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“An open-tuned five-string guitar is unique and will clearly have niche appeal… but you just can’t help bashing out those classic Keith Richards riffs”: Newman 5 String review

A story that starts on a Rolling Stones USA tour in the early ’70s, Ted Newman’s distinctly shaped design is now being made here in the UK. But the first model is missing a string!

Guitar World

“The boys thought the bass needed more bottom-end. So I laid on the floor and punched the organ pedals with my fists”: How Bill Wyman transformed a landmark Rolling Stones track

The Rolling Stones were working to finish their Aftermath album when Bill Wyman made a musical detour

Guitar World

"Some people think that's the best version of the Stones that existed" The rise and fallout of Mick Taylor in The Rolling Stones

"We used to fight and argue all the time"

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The 50 greatest acoustic guitar songs of all time

As voted for by you, this list spans some of the most significant acoustic moments ever committed to tape – and features a controversial winner…

Guitar World

Portraits of Keith Richards and Joni Mitchell by legendary photographer feature in Sotheby’s exhibition

The exhibition runs until July 17

The Independent UK

“I said, ‘This is what Bill played’ and Mick said, ‘No no, don't play that!’” When he joined the Rolling Stones, Darryl Jones had to change the way he approached classic Bill Wyman basslines

The Rolling Stones bassist Darryl Jones looks back on joining the fold in 1993

Guitar World

“When there’s a crisis, it’s musicians, actors and comedians who step up and get things done – so put us in charge”: Rick Wakeman’s election manifesto on behalf of the Progressive Rock Party

Paul McCartney as arts minister, Keith Richards at health, Ozzy as foreign secretary… it doesn’t sound all that outlandish when you think about it

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‘You get the sense that anything could happen’: Director Oliver Murray on the magic of Montreux Jazz Festival

Exclusive: Director behind the three-part 2023 documentary explains what draws so many musicians to the legendary Swiss festival, as the 2024 edition gets underway this weekend

The Independent UK

"Brian Jones picked me up and sat me on top of the fruit machine": Why I love Brian Jones, by Killing Joke's Jaz Coleman

Killing Joke frontman Jaz Coleman pays tribute to late Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones

Louder

30 open tuning chords you need to know

Expand your guitar vocab with chord ideas for Double Drop D, Open G, DADGAD, Open D and Open C tunings, favorite tunings for Keith Richards, Joni Mitchell, Jimmy Page and more

Guitar World

Peter Trollope obituary

Other lives: Journalist, TV producer and biographical researcher of fierce intelligence and bone-dry wit

The Guardian - UK

Keith Richards is an electric guitar icon, but he prefers playing acoustic – and his unplugged Rolling Stones approach is full of smart ideas

Every player can learn a few tricks from Keef's characterful acoustic style – even if his rhythmic swagger will take longer to master

Guitar World

"There wasn't too much talking about who should play what, it was a very instinctive kind of relationship": Mick Taylor on life in the Rolling Stones, Altamont and leaving the band

The Rolling Stones’ secret weapon throughout their golden period looks back on his time with the band

Louder

The Beatles ‘would not have existed’ if fab four had been forced to do National Service

Rishi Sunak says his favourite band of all time were The Beatles - but they only existed because National Service had been scrapped

The Independent UK

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Anita Pallenberg on sex, drugs and her time with the Rolling Stones

In this interview from the archives, Chris Sullivan talks to the late model and muse about her life in swinging Sixties London

Guitar World

“There’s always been an open door… We were the only ones that knew what it’s like to have that extreme kind of fame, so that created a bond”: 10 times the Beatles and the Rolling Stones collaborated together

The Beatles vs. the Rolling Stones? Not so much. Here’s our guide to 10 friendly – and occasionally excellent – collaborations between two legendary bands

Guitar World

“Ted Newman Jones builds beautiful guitars. He made some five-strings for Keith. He’s great”: Played by Keith Richards and Billy Gibbons, Newman guitars are some of rock’s greatest secret weapons – and a new model seeks to preserve their legacy

Used by everyone from The Rolling Stones to Bob Dylan, Tom Petty and Mike Campbell, Newman guitars have a unique place in rock history. And thanks to a new enterprise, they’re making a comeback

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"I got my left ring finger shot off. So that was the end of my guitar career pretty much": The incomparable tales of Dr John

Late New Orleans legend Dr John on that time he drank a case of Blue Nun with Frankie Miller, and other stories

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The Guardian - UK

‘I’ve been called a witch, slut, murderer’: the ultra-creative women dismissed as rock star girlfriends

Despite their artistic skill, Anita Pallenberg, Suzi Ronson and Yoko Ono were cast as mere lovers or muses. They’re now being allowed to tell their own stories – even if it’s after death

The Guardian - UK

Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg review – suitably enigmatic portrait of the mercurial Stones muse

Alexis Bloom and Svetlana Zill’s documentary captures the sheer charisma of the actor, model and 60s rock survivor, though little of her background

MusicRadar

"It was like finding it on the street": The Beatles' Yesterday and five other songs that were inspired by dreams

How Keith Richards, Paul McCartney and Taylor Swift were visited by melodies

The Guardian - UK

Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg review – rockn’roll ‘muse’ in the spotlight

Documentary tells the melancholy story of the model and actor at the centre of the 60s music industry but also weirdly peripheral to it

Guitar World

“I narrowed it down to the bare essentials and found that three strings were all I needed”: 10 guitarists who played with missing strings on purpose… and the weird reasons why

Forget six strings: for some guitarists, all you need is one…

Louder

Cyril Davies was a grumpy, balding panel beater who "drank bourbon like a fish": He also inspired a generation of rock musicians – and has been all but airbrushed out of history

What do The Kinks, Stones and The Who all have in common? For one thing, a harmonica-playing bluesman nicknamed 'Squirrel'

Evening Standard

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