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The Yardirds in 1966 (L-R): (L-R) Jeff Beck, Jim McCarty, Chris Dreja, Jimmy Page and Keith Relf.

Jeff Beck’s Top Five Psychedelic Rock Tracks

By Christopher Scapelliti, Guitar Player Staff published

Choice cuts from the electric guitar innovator’s mid-‘60s Yardbirds era

From left, Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker (1939-2019) and Jack Bruce (1943-2014) of British rock band Cream posed together in Green Park, London, in July 1966. (

“We Were One of the Early Heavy Metal Bands Without Knowing It”: How Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker Turbo-Charged the Blues With Cream

By Guitar Player Staff published

The original supergroup pioneered a fusion of blues-rock that directly influenced a generation of musicians

Fantastic Negrito performs during Reel To Reel: White Jesus Black Problems Featuring A Post-Screening Interview And Acoustic Performance From Fantastic Negrito at The GRAMMY Museum on June 02, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.

“I Started Channeling My Black Roots – My Ancestry”: Fantastic Negrito Talks Rediscovering the Old Blues Greats

By Guitar Player Staff published

How the Grammy-winning maverick cheated death and became one of blues’ biggest innovators

Rock and roll guitarists Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck perform onstage at the ARMS Charity Concert at the Royal Albert Concert Hall in September 1983 in London, England.

“I Know He Didn’t Like the Fact That I Took Over From Him in the Yardbirds”: Jeff Beck on His “Uncomfortable Rivalry” With Eric Clapton

By Christopher Scapelliti published

“At my debut with the Yardbirds at the Marquee, I showed them what was what,” said the late guitar hero

Jeff Beck walking with guitar case

“I Didn’t Just Want to Be a Strummer”: How Jeff Beck Became a Guitar Hero

By Christopher Scapelliti published

From Cliff Gallup to Buddy Guy, the roots of Jeff Beck’s guitar journey are planted in the fertile post-war guitar boom

ZZ Top in 1983

“We Were Still the Little Band From Texas, Interpreters of That Great American Art Form the Blues”: Billy Gibbons on the Making of “Gimme All Your Lovin’”

By Richard Bienstock published

How ZZ Top’s 1983 classic took the blues “up a notch”

Rory Gallagher photographed for his Top Priority album cover on 11th June 1979.

Watch Rory Gallagher's Explosive "Shadow Play" Performance

By Guitar Player Staff published

Video In one of his greatest live performances captured on film, the Irish guitarist shows why he was so highly regarded by his peers

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Johnny Winter performs at Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007 held at Toyota Park on July 28, 2007 in Bridgeview, Illinois.

Watch Johnny Winter’s Fiery “Highway 61 Revisited” Performance With Derek Trucks

By Guitar Player Staff published

Video Perhaps no track demonstrates his furious slide work as well as this cover of the Bob Dylan classic

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The Rolling Stones in 1963 (L-R): Bill Wyman, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts and Brian Jones.

Watch the Rolling Stones' Iconic Television Performance of Willie Dixon’s “Little Red Rooster”

By Guitar Player Staff published

Video The producer, bassist and immensely prolific songwriter was responsible for some of the blues’ – and popular music’s – most enduring hits

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Memphis Minnie pictured with a Nationall acoustic guitar circa 1950

Prolific, Confessional and a No-Bullsh*t Character: How Memphis Minnie Became One of the Most Incendiary Guitarists of Her Day

By Guitar Player Staff published

The renegade star's professional career in blues is matched by no other female musician, and by very few men

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