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“The music I might hear, I can’t get on the guitar. It’s a thing of laying around daydreaming... If you pick up your guitar and just try to play, it spoils the whole thing”: Jimi Hendrix on translating his ideas to the guitar, and the joys of club gigs
By John Burks published
In 1970, at the peak of his stardom, Hendrix sat down with GP for a chat about songwriting, informal jams, and some of his favorite guitar players

“Young kids that buy their first really good guitar end up in a love relationship with it – I've never had that”: Why Pete Townshend won't apologize for his '60s-era guitar-smashing antics
By Jackson Maxwell published
Rock's most famous guitar-smasher (mostly) abandoned that particular act over 50 years ago, but that doesn't mean he's wracked with guilt over his innumerable six-string beatings

“I got into the Who when I was playing my Mom’s Martin. I thought it looked cool to do the windmill, but when my Mom saw how badly I scratched her guitar she said, ‘No more pick for you’”: Carolyn Wonderland on Tele Thinlines and Houston guitar heroes
By Matt Blackett published
In this classic GP interview, the Texan with the stunning voice (and equally impressive six-string chops) discusses her tonal inspirations, and why – decades after her early windmilling damage – she continues to stick with fingerstyle

"The Whole Song Turned Into Kind of a Guitar Dialogue Back and Forth": Watch Robbie Robertson and Eric Clapton's Infamous ‘Guitar Duel’
By Scott Rowley published
Video “Duel? It was more of a guitar conversation – with a lot of passion,” said Robertson

“I’ll Never Be Able to Play the Kind of Leads I Want”: Pete Townshend Discusses Guitar Solos, Gibson SGs and More in This Fascinating Interview From the ‘GP’ Vault
By Michael Brooks published
“I was happiest listening to Jimi Hendrix – that, to me, was like heaven,” said the Who’s six-string destroyer

50 Years Ago, Rock and Roll Experienced One of Its Greatest Years: Here’s Why
By Christopher Scapelliti published
With debut albums from Queen and Aerosmith, epic masterpieces by Mike Oldfield and Elton John, plus Pink Floyd’s ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ and Led Zeppelin’s ‘Houses of the Holy,’ 1973 was a multi-genre, stylistically freewheeling musical jamboree

Listen to the Who’s Psychedelic Pop Masterpiece, “Dogs”
By Christopher Scapelliti published
A champion of psychedelia, the group’s June 1968 single was a dog on the charts

“When I Hear This Track, I Hear Rockfield”: Listen to Andy Fairweather Low’s Vibey New Release, "Somebody Wants My Soul"
By Rod Brakes published
This brand-new track appears ahead of the legendary guitarist’s forthcoming album, ‘Flang Dang’
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