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Deborah Coleman
Award-Winning Blues Guitarist Deborah Coleman Was a Rock ‘n’ Roll Powerhouse

By Sue Foley Published

Remembering the late, great blues virtuoso in this archive interview.

Guitarists
Jimmie Vaughan, 2018
“Stevie Never Got To Have a Family Or Anything Like That. I’ve Been Blessed”: Jimmie Vaughan Opens Up About His Brother

By Mark McStea, Rod Brakes Published

The Texas blues veteran reveals his musical inspirations and talks ‘Family Style’ in this insightful interview.

Guitarists
Chuck Berry (1928-2017) performs on November 23, 1981, at the Fox Theatre in Detroit, Michigan.
Hail! Hail! Gibson Presents the Chuck Berry 1970s ES-355

By Rod Brakes Last updated

The father of rock ‘n’ roll is honored with another iconic signature model.

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Joe Bonamassa
“Truth Is, I Hate the Way I Play Guitar”: Joe Bonamassa Speaks Candidly in Our Exclusive Interview

By Rod Brakes, Joe Bosso Published

Read these incredible snippets from our latest issue's eye-opening cover feature.

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B.B. King performing at the Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, Rhode Island on 6 July, 1969
Blues Turnarounds (Part 1)

By Phil Capone Last updated

How to play soulful, harmonically effective melodies over the last four bars of a blues progression in the styles of the genre’s greatest players.

Lessons
Stevie Ray Vaughan performing at First City in New York City on July 7, 1983.
Blues Turnarounds (Part 2)

By Phil Capone Published

How to play soulful, harmonically effective melodies over the last four bars of a blues progression in the styles of the genre’s greatest players.

Lessons
Jessie Mae Hemphill, 2003
“Girl, How Crazy You Was and How Dangerous It Was”: Blues Icon Jessie Mae Hemphill Looks Back on Her Remarkable Life in Music

By Sue Foley Published

The one-woman band shares some hard-won wisdom.

Guitarists
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Here’s Why Blind Lemon Jefferson Was a Guitar Genius

By Jim Campilongo Published

The Father of Texas Blues helped shape the future of rock 'n' roll.

Guitarists
Fiona Boyes, Australian Artist of the Year, at the Port Fairy Folk Festival, 2007
Award-Winning Aussie Guitarist Fiona Boyes Reveals She Didn’t Start Playing Until Her Mid to Late 20s

By Sue Foley Published

“I should have been old enough to know better,” says the Wonder from Down Under.

Guitarists
Black and white photo of BB King sat down holding his Gibson guitar
10 of the Greatest Blues Guitar Tones Ever Recorded

By Rob Laing Published

Sumptuous sounds from the likes of Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton, B.B. King and Jack White.

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