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“Clapton chose pure blues, and he hated it when the volume went up. He actually said to Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck, ‘You’re too loud!’ Because he’s a purist”: ’60s icon Donovan salutes a golden generation of guitar heroes

He also claims that Page "begged" John Paul Jones to join Led Zeppelin

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Ronnie Wood recalls Jeff Beck putting him on bass — and Jimi Hendrix becoming his first superfan

Jimi Hendrix was a massive fan of Ronnie Wood's bass playing before he joined The Rolling Stones.

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“They stole our name, which means Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora were listening to our records. But the main reason people know us is Gary Moore, and that doesn’t bother me at all”: The tale of the original Irish Skid Row

Bassist Brush Shiels looks back on his lifelong friendship with Moore, why he won’t sue the American hair metal band, and how Peter Green was responsible for their first album sounding so bad

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“He thought that the band should be a democracy, and it was more like a brutal dictatorship”: The tangled story of Dire Straits, the million-selling band who quit at the height of their fame

How Dire Straits went from the pubs of London to become one of the biggest bands of the 1980s

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He hung out with Hendrix, got shock treatment with Ronnie Wood, shared girlfriends with Keith Moon, and was friends and rivals with Clapton and Page: Jeff Beck’s wild times

Sharing the stage with Page, giving Hendrix a slide, being mistaken for Jagger – these were some of Jeff Beck’s most memorable friendships

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“There is absolutely nothing you can do with a broken soul. He sank into an abyss that he wasn’t able to dig his way out from”: He played with Traffic, Hendrix and Free. But this doomed musician has been all but forgotten today

The life and death of lost musical alchemist Chris Wood

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“I forgot to turn my guitar off. A lady passed by, and her dress tail hit the G string. I’ll never forget that. I’ve been doing it ever since”: How Buddy Guy accidentally stumbled upon guitar feedback – a tool that would shape his sound and style

The blues veteran’s approach to playing was changed forever after a random occurrence during an unassuming gig at a Chicago jam night

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“We got on the stage and I just remember watching people walk away before we even started playing”: Brad Whitford and Joe Perry on the time Aerosmith were upstaged by their support act

The guitarist – who came before an Aerosmith festival headline slot – returned to the stage for three separate encores and proved to be a tough act to follow

Guitar World

Bob Dylan introduced him to The Beatles, he married the girlfriend of a Rolling Stone, and he played with Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page and meditated with David Lynch. Donovan looks back...

Folk-rock pioneer Donovan on jamming with Macca and Dylan, butting heads with John Paul Jones and meditating with David Lynch

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Is pop music really getting dumber? A music professor explains what the science really says

Scientific studies claim that modern music has become simpler than ever before, both lyrically and musically. But are they measuring what really matters?

MusicRadar

“For me, the amplifier is even more important than the guitar. And then the speakers are more important than the amplifier!”: Joe Perry on the evolution of electric guitar tone

The Aerosmith guitarist is a self-confessed gear obsessive and makes the case that, historically, the speaker is the most vital component in your signal chain

MusicRadar

Because nothing screams punk rock louder than millionaire rock stars performing for hedge fund bros, watch Eddie Vedder, Anthony Kiedis, Brandi Carlile, Slash and friends play Stooges, Motorhead, Dead Boys covers at billionaire's private corporate gig

Who said money can't buy you happiness?

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12 Boomer Music Festivals That Make Coachella Look Like Amateur Hour

Modern music festivals are often more about the Instagram photo ops than the actual music. If you look at Coachella, you see carefully curated outfits, VIP glamping tents, and brand activations everywhere. However, the Baby Boomer generation invented the music festival, and they did it with grit. Their gatherings were…

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“He would have wanted his fellow musicians to receive everything to which they are entitled”: The estates of Jimi Hendrix’s bandmates are suing Sony over streaming rights

Their lawyer says the musicians were marginalized by Sony Music Entertainment UK

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Estates of Jimi Hendrix bandmates sue major label over streaming rights

Court told Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell died ‘in relative poverty’ despite being members of ‘one of the most commercially successful acts’ of their time

Evening Standard

Estates of Hendrix bandmates ‘excluded’ from streaming rights, court told

Owners of the estates of Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell are taking legal action against Sony Music Entertainment UK.

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Greta Van Fleet rocker Jake Kiskza calls for more experimentation in contemporary rock

Jake Kiszka believes more experimentation is needed in modern rock music.

Guitar World

“He said, ‘I canceled a gig to come watch you play, could I steal some licks from you?’ That’s when we got to know each other”: Buddy Guy recalls the first time he met Jimi Hendrix

The blues veteran reflects on having Hendrix in his audience, way back in the late ’60s

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“He was completely ignored by the guitar press of that time period”: Vernon Reid on the guitarist he believes is massively underrated – even though he kept “the Hendrix voice” alive

In a chat with Guitar World last year, Reid even insisted that this guitarist's “continued non-acknowledgment as a near direct tonal descendant of Jimi Hendrix continues to this day”

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“We were absolutely convinced we were gonna just kill in the US. Then Phil gets hepatitis and – boom! – the tour just stopped there”: A metal fan’s guide to Thin Lizzy, the hellraising 70s rock icons who inspired Metallica and Megadeth

The late, great Phil Lynott and his band inspired many modern metal icons

Guitar World

“A single-note solo played over just bass and drums runs the risk of sounding empty… The solution is to include some chord tones”: How to use triads in blues solos like Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jimi Hendrix

When you’re the only guitarist in the band, triads are your best friends in a guitar solo – and Hendrix and SRV were the masters

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"The bank robber seemed like a nice bloke. Said he had all my albums": The story of the wild tour that sent Joe Cocker over the edge

The Beatles queued up to give Joe Cocker their songs, but drink, drugs and wild times on the infamous Mad Dogs & Englishmen touring circus almost finished him off

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"He made his point known in a way that scared this guy half to death": Eric Gales' new album pays tribute to the man whose music he grew up with - his brother

Blues star Eric Gales on his record for his late brother, cutting heads with Joe Bonamassa and surviving time behind bars

Guitar World

“He used seashells as a pick, that's where he gets all that squank from”: Brilliant players of all persuasions have earned their stripes in Lynyrd Skynyrd's three-guitar army. Rickey Medlocke takes us through all of them, and what made them each special

Having served in Skynyrd as a pre-fame member and later as a crucial part of their reunion, Medlocke has more insight into the idiosyncrasies and genius of each of the band's six-string aces than just about anyone

MusicRadar

“I love John McLaughlin’s stuff, all those great Mahavishnu Orchestra records. There’s so much there musically. I just admire real musicians”: Journey guitarist Neal Schon on the band’s wild early days and the players who inspire him

"I had my jazz guys, I had my blues guys, my fusion guys"

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