Players How the Offspring made the number-one indie-rock record of all time with two guitars and one amp Noodles Wasserman reveals the story behind the group's 1994 hit "Come Out and Play" Samantha Fish talks Guns N' Roses, B.B. King and the 10 albums that changed her life The blues guitarist reveals the albums that shaped her as a musician Stevie Ray Vaughan explains his left-handed vibrato and why Albert King was filing his nails during his solo Stevie revealed the stories behind both oddities in a now-historic 1984 interview with Guitar Player Latest Players The Doobie Brothers’ Tom Johnston recounts the stories behind five of the band's classic tunes By Gary Graff published 21 August 24 From Listen to the Music to Long Train Runnin’, China Grove and more, Johnston reveals the jams, studio wizardry – and political movements – that sparked some of the Doobies' biggest hits “A lot of weird things happened”: Ian Hunter on Mott the Hoople’s All the Way From Memphis By Joe Matera published 19 August 24 Poorly promoted by the band's record label, All the Way From Memphis nonetheless became a classic, and was later covered by Michael Schenker and Brian May How John Osborne overcame tinnitus and mental health difficulties to make a career-defining album with his brother TJ By Joe Bosso published 12 August 24 The Brothers Osborne's self-titled LP was molded by trying times, but nonetheless finds the duo coming back stronger than ever, with some of John Osborne's tastiest playing to date Peter Green on his time with John Mayall and Fleetwood Mac, and wrestling with his demons By Elliot Stephen Cohen published 5 August 24 Having blown minds with Mayall and then formed Fleetwood Mac, the late blues guitar genius suddenly walked away at the peak of the latter band's first run of commercial success. He would endure years of horrors before making it back to the stage David Cassidy on seeing Hendrix, learning from the session guitar greats, and jamming with Paul McCartney and John Lennon By Matt Blackett published 26 July 24 A mega-star with the Partridge Family, Cassidy was nonetheless a serious guitarist, and worked in the studio with the likes of Larry Carlton and Mick Ronson Robert Cray on Animal House, and the origins of the Blues Brothers By Jimmy Leslie published 19 July 24 Before he came to fame in his own right, Cray played in a band with singer Curtis Salgado, on whom John Belushi's Jake Blues character was partially based With a helping hand from Greta Van Fleet's Sam Kiszka, Hannah Wicklund has her eyes on the prize By Andrew Daly published 18 July 24 Armed with a pink Tom Anderson Raven – and, on occasion, Kiszka's Gibson Murphy Lab SG – Wicklund is back with an album the blues-rocker says is her most authentic to date David Bowie and the Cure guitarist Reeves Gabrels on the joys of taking your tone into uncharted waters By Joe Bosso published 16 July 24 Countless guitarists have gone on record badmouthing effects, citing them as – among other things – a crutch. For his part, alt-rock guitar legend Reeves Gabrels is having none of it Ben Harper on playing with Jack Johnson and Harry Styles, and the crazy Martin Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie built By Jimmy Leslie published 15 July 24 As he celebrates his latest album, Wide Open Light, Harper shares memories of his family's iconic Folk Music Center, what he learned from legends like Taj Mahal, and the Taylor he's “head over heels for” Vinyl Treasures: Steel Guitar Favorites shows Jerry Byrd at the very top of his game By Jim Campilongo published 12 July 24 On this outstanding album, Byrd packs in every steel-guitar treat one could hope for, including tone sweeps that convincingly replicate the human voice 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Archives Get The Pick NewsletterAll the latest guitar news, interviews, lessons, reviews, deals and more, direct to your inbox!Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors LATEST ARTICLES1The best acoustic deals still available right now 2I’ve been recommending this audio interface all year and it just got its first-ever discount for Cyber Monday3How the Offspring made the number-one indie-rock record of all time with two guitars and one amp4Need some grit in your tone? Boss SD-1 Super OverDrives are dirt cheap on Cyber Monday5A travel guitar "so good you won't believe it isn't a regular solidbody." Take 20% off during Amazon's Cyber Monday sale
The Doobie Brothers’ Tom Johnston recounts the stories behind five of the band's classic tunes By Gary Graff published 21 August 24 From Listen to the Music to Long Train Runnin’, China Grove and more, Johnston reveals the jams, studio wizardry – and political movements – that sparked some of the Doobies' biggest hits
“A lot of weird things happened”: Ian Hunter on Mott the Hoople’s All the Way From Memphis By Joe Matera published 19 August 24 Poorly promoted by the band's record label, All the Way From Memphis nonetheless became a classic, and was later covered by Michael Schenker and Brian May
How John Osborne overcame tinnitus and mental health difficulties to make a career-defining album with his brother TJ By Joe Bosso published 12 August 24 The Brothers Osborne's self-titled LP was molded by trying times, but nonetheless finds the duo coming back stronger than ever, with some of John Osborne's tastiest playing to date
Peter Green on his time with John Mayall and Fleetwood Mac, and wrestling with his demons By Elliot Stephen Cohen published 5 August 24 Having blown minds with Mayall and then formed Fleetwood Mac, the late blues guitar genius suddenly walked away at the peak of the latter band's first run of commercial success. He would endure years of horrors before making it back to the stage
David Cassidy on seeing Hendrix, learning from the session guitar greats, and jamming with Paul McCartney and John Lennon By Matt Blackett published 26 July 24 A mega-star with the Partridge Family, Cassidy was nonetheless a serious guitarist, and worked in the studio with the likes of Larry Carlton and Mick Ronson
Robert Cray on Animal House, and the origins of the Blues Brothers By Jimmy Leslie published 19 July 24 Before he came to fame in his own right, Cray played in a band with singer Curtis Salgado, on whom John Belushi's Jake Blues character was partially based
With a helping hand from Greta Van Fleet's Sam Kiszka, Hannah Wicklund has her eyes on the prize By Andrew Daly published 18 July 24 Armed with a pink Tom Anderson Raven – and, on occasion, Kiszka's Gibson Murphy Lab SG – Wicklund is back with an album the blues-rocker says is her most authentic to date
David Bowie and the Cure guitarist Reeves Gabrels on the joys of taking your tone into uncharted waters By Joe Bosso published 16 July 24 Countless guitarists have gone on record badmouthing effects, citing them as – among other things – a crutch. For his part, alt-rock guitar legend Reeves Gabrels is having none of it
Ben Harper on playing with Jack Johnson and Harry Styles, and the crazy Martin Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie built By Jimmy Leslie published 15 July 24 As he celebrates his latest album, Wide Open Light, Harper shares memories of his family's iconic Folk Music Center, what he learned from legends like Taj Mahal, and the Taylor he's “head over heels for”
Vinyl Treasures: Steel Guitar Favorites shows Jerry Byrd at the very top of his game By Jim Campilongo published 12 July 24 On this outstanding album, Byrd packs in every steel-guitar treat one could hope for, including tone sweeps that convincingly replicate the human voice
