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Bill Wyman on the $15 bass guitar that powered the Rolling Stones’ classic hits
By Christopher Scapelliti published
Long before stadium tours and Platinum sales, a cheap Dallas Tuxedo was the bassist’s secret studio weapon

How Steve Lillywhite made a Platinum album with the Rolling Stones in the midst of Keith Richards and Mick Jagger’s darkest moment
By Phil Weller published
He’d scored hits for U2, Peter Gabriel and the Psychedelic Furs, but Lillywhite had never encountered sessions like those with the Stones

Keith Richards on forcing out his and Mick Jagger’s first hit
By Christopher Scapelliti published
The result was a song entirely unlike anything the Rolling Stones would have recorded

David Gilmour on his early adventures seeing — and mixing sound for — his idol, Jimi Hendrix
By Christopher Scapelliti published
A Hendrix devotee, Gilmour helped operate the PA system for Hendrix's performance at the 1970 Isle of Wight festival

Studio legend Glyn Johns on Paul McCartney's shocking request to work on what became the Beatles' final album
By Phil Weller published
The album’s roots live on as 'Let It Be,' but Johns says the rest of the band didn’t get McCartney’s “really interesting” idea

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

Keith Richards’ and Elton John’s long-running feud began with one disastrous Rolling Stones gig
By Elizabeth Swann published
Elton had been invited onstage to play one song .He stayed for another 10, earning Richards ire for decades to come

Keith Richards on Jimmy Page and the one thing he said kept Led Zeppelin from taking flight
By Phil Weller published
The guitarists may have a great mutual respect for one another, but their respective comments shine a light on their different approaches to rock and roll

For Pete Townshend, Jimmy Page and Bob Dylan, Live Aid was a case of bad vibes for a good cause
By Gary Graff published
We look back at a few of the big guitar moments from the global music event, held 40 years ago on July 13

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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