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Tetsu Yamauchi, former bassist of Free and the Faces, has died at 79
The bassist, who kickstarted his professional career with Japanese prog rockers Micky Curtis & The Samurais, went on to record on Free's final studio album and joined the Faces until the band's disbandment
Jared James Nichols spotted a pedal builder in the audience at one of his gigs – then handed him his guitar mid-solo
The impromptu guest spot was full of high notes
A B.B. King biopic is on the way – and it will chronicle the blues legend's life, legacy and Lucille
The film will chart B.B. King’s rise from extreme poverty to global stardom – and his life-long partnership with his iconic ES-355 will be at the heart of it all
John Mayer names his favorite solo with Dead & Company – and plays it live on air
Mayer was asked the question during his Life with John Mayer SiriusXM show, and he just so happened to have a Silver Sky in hand to answer it
Robben Ford on why he got bored with Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell’s fuzz tips – and how Jeff Beck got him back on the Strat
Ford on two moments when Joni Mitchell was right and he was wrong, why his late 80s stint with Davis didn't work out and his go-to Dumble alternative
Buddy Guy recalls the first time he met Jimi Hendrix
The blues veteran reflects on having Hendrix in his audience, way back in the late ’60s
How Moody Blues bassist John Lodge found another gear with a Fender double-neck that was half P-Bass/half Telecaster
Having anchored the Moody Blues since the ’60s, the late John Lodge had a VIP seat for the Austin Powers-like era that made London the capital of cool
How Ritchie Blackmore came across an obscure string mod that introduced him to a whole new sound – and why it didn’t work for him
Burton proved it was possible to use banjo strings on guitar, but Blackmore’s early adventures with the hack got mixed results
Vernon Reid on the guitarist he believes is massively underrated – even though he kept “the Hendrix voice” alive
In a chat with Guitar World last year, Reid even insisted that this guitarist's “continued non-acknowledgment as a near direct tonal descendant of Jimi Hendrix continues to this day”
