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Jack WHITE and Meg WHITE and WHITE STRIPES; Meg and Jack White performing on stage

Jack White on the “blessing” behind the White Stripes

By Phil Weller published

White may be deemed the mastermind of the Detroit garage rockers, but he shared the stage with an artist he considers vital to his success

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LEFT: Auf der Maur, Melissa Auf der Maur, Pukkelpopfestival, Hasselt, Belgium, 20th August 2004. RIGHT: Olivia Rodrigo performs during Lollapalooza at Grant Park on August 01, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois.

Olivia Rodrigo’s backstage tribute to a ’90s rock hero left her daughter in tears

By Phil Weller published

Former Hole bassist Melissa Auf der Maur recalls the emotional moment when Rodrigo acknowledged the women who shaped her sound

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Pete Townshend of The Who performs during Desert Trip at the Empire Polo Field on October 16, 2016 in Indio, California.

“Our parents f***ed up!” Pete Townshend says kids today are living a modern version of his rock opera ‘Tommy’

By Phil Weller published

The guitarist believes the themes he wrote from his postwar childhood now echo in a generation shaped by screens

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Suzi Quatro performs on stage at the Hammersmith Odeon in London, England on November 02, 1978.

“I’m 75, for god’s sake!” Suzi Quatro says she's been driving illegally for 50 years without knowing It

By Phil Weller published

She fought the law — and no one even noticed

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Glenn Frey of the Eagles tuning up at Anaheim Stadium, Sept 28 1975

Don Henley on loss, legacy and the end of the Eagles

By Phil Weller published

The group’s cofounder says their shows at the Las Vegas Sphere will be their last

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Jack White photographed for Guitar Player at ThirdMan Records in Nashville,March 20, 2022.

Jack White on the difference between blues and rock guitarists

By Phil Weller published

In a new interview, White digs into what makes rock and roll such an enduring part of the world’s culture

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LEFT: British rock and roll band Nero And The Gladiators performing in a Paris street, 8th July 1961. They are in the city for a music hall production. RIGHT: Deep Purple Ritchie Blackmore live at Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, May 1985.

Did this novelty act inspire the greatest guitar riff of all time?

By Phil Weller last updated

Blackmore didn’t feel as connected to the blues as his peers. For him, this band made all the difference

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George Harrison of English rock and pop group The Beatles plays his 1963 Rickenbacker 360/12 guitar on stage during rehearsals for the ABC Television music television show 'Thank Your Lucky Stars' Summer Spin at Teddington Studios in London on 11th July 1964.

George Harrison on the guitarist who changed the guitar landscape — and why he wasn't a fan of what followed

By Phil Weller published

A resolute fan of 1950s rock and roll, he never got along with hard rock — despite his love for the guitarist who paved the way for it

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Bonnie Raitt performs on stage, New York, 1977.

Bonnie Raitt on the evolution of her playing style in 1977

By Patricia Brody published

In May 1977, Bonnie Raitt became Guitar Player's first female cover star. "I hate to be called a blues singer or a folkie," she said. "This is a new kind of music – it's a hybrid!"

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Joe Perry, with a BC Rich Mockingbird guitar, Tom Hamilton and Joey Kramer of Aerosmith backstage at Madison Square Garden in New York City on May 10, 1976.

Joe Perry on 'Toys in the Attic' and the riffs that saved Aerosmith from oblivion

By Phil Weller published

After two under-performing albums that had seen their well of songs run dry, Aerosmith found inspiration from unlikely places and turned their fortunes around

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