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.
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Rage Against the Machine's six-string revolutionary looks back at his life and career in his own words

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Megan and Rebecca Lovell on the roots scene, the importance of writing bad songs and rock ’n’ roll’s post-pandemic fightback

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The blues survivor talks touring with Buddy Holly, meeting Howlin' Wolf, and his star-studded new album, Blues With Friends

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We look back at Greeny's trailblazing tenures in The Bluesbreakers and the Mac, 50 years on....

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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...

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Wishbone Ash's Andy Powell on Jamaican weed, redeeming the Flying V, and how Peter Green became his guitar hero…
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