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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

Reb Beach on why crafting guitar solos with Whitesnake was more challenging than Winger
By Janelle Borg published
Beach looks back on his career and how he employed his guitar chops differently in his two major bands

Why Nels Cline fell in love with Jazzmasters
By Jonathan Horsley published
The Wilco guitarist explains the enduring appeal – and remarkable endurance – of his Jazzmaster, a guitar for all seasons

How Joe Holmes got the coveted Ozzy Osbourne gig
By Jonathan Horsley published
Holmes rocked up fully prepared for his audition thanks to his teacher

38 bassists appeared on Bob Dylan albums before Tony Garnier came onboard. In the 37 years since, no others have
By Chris Jisi published
With a career backing artists like Bob Dylan, Dr. John, Chuck Berry, and Tom Waits, Tony Garnier is a walking textbook of bass history

Marshall Crenshaw on his Karen Carpenter tribute, why collecting is "infantile" and how he was made in Detroit
By Joe Bosso published
From the Hellhole collects deep cuts and EP tracks from the ’10s and it presents a unique insight into an artist who believes FM ruined radio – and who would do as many takes as it took
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