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RARE PHOTOS: 6 | Vintage Vibes

Anybody who has picked up the electric guitar owes something to B.B. King – learn how to incorporate his lyrical style and immaculate phrasing into your own playing with these must-try solos

Get to grips with the famed 'B.B. box', sharpen up your vibrato skills and conquer the 12-bar blues in this deep-dive into the King of the Blues' soloing style

Guitar World

‘Fela Kuti was always in his pants’: legendary music photographer Val Wilmer’s greatest shoots

She ate fried chicken with BB King, gave Jimi Hendrix a lift home from a gig and accidentally worked for MI6. The pioneer recalls her favourite subjects – and the ones like Miles Davis she’d rather forget

The Guardian - UK

“I’ve never considered myself a guitarist, and I’ve never liked the guitar”: Omar Rodríguez-López is one of electric guitar’s most reluctant heroes – here are his 10 greatest Mars Volta guitar moments

The last thing Omar Rodríguez-López wants is to be called a guitar hero, but sorry Omar, it’s true – and here are 10 reasons why...

Guitar World

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“I've never been a fan of tapping, tricks or whammy bars. There have been a few greats, like Edward Van Halen and Randy Rhoads, but what they did came from somewhere”: Kiss's Paul Stanley names 11 guitarists who shaped his sound

The stalwart rhythm guitarist gets back to the roots of his brand of hard-rock showmanship: why AC/DC and Kiss share a similar guitar mentality, how Mitch Mitchell elevated Jimi Hendrix, and what makes Jimmy Page the Beethoven of guitarists

Guitar World

John Mayer is one of the most lyrical soloists playing today – learn his tricks to crafting memorable leads

Mayer is a player who wears his influences well but always brings his own twist – we take look at how he applies this to his solos, and how you can, too

Guitar World

“On a quick trip to interview Paul Reed Smith I was told we were going to the White House so I’d better pack a suit”: Celebrating 500 issues of Guitarist, one of the world’s greatest guitar magazines

From playing Eric Clapton’s Strats to narrowly avoiding knocking out Slash, Guitarist editors past and present share their favourite – and sometimes most embarrassing – memories of working for the esteemed UK publication

Guitar World

How to play gospel blues guitar and make something original – and thrilling – out of electric guitar's oldest art form

This lesson draws from the playing of B.B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughan and John Mayer in its off-grid timing and unexpected blues trademarks

Guitar World

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Joe Bonamassa has collaborated with some of today’s finest blues players – learn their soloing secrets with this epic lesson

The JoBo Rolodex is filled with top blues guitar talent, and here we explore seven solo examples inspired by close contacts Eric Gales, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Kirk Fletcher and many more

Guitar World

“It is like playing last night’s lotto numbers”: John Mayer explains why he has never learned a blues guitar solo in his life

If it has just turned four o'clock and you're still trying – and failing – to nail Three O'Clock Blues, Mayer has a better suggestion

MusicRadar

"I'm finally getting up there with Eric Johnson… and the amp goes to s**t!" Orianthi on her A-list collaborations and the guitarists who shaped her sound

The Aussie virtuoso reflects on playing with Steve Vai and Santana, meeting B.B. King, and why Gary Moore was a pioneer of blues-metal soloing

Guitar World

"You are hot tonight, young man": when Gary Moore (and Greeny) played The Thrill Is Gone with B.B. King

The blues titans' 1992 collaboration yielded what must rank as one of the greatest call and response sequences ever committed to tape

Guitar World

Carlos Santana: 'My guitar is my best lover, ever'

“Take no prisoners — peacefully,” Carlos Santana sometimes tells his bandmates before taking the stage

The Independent UK

Fleetwood Mac's Jeremy Spencer: the true story of the man who went missing

Was Fleetwood Mac guitarist Jeremy Spencer really kidnapped mid-tour by a religious cult who shaved his head, brainwashed him and hid him from the band?

Louder

5 T-Bone Walker licks every blues guitarist needs to know

A trailblazer of blues guitar, a born entertainer, T-Bone Walker has influenced generations of players. Here, we look at how he added a jazzy flair to his solos for maximum effect

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Joe Bonamassa, Joanne Shaw Taylor and Carmen Vandenberg play an electrifying game of blues tag in this cover of B.B. King’s Ain’t Nobody Home

The three players trade licks and smiles – all backed by Josh Smith – on this classic King cover, albeit seemingly unaware of the irony that they’ve crowded in a room to do so

MusicRadar

Learn 7 of the greatest blues guitar licks of all time

Featuring classics by Hendrix, BB King, Cream, Led Zeppelin, Freddie King, Buddy Guy and John Lee Hooker

WEKU

Tina Turner, rock and roll icon, dead at 83

The pioneering vocalist, who played a pivotal role in the history of rock and soul music, had suffered a litany of health issues in recent years.

Louder

Joe Bonamassa: "I've sold nine million records. The detractors can say what they want"

Joe Bonamassa on being comfortable with the haters, mentoring the blues greats of the future, and the biggest guitar nerd he's ever met

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"When he felt the spirit, he was untouchable" – the story of Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton and Peter Green

Two legendary players. Two near-mythical Les Pauls. Two all-time-great blues albums and the greatest guitar handover in blues history

Guitar World

Joe Bonamassa shares his favorite Gibson ES-335 licks in this exclusive lesson

Learn some soloing tips from Mr Bonamassa as he takes his 1961 Gibson ES-335 up the dusty end to show you what the legendary semi-hollow can do

Guitar World

How Kareem 'Big K.O.' Denis and Darryl 'DMC' McDaniels are bringing hard rock guitar back to hip-hop

The Firebird-loving guitarist/producer and Run-DMC legend on their mission to prove hip-hop can be just as heavy as metal, getting gear tips from Billy Gibbons, and why Gibson humbuckers are the foundation of funk and soul guitar

Guitar World

Custom Flying Vs, strange open tunings and massive bends: how Albert King created his own strain of the blues – and inspired Hendrix, Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan

A left-hander, King flipped a right-handed guitar upside down, put it in an unorthodox tuning, and forged a style steeped in steely drama and epic bends

Guitar World

Derek Trucks names 11 guitarists who shaped his sound

The Tedeschi Trucks Band slide maestro reveals his formative influences – from the obvious to the obscure – what he thinks is the "fiercest" guitar solo of all time, and why rhythm guitar is a lost art

Guitar World

Joe Bonamassa names 10 guitarists who shaped his sound

The king of modern-day blues-rock on "the greatest rock guitar player that ever was", who he considers "the Frank Sinatra of the blues" and "Immaculate Conception as a guitar player" – and why he regularly apologizes to Eric Johnson

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43 best movies on Disney Plus to watch now (January 2025)

We've gone through Disney Plus to pull the very best of the best from the House of Mouse. Here are the best movies on Disney Plus.

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