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Kim Thayil: My Career in Six Songs By Richard Bienstock The former Soundgarden lead guitarist shares some deep cuts and reflects on a career chasing beautifully heavy sounds.
Tommy Shaw: How I Wrote Styx's “Blue Collar Man“ By Joe Bosso Tommy Shaw reveals the jolly green inspiration behind Styx’s 1978 hit.
How Beck, Hendrix, Townshend, Page, and More Set the Template for Hard Rock Guitar in the 1960s By Guitar Player Staff The progenitors of hard rock gave sound and shape to a divergent and ultimately diverse strain of rock and roll.
Tony Iommi Discusses Custom SGs, How He Re-Learned Guitar After a Devastating Injury, and More in 1974 GP Interview By Steve Rosen Hop in a time machine and revisit our 1974 interview with the godfather of heavy metal.
Nir Felder on Removing the Boundary Between Pop and Bop, Practicing for Improv, and the Beauty of Open Strings By Michael Ross Ignoring genre, Felder draws freely from blues-rock and jazz for two discs of expressive, inventive guitar playing.
Vinyl Treasures: Kenny Burrell’s 'Midnight Blue' By Jim Campilongo Burrell and his band work the power of nuance on his 1963 jazz guitar tour de force.
How Compositional Curiosity and the Theater Led Kaki King to Acoustic Invention and an Evocative New Album By Jimmy Leslie The acoustic trailblazer talks her new album, 'Modern Yesterdays,' sound design, developing the Passerelle, and more.
Oz Noy Keeps the Energy Flowing as He Returns with His Super-Fun New Album, Snapdragon By Michael Ross The fusion whiz talks technique, tip jars and continuing down his last record’s path.
Brian Setzer: My Career in Five Songs By Mark McStea Rockabilly's most effectual top cat takes a trip down memory alley and discusses his discography's most significant cuts.
Lionel Loueke Talks Seven-String Jazz Guitar, Rearranging Herbie Hancock, and the Improvisational Magic of a First Take By Bill Milkowski The jazz fingerstylist gives a musical fist bump to his mentor Herbie Hancock on 'HH.'
![Tom Scholz [left] and Barry Goudreau put together one of their immaculate guitar harmonies](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KLesjaF9LhNnfRsS243P2k-840-80.jpg.webp)
