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Eric Clapton on the one guitarist who mastered the “difficult” art of modern blues. They’re no longer speaking
Slowhand highlighted one player as a champion of the genre — but their friendship wasn't built to last
Samantha Fish names the five guitar players she says will keep the blues alive
She’s been backed by Joe Bonamassa and Slash, but who is she backing as the next generation of blues greats?
“This is the kind of guitar playing that melts me.” Brian May on the guitarist who left even the Queen legend humbled
The Queen guitarist has been named the greatest rock guitarist of all time — but when it came to this late blues-rock icon, even May could only stand back and marvel.
The Stones used to labor in the studio, now they take a “bulldozer approach”
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards have reflected on the band’s changing creative process as they ready their latest album, “Foreign Tongues”
Robin Trower on the stroke of luck behind one of the 1970s’ celebrated live albums
Trower says the band only discovered the tape a copy was sent to them. One quick vocal overdub later, they had ‘Robin Trower Live!’ — now expanded for its 50th anniversary
Brian May names the guitar solo he considers the greatest in the world
The solo changed the Queen guitarist’s life, but when he tried to pay tribute to its writer, the effort backfired spectacularly
Grace Bowers returns to YouTube with a powerful statement of defiance
The guitarist is embarking on a new chapter, making “music for the girls in the front row”
Samantha Fish on the best advice about guitar solos she ever heard
The guitarist says she used to fill her solos with every trick in the book. Then she tuned into the song’s melody — and it changed everything
