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The Groundhogs guitarist and frontman Tony McPhee dies aged 79

The influential British rock guitarist backed John Lee Hooker, recorded with Jimmy Page and played with Eric Clapton and John Mayall

Guitar World

Watch Brian May, James Burton, Arielle, Christone "Kingfish" Ingram and 11-year-old Britain's Got Talent star Harry Churchill rock Johnny B. Goode

Albert Lee, Ronnie Wood, Jeff ‘Skunk’ Baxter and Tommy Emmanuel were also on hand at the London Palladium for a tribute to Burton, a legendary guitarist most famous for his tenure as Elvis Presley's six-string sidekick

Guitar World

Don’t be scared — Black history is your history, too

Many Americans say “No” to most history, but particularly Black History — an unfortunate impulse being cemented into law in states all over the country.

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"John Lennon and Yoko Ono essentially hijacked the airwaves": The show that brought the counterculture into American homes and the clip that keeps going viral

On the Mike Douglas Show in 1972, Chuck Berry joined John Lennon onstage – but he clearly wasn't expecting Yoko Ono to be part of the action

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Gerald Sims, Chess Records session guitarist heard on Jackie Wilson’s ‘Higher and Higher,’ dead at 83

Beside playing with many blues, soul greats, he also owned a music school and store near 79th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue where he gave Howlin’ Wolf guitar lessons.

Chicago Sun-Times

25 great blues-rock guitar licks lesson

Play in the style of Clapton, SRV, Hendrix, Gilmour, the three Kings, John Mayer and more with our tab and audio lessons

MusicRadar

10 occasionally baffling stories of 10 bands named after 10 other bands

They're named in honour of other bands, but don't sound anything like them. It's complicated

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Letter: Kingsize Taylor obituary

Giles Oakley writes: He was a first-class rocker, who kept the joint jumping

The Guardian - UK

‘A billion listens? Is that a lot?’ John Cooper Clarke on penning possibly the world’s favourite poem

I Wanna Be Yours, a love poem that rhymes Ford Cortina with vacuum cleaner, has been a school text and a wedding staple. But now, thanks to TikTok and Arctic Monkeys, it has gone spectacularly global. So who was it written for?

The Guardian - UK

Chuck Berry's Gibson Firebird V guitar set to sell for £20,000 at auction

Berry headlined the 1972 London Rock And Roll Show

Wales Online

Gibson guitar used by Chuck Berry at Wembley could fetch £20,000 at auction

The 1964 Gibson Firebird V will be auctioned off in Wiltshire later this month

The Independent UK

VIEWPOINT 2: Holly paved the way to Beatlemania

For many people, the most notable date in February is Valentine’s Day. But for those familiar with the history of rock music, two others stand out: Feb. 3, 1959 — “the day the music died,” as Don McLean described it in his 1971 hit “American Pie” — and Feb. 9,…

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Gene Collier: The King, the almost Queen, and another musical Christmas

From what I’ve heard (and heard and heard and heard and heard again), Mariah Carey doesn’t want a lot for Christmas, but she did want the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board to grant her the designation “Queen of Christmas.”

Tribune News Service

Family, fans bid adieu to music icon Jerry Lee Lewis

Family, friends and fans are preparing to bid farewell to rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis at memorial services held in his north Louisiana home town

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Jerry Lee Lewis: fiery performances were inseparable from his reckless behaviour and dark personal life

When Jerry Lee Lewis – pianist, singer and rock-and-roll pioneer – released his best-selling album of duets in 2006, he called it Last Man Standing. In this, at least, he was correct.

The Independent UK

Jerry Lee Lewis: Rock’n’roll pioneer who was as controversial as he was famous

Known as ‘The Killer’, his blistering piano and vocals style fuelled by alcohol and amphetamines led to chart success, but a private life that racked up seven marriages was plagued by death and destruction

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Jerry Lee Lewis, Outrageous Rock ‘n’ Roll Star, Dies at 87

Jerry Lee Lewis, the untamable rock ‘n’ roll pioneer whose outrageous talent, energy and ego collided on such definitive records as “Great Balls of Fire” and “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” and sustained a career otherwise upended by personal scandal, died Friday morning at 87. The last survivor of a…

The Independent UK

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame remembers its last inaugural inductee Jerry Lee Lewis

Lewis was part of the Hall of Fame’s first class in 1986, alongside other greats including Buddy Holly, James Brown and Elvis Presley.

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Jerry Lee Lewis, outrageous rock ‘n’ roll star, dies at 87

The untamable and often outrageous rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis has died at 87

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US rock ‘n’ roll star Jerry Lee Lewis dies at 87

Pioneering musician known for hits such as Great Balls of Fire and his tumultuous personal life has died.

The Guardian - UK

Jerry Lee Lewis obituary

Founding father of rock’n’roll who took the world by storm with Great Balls of Fire and Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On

Reuters

Rock 'n' roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis, known as 'The Killer,' dies

American rock pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis, who was torn between his Bible-thumping upbringing and his desire to make hell-raising rock 'n' roll with hits such as "Great Balls of Fire" and "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On," has died at the age of 87.

Chicago Sun-Times

Jerry Lee Lewis, rock ‘n’ roll pioneer, dies at 87

With hits such as “Great Balls of Fire” and “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On,” Lewis was all about lust and gratification. He was a one-man stampede who made the fans scream and the keyboards swear.

The Guardian - UK

Jerry Lee Lewis, notorious US rock’n’roll star, dies aged 87

Artist’s songs such as Great Balls of Fire helped install rock’n’roll as the dominant American pop music of the 1950s

The Independent UK

Jerry Lee Lewis, outrageous rock ‘n’ roll star, dies at 87

The untamable and often outrageous rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis has died at 87

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