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Bob Dylan (holding a cigarette) and guitarist Mike Bloomfield (seated) take a break during the recording of the album 'Highway 61 Revisited' surrounded by an assortment of microphones, amplifiers and guitars in Columbia's Studio A in the summer of 1965 in New York City, New York.
Bob Dylan and Jorma Kaukonen on the guitar icon who led an electric blues revolution and died alone and unknown

By Alan di Perna Published

Dylan called Mike Bloomfield “the best guitar player I ever heard.” But his intensity and brilliance obscured a deep-seated discomfort with success

Guitarists
Gram Parsons poses in his Nudie suit circa 1969
Roger McGuinn and Keith Richards remember Gram Parsons, who laid a path for the ’70s California sound and died at 26

By Alan di Perna Published

Despite his tumultuous lifestyle, the country-rock pioneer delivered transcendent music with the Byrds, the Flying Burrito Brothers and his own Fallen Angels

Guitarists
Blues singer John Lee Hooker wearing hat, posing w. his Gibson ES-335 at home, October 7, 1990.
John Lee Hooker told us how the blues is supposed to be played

By Jas Obrecht Last updated

The blues giant also called Stevie Ray Vaughan "one of the greatest" and raved about B.B. King and Muddy Waters in this engaging chat from our August 1992 issue

Guitarists
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Rory Gallagher delivers a master class in blues in Guitar Player’s 1978 interview

By Stefan Grossman Last updated

The Irish guitar hero discusses the albums that inspired him, and the gear and techniques that made him one of the all-time greats

Guitarists
Angus and Malcolm Young of AC/DC hamming it up in hotel room in 2010
"What did we do when the record company asked us for a disco hit? We gave them Highway to Hell!" An archive interview with AC/DC's Angus and Malcolm Young

By Jude Gold Published

The secrets of Mutt Lange's production, Malcolm's pick-destroying strings, and why they're really just "two frustrated drummers": 20 years ago we sat down with AC/DC's Angus and Malcolm Young to look back over their amazing career

Albums, Singles & New Releases
Jimi Hendrix performs with the Jimi Hendrix Experience at the Royal Albert Hall in London, February 18, 1969.
“Sometimes you are going to be so frustrated you'll hate the guitar." Jimi Hendrix shares his struggles in a 1968 Guitar Player interview

By Guitar Player Staff Last updated

Hendrix also discussed problems with his Stratocaster and band mates and offered advice for young musicians

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