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LEFT: Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits performs on stage in Birmingham, 1991 RIGHT: Bob Dylan and Tom Petty at Farm Aid - September 22, 1985
Mark Knopfler on his difficult collaboration with his childhood hero, Bob Dylan

By Christopher Scapelliti Published

The guitarist was at his peak with Dire Straits when Dylan hired him to produce the celebrated album that ended his “born-again” phase

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A close-up portrait of guitarist Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones. He wears a vest over a leopard-print shirt and holds a cigarette in his hand.
“Other bands follow the drummer. The Stones follow Keith…" Keith Richards: The Guitar Player Interview, 1983

By Tom Wheeler Published

“Other bands follow the drummer. The Stones follow Keith…" In 1983, we sat down with Keith Richards, then aged 40 (for perspective: just four years older than Taylor Swift is now) and talked guitars, songwriting and drug busts

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Mick Jagger lead singer with the Rolling Stones seen here relaxing in a West End hotel after almost a years absence from the UK, 10th May 1972
“I think it sounds lousy.” Mick Jagger says he isn’t a fan of the Rolling Stones’ most celebrated album

By Phil Weller Published

Though the record classic is now hailed as a masterpiece, Jagger calls it one of his least-favorite albums and blames the disorder that surrounded its creation

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Keith Richards Keithburst Les Paul
The Met refutes Mick Taylor’s claims that he ever owned the “Keithburst” Les Paul as it prepares to exhibit the historic guitar

By Phil Weller Published

Taylor is said to be “mystified” that his guitar, stolen during the 'Exile on Main Street' sessions, ended up in the museum’s collection, but the museum tells a different tale

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Musician/Singer John Mayall performs at the Whisky a Go Go, West Hollywood, CA 1969.
John Mayall recalls Eric Clapton, Peter Green and Mick Taylor in Guitar Player's December 1970 issue

By Fred Stuckey Published

We remember John Mayall on the first anniversary of the blues legend's death with a classic interview from our vault

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English guitarist Keith Richards of rock group The Rolling Stones plays a Gibson Les Paul guitar with Bigsby Vibrato on the set of the ABC Television pop music television show Thank Your Lucky Stars at Alpha Television Studios in Birmingham, England on 21st March 1965. The band would play four songs on the show, The Last Time, Play With Fire, Off The Hook and Everybody Needs Somebody To Love, which would be broadcast on 27th March.
Keith Richards, Mick Taylor, Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page played this stolen 1959 Les Paul. Now it’s turned up in the collection of a famous museum

By Christopher Scapelliti Last updated

The guitar, which appeared on the Stones' 1964 Ed Sullivan Show appearance, was stolen during the making of 1972's 'Exile on Main St.'

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Rolling Stones Keith Richards getting interviewed on overseas beach, unknown, 1986.
Brian Jones, Mick Taylor or Ronnie Wood? Keith Richards says one guitarist was the wrong fit

By Christopher Scapelliti Published

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LEFT: Guitarist for the rock band Van Halen, Eddie Van Halen, displaying his guitar virtuousity during a concert. Undated photograph. RIGHT: ALBUQUERQUE, NM - DECEMBER 31: Canned Heat guitarist Harvey "The Snake" Mandel performs with The Heroes of Woodstock at Route 66 Casino's Legends Theater on December 31, 2009 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Harvey joined Canned Heat in 1969 and remained with the group for over a year in their heyday.
Harvey Mandel wants credit for introducing Eddie Van Halen to tapping

By Christopher Scapelliti Published

The guitarist has no beef with Van Halen, but he wouldn't mind getting his due for using the technique long before Eddie and most other rock guitarists

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The Rolling Stones, pictured in 1971
“Mick Taylor would play the top lines. Keith Richards would write most of the songs... Once, Keith said, ‘You play too f*cking loud. I can’t work with you in the room right now‘”: Andy Johns on the Rolling Stones' turbulent Exile on Main St. sessions

By Matt Blackett Published

Though the late engineer had already worked with George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Free, Eric Clapton, and Led Zeppelin, he saw what would become the Stones' masterpiece as “the most important project” he'd ever taken on

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English guitarist Keith Richards of rock group The Rolling Stones plays a Gibson Les Paul guitar with Bigsby Vibrato on the set of the ABC Television pop music television show Thank Your Lucky Stars at Alpha Television Studios in Birmingham, England on 21st March 1965.
"The shot heard around the world”: How the Rolling Stones’ debut appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show launched not only them but also the Gibson Les Paul Standard

By Rod Brakes Published

The Stones' first appearance on the Ed Sullivan show shocked parents, thrilled kids, and gave many people their first glimpse of “the most historically important ‘Burst” – Keith Richards’ 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard. Guitar dealer Richard Henry retraces its history

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