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The Keith Richards Guide to Distortion By Jas Obrecht, Jesse Gress published 11 March 22 The Rolling Stone comes clean on distortion in this archive interview from the December 1992 issue of Guitar Player.
“We Went from Nobody Giving a Shit About the Band to Selling Six Million Records”: Chris and Rich Robinson Talk ‘Shake Your Money Maker’ By Jimmy Leslie published 9 December 21 The famously feuding Black Crowes brothers reveal the craft of their landmark 1990 debut album.
Watch Robby Krieger and John Densmore Duet “Riders on the Storm” By Rod Brakes published 2 September 21 Video This haunting number was the final track on the Doors’ classic album ‘L.A. Woman’.
Watch Mark Knopfler Bring the House Down with His Epic “Sultans of Swing” Solo By Rod Brakes published 12 August 21 VIDEO Revisit the Dire Straits classic with isolated guitar tracks and this brilliant live clip from 1983.
