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LEFT: Midge Ure at Rockore in Lochore Meadows Country Park, Scotland, August 23, 2025. RIGHT: Robert Fripp performs during Toyah and Robert's Sunday Lunch concert at the O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire on October 21, 2023 in London
Ultravox’s Midge Ure on Phil Lynott, Kate Bush, the Sex Pistols and Robert Fripp: “He brought these 40 Japanese students along”

By Joe Matera Published

The guitarist recalls joining Thin Lizzy, nearly becoming a Sex Pistol, Kate Bush’s perfectionism, and what makes Robert Fripp such a virtuoso

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Gary Moore poses withe the Les Paul he bought from Peter Green at a portrait shoot for Guitarist Magazine, November 20, 2008, London
“We both laughed when he said that — but he was right.” Gary Moore on how Bob Daisley steered him toward a blues reinvention

By Joe Matera Published

A casual remark from Daisley helped the hard-rock guitarist remake his career with ‘Still Got the Blues’

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LEFT: Adrian Smith of Iron Maiden performs onstage during the Power Trip music festival at Empire Polo Club on October 06, 2023 in Indio, California. RIGHT: Kirk Hammett of Metallica performs onstage during the Library Of Congress 2024 Gershwin Prize For Popular Song at DAR Constitution Hall on March 20, 2024 in Washington, DC.
Iron Maiden’s Adrian Smith took Kirk Hammett's “Greeny” Les Paul for an afternoon. Here’s what he said

By Phil Weller Published

A chance meeting with Kirk Hammett led to him becoming the latest big name to fall in love with the guitar

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LEFT: Portrait of Thin Lizzy guitarist Scott Gorham with a Gibson Les Paul guitar, United Kingdom, 4th April 2013. RIGHT: Gary Moore live at Kosei Nenkin Hall, Tokyo, January 24, 1983.
Scott Gorham on Gary Moore's third and final run that left Thin Lizzy rudderless in the middle of a tour

By Phil Weller Published

Gorham says he was "thrilled" by Moore's decision to join, but the honeymoon was brief. The divorce was abrupt — and final

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A photo of Jack Moore, son of guitarist Gary Moore, playing a Gibson Les Paul guitar under a beam of stage lights
Jack Moore, son of blues great Gary Moore, recalls his father's guitar teachings as he makes his own way in music

By Lee Campbell Published

The young guitarist says his father was a disciplined instructor who also "gave me the passion to do my own thing"

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Derek Trucks of Tedeschi Trucks Band performs at PNC Music Pavilion on July 07, 2019 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Guitar Player presents 50 badass blues guitar solos you must hear

By GP Editors last updated

From the players of old to the guitarists shaping the blues scene, this list serves up a cross section of the genre’s finest solos from across nearly a century of guitar blues

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Irish musician Gary Moore, famous for his work with Skid Row and Thin Lizzy as well as his solo career, during a portrait shoot for Guitarist Magazine/Future via Getty Images, November 20, 2008, London
An Irish councilor is pushing for a Gary Moore statue in his hometown of Belfast

By Phil Weller Published

The politician wants the country's finest artists honored to “tell Gary's story for future generations of aspiring musicians”

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Gary Moore performs in 1990 with his Gibson Les Paul Standard previously owned by Peter Green.
Gary Moore talks guitars and shreds with his Peter Green Les Paul in 1987

By Jonathan Graham last updated

The guitar legend was promoting his album 'Wild Frontier' when he made the oddest TV appearance of his life

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Dave Gilmour of Pink Floyd onstage at the Sports Arena in April 1975 in Los Angeles, California.
David Gilmour talks soloing in Guitar Player's guide to the Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time

By Guitar Player Staff Published

Behold the genius of Gilmour, Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Van Halen, Brian May and many more — as voted by the readers of Guitar Player

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Gary Moore 1961 Gibson SG Junior
Gary Moore’s modded Blues For Greeny 1961 SG Junior to be auctioned off in September

By Phil Weller Published

The rare TV Yellow instrument was also used on tour with Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker, with Moore finding plenty of reasons to play it in the ‘90s

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