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Stevie Ray Vaughan: Blues Power

An in-depth guide to the amps and effect pedals in Stevie Ray Vaughan’s arsenal.

Shred Zeppelin: How to Play Like Page

An analysis of Jimmy Page's playing style, courtesy of Guitar World's Jimmy Brown.

The Doors: Strange Days

Robby Krieger sheds light — album by album — on one of rock’s most mysterious bands.

La Grunge: Blues-Approved Overdrive

We look at the Top 10 blues-approved overdrive and distortion units around.

Stevie Ray Vaughan: Blues Power

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Title: Blues Power: An In-Depth Guide to the Amps and Effect Pedals in Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Arsenal

Shred Zeppelin: How to Play Like Page

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Title: Interview: Guitarist Robby Krieger Discusses The Doors' Albums and Working with Jim Morrison

La Grunge: Blues-Approved Overdrive

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Title: La Grunge: The Top 10 Blues-Approved Overdrive/Distortion Pedals

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We've Got Your Back: The 10 Best Backing Bands of All Time

Posted 05/09/2013 at 12:49pm | by Damian Fanelli, Josh Hart

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Besides functional gear, sensible footwear and a guaranteed ride to gigs, members of good backing bands must have the following qualities: Humility, talent and personality. The best backing bands, of course, have all these qualities — and lots of success. Some of them of have played on countless hits. Some have played a role in music history. Others just have so much talent that they automatically move to the next level.

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Listen: Queens of the Stone Age Stream New Songs, "I Sat By the Ocean" and "If I Had a Tail"

Posted 05/09/2013 at 10:57am | by Damian Fanelli

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Just a few days after releasing a music video for "I Appear Missing," a track off their new album, ...Like Clockwork, Queens of the Stone Age have posted two more songs to Soundcloud, and you can check them out below.

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Guitar World DVD: Play Like Keith Richards and the Coolest Guitarists of All Time

Posted 05/09/2013 at 10:19am | by Guitar World Staff

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In this new DVD, Keith Richards and The Coolest Guitarists of All Time, Guitar World editor and instructor Andy Aledort shows you how to play in the styles of Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards -- and other legendary guitarists.

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Song Facts: The Beatles — "Get Back"

Posted 05/09/2013 at 10:17am | by Damian Fanelli

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The Beatles' 19th single in Britain — "Get Back," backed with "Don't Let Me Down" — was released April 11, 1969, so the song was already well known when the Let It Be album was released more than a year later. However, the single version (available on Past Masters) was recorded January 28, 1969 (as was "Don't Let Me Down"), while the album version was recorded the previous day — and it shows.

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Song Facts: The Beatles — "I've Got A Feeling"

Posted 05/08/2013 at 2:38pm | by Damian Fanelli

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The powerful and bluesy "I've Got A Feeling," which John Lennon jokingly called "I've Got A Fever," is a true Lennon/McCartney composition. It blends — via alternation and superimposition — two incomplete songs, one by Paul McCartney, one by Lennon.

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Guitar Girl'd: Interview with Serena Ryder on Her New Album, 'Harmony'

Posted 05/08/2013 at 1:58pm | by Laura B. Whitmore

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You may not realize it, but if you watch any TV at all, you’ve heard Serena Ryder’s “Stompa.” I know I have! I’ve rocked to her infectious beat during airings of Hawaii Five-0, Grey’s Anatomy and a commercial or two as well. Yes, it’s that ubiquitous!

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Say Wah? Five Essential Signature Wah Pedals

Posted 05/08/2013 at 11:28am | by Damian Fanelli, Josh Hart

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Originally intended to mimic the sound of a muted trumpet, it didn't take long for guitarists like Jimi Hendrix and Frank Zappa to make that sweet, sweeping "wah-wah" sound an integral part of the rock and roll lexicon.

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David Bowie Premieres Music Video for "The Next Day"

Posted 05/08/2013 at 10:54am | by Damian Fanelli

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David Bowie has released a new music video for "The Next Day," the title track from his latest album.

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Rolling Stones: Keith Richards on the Making of 'Exile on Main St.'

Posted 05/07/2013 at 4:19pm | by Alan Di Perna

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Critics snubbed it upon its release in 1972, but Exile on Main St. has become one of rock’s greatest landmarks. Keith Richards recalls the making of the Rolling Stones' masterpiece and how the album’s new reissue project became a walk down memory lane.

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Pedal to the Metal: The 25 Greatest Wah Solos of All Time

Posted 05/07/2013 at 10:38am | by Josh Hart, compiled by the Guitar World Staff

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Since the guitar's inception, there have undoubtedly been talented players that could make the instrument sing, but it wasn't until the mid '60s and the arrival of the wah pedal that one could make it cry.

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