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“I had a gold Klon but I lost it in Hurricane Katrina...” Blues supremo Eric Johanson on being both a Metallica and Jack White fanboy and why he’s into tone as much as music
With the help of "a really gritty velcro fuzz", blues guitarist Eric Johanson gets into the raw experience of the moment on his latest album, The Deep and the Dirty
From playing fiddle on street corners during the Great Depression to becoming one of the biggest Telecaster heroes of the 20th century – here's why you should immerse yourself in Jimmy Bryant's Country Cabin Blues…
Jimmy and pedal-steel supremo Speedy West (aka “the country jazz John and Paul”) have a swingin’ good time on this fun 1960's shredfest which belies his difficult reputation
“Freddie King does it like this, Eric Clapton does it like that…” Watch Stevie Ray Vaughan break down the blues masters in rare TV lesson
Filmed in the late 1980s — the legendary Stevie Ray Vaughan gives an up-close guitar demonstration highlighting how his idols would approach the track Hideaway
John Lee Hooker: "Out of the Younger Generation of the Blues Singers, Who Was My Pride and Joy? Stevie Ray Vaughan... He Could Do Anybody – Albert King, Jimi Hendrix, George Benson – Anybody's Thing. I'd Sit Down and Watch Him Do That"
The bluesman who Miles Davis once described as the "funkiest man alive" discusses his love of B.B. King's signature Gibson, his most beloved Fender amps, and the guitarist who came closest to his style with GP in this 1992 interview.
Here’s Why Fleetwood Mac's 1969 Album 'Then Play On' is One of the Greatest Blues-Rock Records Ever Made
The group’s third studio LP is hard evidence of Fleetwood Mac’s growth from an excellent blues band to a blues-based act that defied description
“I Want to Be an Inspiration to Young Girls”: Blues Phenom Ally Venable Steps up to the Big Leagues With New Album, ‘Real Gone’
“If I can be a role model to girls and get them to pick up the guitar, then I’ll feel like I made a real impact,” says the Les Paul-toting Texan
“If You Think You’re Going to Get Better by Watching 30-Second Instagram Clips of Guitarists Playing as Fast as They Can, Think Again”: Eddie 9V Shares the Advice That Made Him Blues-Rock’s New Guitar Star
From breathing to talking, fast-rising blues powerhouse Brooke Mason reveals five nuggets of wisdom
"B.B. King Had a Left Hand That Could Do Things That Were Not of This Earth. I Knew I Could Never Do Any of That": Blues Legend Buddy Guy Explains How Learning What He Could (and Couldn't) Do from His Guitar Heroes Shaped His Unique Style
While taking cues from some of his heroes, Guy also made sure that he simultaneously developed his own voice on the instrument, saying "I’ve got to do something different from them or I’m done for."
"I Was 19 When I Left the Yardbirds. I Intended to Give Up Then, but John Mayall Offered Me a Job... I Needed the Bread, and Some Kind of Identity Too': Cream's Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce Discuss Balancing Blues, Jazz, and Volume in 1967 GP Interview
This classic from the GP archives is a window into rock's pioneering supergroup in their prime, and an intimate look at how they re-wrote the genre's rulebook.
