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Mark Knopfler on the guitarist who blew him away
The Dire Straits legend heard a blues guitarist moving beyond his influences and into something “really powerful”
Eric Clapton said he spent 30 years “meandering” back to the path he left in 1965
Clapton left Mayall’s band intending to pursue an even more hardcore form of the blues, only to spend the next three decades taking the long way back
Warren Haynes on the guitarists who changed his life
From discovering Hendrix through his older brother to studying Clapton and Johnny Winter, Haynes traces the players who shaped his approach to the guitar
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
