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Studio portrait of guitarist Zakk Wylde holding a Gibson Les Paul Standard guitar, Hollywood, California, United States, 19th August 2006. Wylde has played with Black Label Society, Ozzy Osbourne Band,
Zakk Wylde reveals the origins of the first riff he wrote for Ozzy Osbourne

By Phil Weller Published

The guitarist also names some of his favorite Randy Rhoads and Jake E. Lee tunes from their Ozzy eras

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Guitarist Vernon Reid of the rock band Living Colour performs at The Fillmore on August 14, 2023 in Detroit, Michigan.
Vernon Reid on the one Hendrix song that doesn’t get the credit its due

By Phil Weller Published

The Living Colour guitarist has praised a side of the virtuoso that many overlook

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Jimi Hendrix performs with the Jimi Hendrix Experience at the Royal Albert Hall in London, February 18, 1969.
“Sometimes you are going to be so frustrated you'll hate the guitar." Jimi Hendrix shares his struggles in a 1968 Guitar Player interview

By Christopher Scapelliti Last updated

Hendrix also discussed problems with his Stratocaster and band mates and offered advice for young musicians

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Jimi Hendrix performing live onstage at The Speakeasy in Margaret Street London W1, playing guitar with teeth
"Wait a minute – that's the guy that plays guitar with his teeth!" Watch the new official mini-documentary that captures the seven crazy nights the Jimi Hendrix Experience spent opening for the Monkees

By Tom Poak Published

Experience Hendrix has made a short documentary with archive interviews with Mitch Mitchell, Noel Redding and Micky Dolenz about the Jimi Hendrix Experience's explosive few gigs with the Monkees

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Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970) being interviewed before his concert at the Fillmore Auditorium, on February 1, 1968, in San Francisco, California.
"Advice? Sometimes you are going to be so frustrated you want to give up – you’ll hate the guitar. But if you stick with it, you’ll be rewarded.” Jimi Hendrix talks technique, songwriting, making records and more in this 1968 Guitar Player interview

By Guitar Player Staff Published

Electric Ladyland was released 25 October 1968. Guitar Player interviewed Jimi Hendrix shortly before the album's release...

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Jimmy Page performs live on stage in Germany in March 1973. He is using a Gibson EDS-1275 double-neck 12- and 6-string solidbody electric guitar.
Ten Mind-Blowing Rock Guitar Solos Every Player Needs to Know About

By Guitar Player Staff Published

From Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy Page to Stevie Ray Vaughan and Slash, here are some of the greatest rock guitar solos ever committed to record

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Nels Cline of Wilco performs during the 2017 Newport Folk Festival at Fort Adams State Park on July 29, 2017 in Newport, Rhode Island.
Nels Cline Names Five Life-Changing Riffs

By Jim Beaugez Published

Video From the Byrds to Minutemen, the Wilco guitarist reveals five inspiring guitar tracks that changed his musical life forever

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Listen to Tropical F*ck Storm's Epic Cover of Jimi Hendrix’s “1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)”

By Rod Brakes Published

This 17-minute-long version of the sprawling 1968 classic pays homage to the high priest of psychedelic rock

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The Beatles on a trip in the U.S., 1965
Here’s How Guitarists Revolutionized Music in the Mid-‘60s

By Guitar Player Staff Published

From 1965 onwards, rock ‘n’ roll was never the same

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The Dirty Mac perform on 'The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus'
Here’s What Happened When Members of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Jimi Hendrix Experience and Cream Got on Stage Together

By Rod Brakes Published

Video The Dirty Mac’s “Yer Blues” is the stuff of rock and roll legend

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