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Steve Vai Hydra

Watch Steve Vai’s Insane “Teeth of the Hydra” Performance Video – You’ve Probably Never Seen Anything Like It

By Christopher Scapelliti, Rod Brakes published

Video Forever pushing guitar evolution forward, Vai remains at the forefront of technique and design.

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'The Guitars of Sergio and Eduardo Abreu' 1969 Ace of Diamonds label album artwork

Listen to Sergio and Eduardo Abreu Morph Into a Single Entity with 20 Digits and 12 Strings

By Jim Campilongo published

This timeless and powerful recording from the brothers’ all-too-brief career has an otherworldly musicality.

Skip James, 1967

From Satan to Jesus, Skip James Played Through Shadow and Light on These Five Essential Tracks

By Jim Beaugez published

Mississippi Delta bluesman Robert Johnson may have sung about having a hellhound on his trail, but Skip James sounded like the one on the run.

George Harrinson playing acoustic guitar

Flat-Top Revelations from ‘The Beatles: Get Back’

By Jimmy Leslie published

Some acoustic guitar insights from the ‘Let It Be’ studio session footage.

Ric Ocasek of The Cars performing in CBGB on September 29, 2005 in New York City.

Watch Ric Ocasek’s Inspiring Solo Acoustic “Drive” Performance

By Rod Brakes published

Video Strum along with the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer on his birthday during this heartfelt rendition of the Cars’ greatest hit.

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Jimi HENDRIX, performing live onstage at The Speakeasy in Margaret Street London W1

“It’s Like Holding a Candle Up Between Two Mirrors”: Roger Mayer Talks Bringing Jimi Hendrix’s Sound Into Another Dimension

By Rod Brakes, Art Thompson published

Video The guitar effects guru tells the story of his groundbreaking Octavia invention.

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Mike McCready of Pearl Jam performs at the 2021 Ohana Festival Encore Weekend on October 01, 2021 in Dana Point, California.

Mike McCready Names His Top Five Career-Defining Tracks

By Mark McStea published

From Temple of the Dog to Pearl Jam, these are the cuts the guitarist singles out from his long, successful run.

Steve Morse, 1978

“I Was Like a Mad Scientist, Always Refining”: Steve Morse Reveals How He Wrote “Take It Off the Top”

By Joe Bosso published

The Dixie Dregs songwriter opens up about the band’s long-running fan favorite.

Australian guitarists and brothers Angus (L) and Malcolm Young of the hard rock group ACDC inaugurate 22 March 2000 the first street in the world bearing their group's name in Leganes, 29 kms from Madrid.

“I'm Just Like a Color Over the Top. He's the Solid Thing”: Angus Young on Malcolm Young and the Vital Chemistry of AC/DC

By Jas Obrecht, Rod Brakes published

Read this classic Guitar Player interview with one half of the greatest guitar dueling brotherhood in hard rock history.

John Lee Hooker with Epiphone Zephyr

Watch John Lee Hooker Bringing the Blues to London in 1964

By Jas Obrecht published

Video This historic BBC performance of “Boom Boom” helped turn a whole generation on to the blues.

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