
Henry Yates
Henry Yates is a freelance journalist who has written about music for titles including The Guardian, Telegraph, NME, Classic Rock, Guitarist, Total Guitar and Metal Hammer. He is the author of Walter Trout's official biography, Rescued From Reality, a talking head on Times Radio and an interviewer who has spoken to Brian May, Jimmy Page, Ozzy Osbourne, Ronnie Wood, Dave Grohl and many more. As a guitarist with three decades' experience, he mostly plays a Fender Telecaster and Gibson Les Paul.
Latest articles by Henry Yates

Tom Morello: “Trust me, there are plenty of new guitar sounds still to discover. I guarantee you that“
By Henry Yates published
Rage Against the Machine's six-string revolutionary looks back at his life and career in his own words

Larkin Poe: “Be tenacious. If you really want to learn how to write good songs, you gotta do it and do it again“
By Henry Yates, Jamie Dickson published
Megan and Rebecca Lovell on the roots scene, the importance of writing bad songs and rock ’n’ roll’s post-pandemic fightback

Dion DiMucci: "Blues is a tradition. But it’s a living tradition. It’s not dead. It’s a handing-down and passing-on"
By Henry Yates published
The blues survivor talks touring with Buddy Holly, meeting Howlin' Wolf, and his star-studded new album, Blues With Friends

The story of Peter Green, one of British blues' most mythologized - and influential - players
By Henry Yates published
We look back at Greeny's trailblazing tenures in The Bluesbreakers and the Mac, 50 years on....

Peter Frampton: "I might not be playing live in a couple of years, but I’m going to be battling on and recording... I feel positive about the future"
By Henry Yates published
The guitar icon looks back at the triumphs and knocks of his career, into the eyes of his illness, and onto the music still to come...

Wishbone Ash's Andy Powell: "We were the second generation. You’d already had Beck, Clapton, Page, Green. It was up to us to carry the torch"
By Henry Yates published
Wishbone Ash's Andy Powell on Jamaican weed, redeeming the Flying V, and how Peter Green became his guitar hero…
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