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Nancy Wilson responds after police arrest suspect in Heart's gear theft — but there’s still no sign of the missing guitar and mandolin
By Elizabeth Swann published
Police arrested New Jersey resident Garfield Bennett on Wednesday after seeing him attempt to sell the stolen Telecaster and Gibson mandolin in Atlantic City

Coheed and Cambria's Claudio Sanchez walks us through his wicked new guitar company and his first-ever signature model
By Daryl Robertson published
From the latest album to his approach to songwriting and why he decided to stop waiting on Gibson and create his own signature model — Claudio tells us all

Don Felder's latest album features new songs inspired by rediscovered recordings dating back to the Eagles
By Gary Graff published
The guitarist drew from tapes of song ideas found in his storage locker, and even re=cut his 1981 solo hit "Heavy Metal"

Brian May on the mind-blowing difference between seeing Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix perform in the 1960s
By Christopher Scapelliti last updated
May also cited Jeff Beck as a guitarist who changed his thinking about guitar playing in his most formative years

Randy Bachman on his jaw-dropping introduction to Stephen Stills at Neil Young’s 70th birthday party
By Christopher Scapelliti published
Bachman and Young have been friends since they were teens in Winnipeg. But he never met Stills until Young’s 70th birthday party

How Robin Trower got turned on to the Strat, courtesy of Jethro Tull's Martin Barre
By Gary Graff published
The guitarist talks Strats and premieres an alternate version of "Alethea" from the forthcoming 50th anniversary deluxe edition of 'For Earth Below'

Mike Campbell on the hit-making studio technology that mystified Bob Dylan
By Christopher Scapelliti last updated
Dylan was smitten with Campbell's LinnDrum and thought it held the secret to creating a chart-topping song as he returned to secular music in the 1980s

Rick Derringer told us how he inspired Duane Allman to become the greatest slide guitarist in rock
By Christopher Scapelliti published
"Johnny Winter showed me a lot,” said the guitarist, who died May 26. Little did he know he would himself prove influential to slide's GOAT

Rick Derringer has died. Read our exclusive 2024 interview where he recalled inspiring Eddie Van Halen and performing with Johnny Winter
By Joe Bosso last updated
Derringer — whose work touched the careers of Johnny and Edgar Winter, Steely Dan, Neil Giraldo and "Weird Al" Yankovic — passed away May 26
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