcus King Takes the Brakes off for New Album, ‘Young Blood’ By Mark McStea published 21 December 22 Co-written with the Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach, this heartfelt rock and roll record is the guitar sensation’s most personal yet
“I Try to Do Things That Aren’t Going to Interfere With the Song”: Chris Scruggs and Craig Smith Explore the Licks That Make Jim Lauderdale’s New Album ‘Game Changer’ a Winner By Jim Beaugez published 21 December 22 How Lauderdale’s latest two players put in the extra innings to make the record shine
“No Matter Where You’re at in Life: There’s so Much to Learn”: Revered Singer-Songwriter Jim Lauderdale Opens up About His Decades-Long Musical Evolution By Jim Beaugez published 21 December 22 As he drops his 35th album, ‘Game Changer,’ the Americana stalwart is learning to be a better musician
“We Try to Always Make a Record That We Would Want to Listen to”: GA-20 Guitarists Matt Stubbs and Pat Faherty Show Us the Gear That Fuels Their Authentic Blues-Rock Tone By Mark McStea published 21 December 22 Their stripped-down approach has propelled the “Lords of Lo-Fi” to the top of the blues charts
“Blues Is Life”: Christone “Kingfish” Ingram Talks the Future of Blues By Joe Bosso published 20 December 22 Here’s how the Mississippian guitarist is taking music forward
“We Are Crazy About Riffs”: Rebecca and Megan Lovell Reveal the Secrets Behind Larkin Poe’s Alchemical Magic By Vinnie DeMasi published 20 December 22 The southern sibling songsters talk turning classic blues riffs into modern fuzzed-out blues-rock hooks on their latest album, ‘Blood Harmony’
George Thorogood’s Top Five Career-Defining Destroyers Tracks By Mark McStea published 16 December 22 With more than five decades of road behind him, the Gibson ES-125TDC stalwart picks a handful of tunes that brought smiles to the miles
"What You Hear Is Basically a Bar Band Playing Together”: Jim Keller Tells the Story of Tommy Tutone’s Top Ten Hit “867-5309/Jenny” By Joe Bosso published 14 December 22 The guitarist reveals how he helped dial in the band’s 1982 smash
