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English folk icon Wizz Jones – guitar hero of Keith Richards, Eric Clapton and Thurston Moore – has died at 86
Jones was an influential and consistent figure in the British folk scene for the past six decades
Wednesday 13 says the late Alexi Laiho once came close to joining him and Joey Jordison in Murderdolls
The late Children of Bodom virtuoso nearly featured on the group’s second and final album
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown pulled no punches when speaking about his fellow guitar heroes
In a 1992 sit-down with GW, the late blues guitar pioneer offered remarkably frank assessments of some of his sacrosanct peers – among them Chuck Berry, B.B. and Freddie King, and T-Bone Walker
“He said, ‘I've never heard it played that good’”: When Roy Clark met his guitar hero
Speaking to Guitar World in 1984, Clark painted a picture of a master musician who nonetheless remained incredibly humble despite his success, and the massive shadow he cast over country (not to mention folk and bluegrass) guitar playing
Pete Townshend admits he’s not a natural collaborator – even with bandmates and fellow guitar heroes
That said, the Who guitarist did recently collaborate with an up-and-coming singer-songwriter...
Remembering the life and times of Killing Joke’s Geordie Walker
He influenced Kurt Cobain, Metallica, Tool, Nine Inch Nails and counted Jimmy Page as a fan. We pay tribute to a true guitar original
Dave Navarro has chosen the guitar he’s using to record his first post-Jane’s Addiction material – and it’s a historic build
Navarro will be taking a milestone six-string from PRS into the studio with Eric Avery and Stephen Perkins
Nashville guitar extraordinaire Mac Gayden – who worked with Elvis, Bob Dylan, Linda Ronstadt and Simon & Garfunkel – dies at 83
The guitarist, who formed part of an elite group of Nashville session players known as the Nashville cats, is also responsible for co-writing the evergreen pop hit Everlasting Love
“I’ve never bought a guitar and I’m quite proud of that! I always tell people when they’re learning: there’s a guitar not being played”: Meet Sacred Paws’ Ray Aggs, the dextrous Tele-wrangler inventing new chords and capturing Thurston Moore’s imagination
The self-taught songwriter on their singular six-string path, working with alt-tuning icons Glenn Branca and Thurston Moore, and the shift to big choruses on new album Jump Into Life
