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“The man shaving my balls didn’t tell me.” Robert Fripp says he’s still baffled by his bizarre hospital mystery
By Phil Weller published
The guitarist notes that he’s in the best shape he’s been in for decades following a heart attack last year — though one part of his treatment still makes no sense.

Dolly Parton on the “little Martin” that launched her music career — and the country star behind her big break
By Christopher Scapelliti last updated
The country legend and actress is among the select artists featured on a new album celebrating the Grand Ole Opry’s 100 years

Jim McCarty recalls Eric Clapton’s “quite unhappy” time with the Yardbirds
By Gary Graff published
The Yardbirds drummer tells GP Clapton thought the group was selling out when it chose to record “For Your Love.” It turned out to be their first hit

“You left your wax cylinders at home?” Jack White welcomes Stephen Colbert back to public-access TV
By Christopher Scapelliti published
Less than 24 hours after ‘The Late Show’ ended, White joined Colbert on Michigan's ‘Only in Monroe’ for a bizarre hour of music, Bigfoot talk and set-smashing

Vince Gill tells how a tragedy brought him his prized 1959 Gibson Les Paul ’Burst
By Christopher Scapelliti published
In a 2017 interview with Guitar Aficionado, the country-rock six-string ace revealed how a sad and deeply personal twist of events brought a prized '59 Les Paul into his life

Lita Ford on the Runaways, rock and roll — and what happens to hecklers who get in her face
By Richard Bienstock published
Ford says as she talks us through her guitar history, from her first acoustic to her custom B.C. Richs

“They advertise it as a safe tonic to give you energy — and it’s not.” Brian Setzer on the “health drink” that sent him to rehab
By Gary Graff published
The Stray Cats guitarist explains how an over-the-counter tonic derailed the group’s last tour

Narada Michael Walden on the night he walked away from Tommy Bolin
By Christopher Scapelliti published
The Mahavishnu Orchestra and Jeff Beck collaborator says Bolin’s addictions forced a heartbreaking decision, months before the guitarist’s death.

“I cried.” John Mayer says his label didn’t hear any hits on his album. Then it sold five million copies
By Phil Weller published
After nearly scrapping ‘Continuum,’ Mayer said he learned a lesson about believing in himself

“His voice was a whisper.” Adrian Belew on the last time he saw Frank Zappa — and the memory he prefers to remember
By Phil Weller published
More than 30 years after Zappa’s death, Belew shares memories of visiting the ailing guitarist — and the unexpected phone call that gave him closure
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