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Eric Clapton recorded a song with Steve Cropper before the session legend’s passing
By Phil Weller published
The six-string veteran passed away aged 84 last year, but it turns out he sparred with another guitar legend in the studio before he left us

The making of the Smiths’ 1986 classic The Queen Is Dead
By Henry Yates published
It was a square peg amid the shred scene and almost sank Johnny Marr, but the Smiths’ majestic third album ended up as the jewel in their crown

Why P-funk legend Michael Hampton is keeping an open mind in search of his solo sound
By Andrew Daly published
The P-Funk veteran takes us inside his latest life stage, a much more mellow place than the frenzied funk days of his past

Al Di Meola becomes the latest guitarist to play Jerry Garcia's “Tiger” on stage
By Janelle Borg published
Since going under the hammer for $11.56 million at the Jim Irsay auction, “Tiger” has also appeared on stage with Derek Trucks

How the Dirty Nil’s sound runs on vintage Marshall power and a healthy serving of the Rat pedal
By Jim Beaugez published
Weaned on the Stooges, Luke Bentham developed a taste early on for any player who could “peel paint” from the walls. Here, he walks through the high-volume approach behind the Dirty Nil's latest, which originally provoked a cease-and-desist from the Holy See...

Rolling Stone has revealed its Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time – and its number one pick corrects a previous injustice
By Matt Parker published
The latest guitar roundup from Rolling Stone will raise some eyebrows, but it’s got a few things right, too…

Richard Oakes on the making of Suede’s 1996 Brit-pop classic Coming Up
By Andrew Daly published
Guitarist Richard Oakes arrived in the band as Bernard Butler's replacement – a relative rookie. Suede were supposedly cooked. And yet in songs like Trash and Beautiful Ones, they had something special indeed

How fast-rising blues ace Laura Chavez found her voice on guitar
By Damon Orion published
On her solo debut, the longtime backup musician proves she’s got far more than the blues in her bag

Former Turnstile guitarist Brady Ebert faces potential life sentence after indictment on attempted first-degree murder
By Jackson Maxwell published
The indictment follows Ebert's arrest in March on charges of attempted second-degree murder and first-degree assault, after he allegedly hit former Turnstile bandmate Brendan Yates’ father with his car

How Sean Lennon's legendary father inspired him to pick up the guitar
By Jackson Maxwell published
For Sean Lennon, the guitar was a means of connecting to the father who was taken from him when he was barely five years old. Though, he added in a new interview with GW, their playing styles are noticeably different
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