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George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Little Richard and Mike Love of The Beach Boys performing at the 1988 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame awards ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City on January 20, 1988.
When George Harrison, Bob Dylan and a host of stars recorded in Dave Stewart’s kitchen

By Phil Weller Published

It was the perfect environment for the most casual of supergroups to find their sound

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Bob Dylan (holding a cigarette) and guitarist Mike Bloomfield (seated) take a break during the recording of the album 'Highway 61 Revisited' surrounded by an assortment of microphones, amplifiers and guitars in Columbia's Studio A in the summer of 1965 in New York City, New York.
Bob Dylan and Jorma Kaukonen on the 1960s guitar icon who led an electric blues revolution and died alone and unknown

By Alan di Perna Published

Dylan called Mike Bloomfield “the best guitar player I ever heard.” But his intensity and brilliance obscured a deep-seated discomfort with success

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LEFT: Bob DYLAN, performing live onstage at the 1964 Newport Folk Festival RIGHT: George Harrison plays guitar on a sailboat while on vacation in Papeete, Tahiti in French Polynesia, May 1964.
“It seemed kind of a natural progression.” George Harrison never understood why Bob Dylan going electric caused such outrage

By Phil Weller Published

The Beatle recalled watching Dylan plug in — and wondering why so many fans felt betrayed

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Simon and Garfunkel, comprising (L-R) singer, Art Garfunkel and singer-songwriter, Paul Simon, performing on ITV's 'Ready, Steady, Go!', July 8, 1966.
Inside the secret session that turned Simon & Garfunkel’s flop into a number-one hit — without Paul Simon knowing

By Joe Matera Published

Session guitarist Al Gorgoni reveals how a frantic, unguided overdubbing session saved “The Sounds of Silence” and launched one of folk-rock’s biggest careers.

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LEFT: Mike Campbell of Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers performs at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre on September 19, 2010 in Charlotte, North Carolina. RIGHT: Bob Dylan at Farm Aid - September 22, 1985
Mike Campbell on the time he broke his guitar in two onstage with Bob Dylan with just one wrong move

By Christopher Scapelliti Published

The guitarist bought the 1962 Gibson SG with another guitar for just $120 and famously played it for his guitar solo on Tom Petty's "Runnin' Down a Dream"

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LEFT: Bob Dylan at Live Aid during Live Aid Concert - July 13, 1985 at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. ()CENTER: Pete Townshend of The Who performs on stage at Live Aid in Wembley Stadium on July 13th, 1985 in London, United Kingdom. RIGHT: Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin performs at Live Aid at Veteran's Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 13, 1985.
For Pete Townshend, Jimmy Page and Bob Dylan, Live Aid was a case of bad vibes for a good cause

By Gary Graff Published

We look back at a few of the big guitar moments from the global music event, held 41 years ago this weekend

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Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan performing in Rome, Italy, 19th June 1984.
Bob Dylan couldn’t understand one crucial thing about guitars and film making

By Joe Matera Published

‘Hearts of Fire’ was Dylan’s third foray into theatrical films and featured him playing a musician very much like himself 

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Bob Dylan and Tom Petty perform in concert at the San Diego Sports Arena, June 9, 1986 in San Diego, California.
“The nighttime defenses are down”: Inside Bob Dylan’s secret weapon for recording masterpiece albums 

By Joe Matera Published

Legendary producer Daniel Lanois reveals why Dylan insisted on tracking vocals in the dead of night on ‘Oh Mercy’ and ‘Time Out of Mind’ — two albums behind his late-career renaissance

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LEFT: Roger McGuinn on set for the band's performance on Ready Steady Go!, August 6, 1965, in London, United Kingdom. )RIGHT: NEW YORK - JANUARY 13-15: Bob Dylan plays a Fender Jazz bass with the harmonica around his neck while recording his album 'Bringing It All Back Home' on January 13-15, 1965 in Columbia's Studio A in New York City, New York.
Roger McGuinn said Bob Dylan didn't recognize his own song when the Byrds performed it for him

By Andrew Daly Published

The Byrds' founder talked to us about the origins of folk-rock, the allure of 12-string Rickenbackers and his eternal love of folk music

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LEFT: Neil Diamond performs onstage wearing a sequin shirt in circa 1977 in Los Angeles, California. RIGHT: Bob Dylan plays a Fender Telecaster electric guitar on stage in 1974.
What Neil Diamond really said to Bob Dylan backstage at The Last Waltz

By Elizabeth Swann Published

An offhand remark from the Band’s farewell concert was recalled by Ronnie Wood in 1992 and has been retold for decades. Diamond said the truth is more nuanced

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