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“I remember he had these massive hands… I said, ‘Mr King, my name is Joanne and I’m 13, and I think I’m going to be a blues guitarist’”: Joanne Shaw Taylor’s life-changing first meeting with the great B.B. King

Joanne Shaw Taylor was just a young kid when she met B.B. King. Now she is paying tribute to the King of the Blues on Joe Bonamassa’s all-star album

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Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: January 26, 2026

Eight songs you need to hear right now, from the Claypool Lennon Delirium, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Elles Bailey and more

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“I could never play a Strat – with Stevie Ray Vaughan being my first influence, every time I play one it’s like I’m 13 again, hacking through Pride And Joy”: Joanne Shaw Taylor on how the blues helped her find her voice, and why she'll always choose Teles

Having embarked on a journey from classical guitar to Stevie Ray Vaughan and Albert Collins, Taylor is determined to keep the blues alive... until she can open that dog shelter

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“He spoke to my parents, and we were off to London the next day to talk about a record deal. I had no idea who he was”: When Joanne Shaw Taylor was discovered at 15 by an ’80s music legend – and the biggest piece of advice he gave her

The blues ace looks back on how her career all started because of a fundraiser gig

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“I went back to Joe and I said, ‘It’s my dream guitar but I don’t have $5,000’”: Joanne Shaw Taylor on how Joe Bonamassa’s haggling skills helped her land a signed signature model of her favorite player

Taylor recalls how Bonamassa put his negotiation skills to good use to help her acquire her dream guitar… before keeping it for himself

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“He wanted to show me his really nice old Les Paul, and I just said, ‘I don’t like Les Pauls,’ and walked off”: When Joe Bonamassa was introduced to Joanne Shaw Taylor – who “offended” him on their first meeting

The two blues guitar greats crossed paths at a festival in 2008 – but Taylor wasn’t interested in what Bonamassa had to show her

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"I don't think she liked my music at all – which is why we bonded": What happened when Joe Bonamassa and Joanne Shaw Taylor were interviewed together for the first time

Up for discussion: AI, internet trolls, crapjournalists, dead birds, sausage dogs, nerd pyjamas and music execs who need a punch in the face

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The best new rock songs you need to hear right now

Featuring Marcus King, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Bernie Marsden and five other sailors on the seven seas of rock

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“A true musician’s musician whose guitar spoke volumes”: Blues guitar great Joe Louis Walker dies at 75

He played with Muddy Waters and B.B. King, opened for Jimi Hendrix, and was called “The Bluesman” by Aretha Franklin

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“Alternative metal reimagined for solo acoustic? The results are quite mesmerizing”: April 2025 Guitar World Editors' Picks

From Turnstile’s transformation from hardcore caterpillar to psychedelic New Wave butterfly, to a show-stopping Joanne Shaw Taylor solo, an emo slam dunk from Slow Joy, and a slice of acoustic wizardry from Salif Keita, this month had a bounty of guitar brilliance

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The best new rock songs you need to hear right now

Featuring Buckcherry, Joanne Shaw Taylor, The Band Feel and five other rowdy rockers, rollers, rebels and reprobates

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The best new rock songs you need to hear right now

Including Tyler Bryant, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Samantha Fish and five other creatures of the rock'n'roll night

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At war with their producer. At war with their label. At war with each other: The chaotic making of Van Halen's 1984 - only in the new issue of Classic Rock

Also in this issue: Alex Van Halen, the Rolling Stones, Opetrh, George Murray, Queen, Vion Hdertzen Brothers, Meat Loaf, Joan Armatrading, Michael Monroe, Rosalie Cunningham, The Sheepdogs, Koyo, The Darkness, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Starbenders and more

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The best new rock songs you need to hear right now

Including Quireboys, Joane Shaw Taylor, Marjana Semkina and five other bohemian rhapsodists

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"Taylor Swift is probably the most influential guitar player of my generation": This is the soundtrack of Joanne Shaw Taylor's life

Joanne Shaw Taylor picks her records, artists and gigs of last significance, and reveals why her nephew is practising for a Viking funeral

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The best new rock songs you need to hear right now

Including Jerry Cantrell, David Gilmour, Thundermother and five other custodians of the eternal rock'n'roll flame

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"We were out on our asses": How Aerosmith took flight with Get Your Wings - only in the new issue of Classic Rock

Also in this issue: John Mayall, Pink Floyd, Joe Elliott, Creed, Phil Mogg, The Cadillac Three, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Joanne Shaw Taylor, LA Edwards and more

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The best new rock songs you need to hear right now

Including Tremonti, Massive Wagons, Sólstafir and five other carriers of the rock'n'roll flame

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“I’m still predominantly a Teleplayer, but I felt like my guitar playing had got a bit stale. I switched to a Les Paul for a year and I think it did the trick”: Joanne Shaw Taylor on rewiring her playing and conquering ADHD in the studio

New album Heavy Soul finds JST pushing her vocals to new limits and pushing tube amps beyond their limits, and it cements her rep as one of the great blues players of our time

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The best new rock songs you need to hear right now

Including Larkin Poe, Blues Pills, Joanne Shaw Taylor and five other future rock superstars

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“It helped tidy up a lot of my playing and helped me grow as a player”: Joanne Shaw Taylor briefly switched to Les Pauls – and it dramatically improved her guitar playing

Joanna Shaw Taylor is a self-confessed Fender Tele aficionado, but switching to Les Pauls taught her a valuable lesson

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The best new rock songs you need to hear right now

Including Terrorvision, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Those Damn Crows and more - vote for your favourite

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"A winning balance between maturity and raw, gut-punch blues": Joanne Shaw Taylor fuses blues and soul seamlessly on Heavy Soul

Soulful blues rocker Joanne Shaw Taylor matures without mellowing on ninth studio set

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The best new rock songs you need to hear right now, including Tyler Bryant, The Lemon Twigs, Joanne Shaw Taylor and more

Eight potent rock'n'roll cocktails from this week's packed liquor cabinet of life

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Death By Audio resurrects the Octave Clang, with the new and improved V2 offering “discordant ringing drones, visceral octave scrapes, and ground-shaking distortion”

The gnarly octave fuzz that's found its way onto the pedalboards of Kevin Shields and Joanne Shaw Taylor now comes a footswitchable octave and a “supercharged” circuit…

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