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When David Bowie asked Robert Fripp to play like a Deep Purple legend
Fripp had made magical contributions to Bowie's masterpiece, Heroes, just a few years earlier – but this time the legend had something very different in mind…
The songs that made Tom Verlaine take the guitar seriously
Piano and saxophone were his first loves. The guitar came much later
Jeff Tweedy opened his guitar vault for this cult indie artist – and it put him on edge
Recording with the Wilco man meant Cut Worms got to explore his wealth of guitars, but had to pull himself away from one
Robbie Robertson on Bob Dylan's rocky electric transition
Though he was playing to some of the biggest crowds of his career, Dylan hadn’t consistently performed electric band shows since his teens – and those gigs certainly weren’t to cheering (and jeering) masses
The guitar solo Joe Satriani wished he never wrote
Tuning issues and a desperate need to blow off musical steam from limiting session work made it a lesson learned for the esteemed shredder
Inside the chaotic sessions that produced Jimi Hendrix's classic rendition of All Along the Watchtower
Recorded in London and New York, Hendrix's version of the Bob Dylan track would become the Experience's best-selling single – but it took many takes to get there
The Sweet's last man standing Andy Scott on wild times and triumphs in glam's most influential band
The guitar history of the Sweet, one of the best-loved bands of the glam era, who splashed color, fun and rock-solid riffs across the ’70s pop world – and influenced a generation in the process
Gus G on whirlwind days with Ozzy Osbourne, his rock-star Guitar World cover shoot, and his difficult choice of guitars
With new solo album Steel Burner out now, Gus G checks in to talk about his August 2010 GW cover shoot and all the madness surrounding it
Stephen Bishop on friendship, luck, and his impossible-to-miss Ferrington guitar
He hit big with his 1976 debut, Careless, went on to be attacked by John Belushi in Animal House, and appeared in Michael Jackson’s Thriller video. As he suspends retirement for a farewell tour, he reveals the last musical item on his bucket list
