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Musicians Lucinda Williams and Doug Pettibone perform in concert at The Paramount Theatre on January 16, 2013 in Austin, Texas

Her manager didn’t like him. But Doug Pettibone grinded to land his dream gig with Lucinda Williams

By Matt Owen published

Pettibone cut his teeth playing with Jewel and Tracy Chapman – but when he heard Williams was looking for a new guitarist, he knew he had to get the spot

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Rick Fenn of 10cc plays a Strat onstage [left]; Peter Green plays his Les Paul in the studio back in his Fleetwood Mac days.

Rick Fenn on the time he tried to help bring Peter Green back into the limelight

By Jonathan Horsley published

The late Fleetwood Mac guitarist was a hero of Fenn's, so when the call came in to help Green out, there was only one answer. But whatever happened to the music?

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A close-up of the late Mick Abrahams playing with Blodwyn Pig in 1969

Remembering the late Mick Abrahams, co-founder of Jethro Tull, purveyor of “good, honest music”

By Henry Yates published

A powerful, lyrical bluesman, the founding Jethro Tull and Blodwyn Pig guitarist always played music his way – even when it hurt his career

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Ando San

Ando San on marrying hip-hop with prog, thumping, and his eight-string guitar personally spec'd by Jeff Kiesel

By Phil Weller published

Inspired by Tosin Abasi and J Dilla, San's mission to merge modern prog with experimental hip-hop required him to mature as an artist – and he has no plans to stop evolving

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In these stills from his Instagram reel, Anthony Ferraro demos a modded tuner pedal that allows blind guitarists like himself to tune their guitars without help.

Blind guitarist couldn’t tune his guitar without help – now a vibrating tuner pedal has changed his life

By Jonathan Horsley published

Anthony Ferraro asked his Instagram followers if anyone could help, and some genius came through with a tuner modded with haptics

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English musician Ozzy Osbourne and Jake E Lee perform in concert, New York, New York, circa 1986.

Jake E. Lee was on tour with Ozzy Osbourne when he stumbled upon the gear bargain of a lifetime

By Phil Weller published

The elusive find was covered in dust but it worked perfectly – and Lee picked it up for a steal

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Joanne Shaw Taylor pictured with a Les Paul [left] and B.B. King, taking solo on Lucille at the Chicago Theater in 1991

Joanne Shaw Taylor on her life-changing first meeting with the great B.B. King

By Henry Yates published

Joanne Shaw Taylor was just a young kid when she met B.B. King. Now she is paying tribute to the King of the Blues on Joe Bonamassa’s all-star album

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Black and white image of Jeff Buckley playing his Telecaster guitar onstage in the Netherlands in February, 1995

Jeff Buckley is an underrated guitar genius – and deserves a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

By Ella Feingold published

One of the world’s foremost session and rhythm players, Ella Feingold, explains what most people get wrong about Buckley as a guitarist and musician

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Punky Meadows performs live

Angel’s Punky Meadows on why he didn’t join Kiss or Aerosmith

By Andrew Daly published

As the band’s final large-scale tour looms, the Superstrat pioneer looks back on how he got started, why he quit, and why he’s not planning to fall silent again

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Stephen Carpenter of Deftones performs at Fabrique on April 21, 2017 in Milan, Italy

Stephen Carpenter sheds light on the health struggles that have impacted his playing

By Janelle Borg published

The Deftones guitarist opens up about how his undiagnosed Type 2 diabetes impacted the writing and recording of Private Music

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