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<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar World in The-rolling-stones ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/tag/rolling-stones-0 Wed, 06 May 2026 22:38:39 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “In the middle there's this mesh we call ‘the ancient form of weaving.’ Sometimes we cross accidentally!” Ronnie Wood explains his guitar dynamic with Keith Richards at launch for surprise new Rolling Stones album ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/ronnie-wood-explains-his-guitar-dynamic-with-keith-richards apKDdHNVDmNDJ4PNpCCGt9 Wed, 06 May 2026 22:38:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I love it and it’s my friend forever. If I had to, I’d f**k it”: Keith Richards on his enduring love affair with the guitar, the effects of arthritis on his playing, and why he’s still learning the instrument at 82 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/keith-richards-rolling-stones-2026-interview LzkZfQ79FhecZpKSKQbLjX Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:15:54 +0000 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:19:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I look at my hands and say, ‘Well, let’s see what we can do today’“: Keith Richards opens up on how age and arthritis has changed his approach to playing ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/keith-richards-arthritis-impact NptfwNzqUUmQQQfapPPDqc Fri, 27 Mar 2026 16:20:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I laughed my head off! Like, ‘Oh my God, what have we spawned?’” Keith Richards shares his response to the Sunset Strip shredders of the 1980s ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/keith-richards-response-to-1980s-shred gXuQochQWL2LAjyFy9KgLA Tue, 24 Mar 2026 13:22:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He was one of a kind”: Alabama guitar legend Wayne Perkins – who played with the Rolling Stones, Bob Marley, and Joni Mitchell – dies at 74 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/wayne-perkins-obituary TBsRhrwrumNkHy7Ex9hMaY Fri, 20 Mar 2026 18:54:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I thought, ‘Well, it couldn’t hurt…’ It did hurt”: Noodling alone at home is fine. But you’ll never be a great guitar player unless you join a band ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/youll-never-be-a-great-guitar-player-unless-you-join-a-band S5SXMEk4BEAPwmyC9sygei Thu, 12 Mar 2026 13:10:00 +0000 Fri, 13 Mar 2026 14:35:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It went totally sour. After we did the album thing, it was like, ‘This isn’t happening’”: Why Nile Rodgers and John Mayer’s collaboration was derailed – because of a Rolling Stones album ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/nile-rodgers-john-mayer-ill-fated-collaboration mQnhZJSvZhspCyBmrX3W4L Thu, 19 Feb 2026 10:28:19 +0000 Thu, 19 Feb 2026 12:11:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There’s more than a whiff of Keef’s fabled old Telecasters”: The Newman Torn and Frayed Edition might be the Rolling Stones-inspired T-type we’ve been dreaming of ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/newman-torn-and-frayed-edition QGDWnukTUQfrDece4CdHAY Sun, 15 Feb 2026 15:10:00 +0000 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:20:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We bring out a ton of guitars. I pick one up, strum, and it sounds like Wild Horses – because it’s the actual guitar from Wild Horses”: The Rolling Stones guitar tech on the secrets behind their onstage sound ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/music-industry/ryan-bullington-the-rolling-stones-guitar-tech FQ8UdNET6ZJr2hgjASKkxF Tue, 03 Feb 2026 12:50:40 +0000 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:54:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Anyone who thinks he's sloppy is out of their minds”: Rolling Stones producer Don Was on why Keith Richards shouldn't be underestimated as both a rhythm and lead guitarist ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/rolling-stones-producer-don-on-keith-richards-guitar-playing RA9GF4FnKLQkHMRNFZz6Nc Fri, 30 Jan 2026 15:47:55 +0000 Fri, 30 Jan 2026 22:42:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ “A love letter to one of the coolest guitars on the planet”: Gibson pays tribute to Keith Richards’ 1960 ES-355 with 2 Collector’s Edition models – painstaking replicas of his main six-string ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/gibson-keith-richards-1960-es-355-collectors-edition 75EFHsH59K2Gdbs2WEMS2Y Tue, 13 Jan 2026 12:31:43 +0000 Thu, 26 Feb 2026 09:34:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Finally, they both ran out of steam. Silence. Then Keith said, ‘Are you sure you want to be the meat in this sandwich?’” The making of Don Was, the über-producer trusted by the Stones, Bob Dylan and John Mayer (and who’s a pretty good bassist too) ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/don-was-rolling-stones-bob-dylan-black-crowes nJGgEErP7qFPXBxSPWPskV Sun, 11 Jan 2026 22:00:00 +0000 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:52:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I really have no recollection of doing it. I’d made a record in my sleep!” How Keith Richards wrote the iconic Satisfaction riff – without even realizing it ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/how-keith-richards-wrote-the-iconic-satisfaction-guitar-riff LWAU7vtu8HLbvsu6HdokGP Mon, 05 Jan 2026 14:49:35 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I toured with Stevie Ray Vaughan when he was sober and he was a freak of nature. I couldn’t relate to his playing”: The Outlaws' Henry Paul on opening for The Rolling Stones, finding fame thanks to Lynyrd Skynyrd, and his one-of-one red Gretsch Falcon ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/the-outlaws-henry-paul-on-rolling-stones-lynyrd-skynyrd-gretsch VCJdF9rJhMPCpde8rh3TgN Mon, 29 Dec 2025 08:05:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Keith said he didn’t think he could commit”: The Rolling Stones reportedly cancel plans for 2026 tour ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/rolling-stones-cancel-2026-tour-plans rwBHwiaZFFJh8mGbrwzjVL Wed, 17 Dec 2025 17:25:49 +0000 Thu, 18 Dec 2025 10:46:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Keith said, ‘Are you sure you want to be the meat in this sandwich?’ I walked out convinced I’d never see them again”: How John Mayer and Bob Dylan producer Don Was first ended up working with the Rolling Stones ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/the-rolling-stones-and-don-was 4rP5mSdj3TUCqzdT2LhFqU Sat, 13 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I said, ‘If you let me borrow one for tonight, I promise I’ll come back.’ I didn’t go back until 5 or 6 years later”: The Rolling Stones legend who stole his first guitar ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/ronnie-wood-says-he-stole-his-first-guitar p8XNVX4UtBSDXNkMjkFRk9 Mon, 17 Nov 2025 16:17:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The guitar he used to teach a young Keith Richards”: Brian Jones' Harmony Stratotone from the Rolling Stones' early years is heading to auction ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/brian-jones-harmony-stratotone-heading-to-auction C95p7yQDcCFbTqtsyipT9a Thu, 13 Nov 2025 22:28:34 +0000 Fri, 14 Nov 2025 13:50:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ Explore open G tuning: a fresh perspective that reshapes your fretboard and inspired timeless blues and Americana songs ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/techniques/open-g-tuning M9NRFsGfCAKBGJj5EcDEfn Thu, 06 Nov 2025 16:08:00 +0000 Wed, 12 Nov 2025 13:12:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When I first joined them I couldn’t believe how bad they were. I thought, ‘How do they make such good records?’” Mick Taylor’s Rolling Stones baptism by fire came just two days after Brian Jones’ death – in front of 250,000 people ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/mick-taylor-live-rolling-stones-debut otm9Be4H9rxW7udemc9K6h Fri, 03 Oct 2025 09:06:03 +0000 Wed, 15 Oct 2025 16:12:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s quite lyrical and different from a lot of other Stones songs... I played in a different mode”: Mick Taylor lent stunning slide work to golden-era Rolling Stones classics, but he says this obscure album cut is his best performance with the band ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/mick-taylor-best-rolling-stones-performance ftdR9fk3mjjAGuMHAbBovP Sat, 27 Sep 2025 10:14:00 +0000 Wed, 15 Oct 2025 15:39:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I said, ‘What about Keith Richards?’ I was just joking... He came with about 600 guitars in a semi-truck. And a butler”: How Tom Waits began a decades-long creative partnership with the Rolling Stones legend ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/how-tom-waits-met-keith-richards m47t8qNpeYXZKLQiZzH5mX Sun, 24 Aug 2025 11:24:00 +0000 Thu, 28 Aug 2025 10:36:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Mick Taylor is mystified as to how his property found its way into the Met’s collection”: A stolen Rolling Stones ’59 Les Paul that has been missing since 1972 has surfaced – in a museum ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/mick-taylors-1959-les-paul-standard-the-met-museum JCHL5mN6PdJnq5iKkEq9bB Mon, 14 Jul 2025 12:33:32 +0000 Mon, 21 Jul 2025 12:04:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When the Ozzy thing came around I was so excited, but also doubting myself. Duff McKagan and Chad Smith were like, ‘You can do it. It's everything you love’”: From Pearl Jam to the Stones, the stars have aligned for Andrew Watt – but he owes it to Ozzy ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/andrew-watt-black-sabbath-back-to-the-beginning ibMyKDDKTLi24joMwxybUk Thu, 12 Jun 2025 15:29:59 +0000 Thu, 19 Jun 2025 09:36:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It all started with Ozzy. He and Sharon were the first ones to believe that I could make them a great rock album”: How super-producer Andrew Watt pivoted from Justin Bieber and Shawn Mendes to The Rolling Stones, Ozzy Osbourne and Iggy Pop ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/how-producer-andrew-watt-pivoted-from-justin-bieber-and-shawn-mendes-to-the-rolling-stones-ozzy-osbourne-and-iggy-pop U6pDJHWQE8Wanh3gqWGQLP Mon, 26 May 2025 09:30:00 +0000 Tue, 10 Jun 2025 11:12:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It was a complete and utter shock to my system – when his tech came in, he was like, ‘Keith’s using your rig!’” The night Keith Richards rocked up unannounced to an LA jam night ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/la-guitarist-jason-sinay-describes-jamming-with-keith-richards gFaWmj9zgLgxQsf386zd3H Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:05 +0000 Thu, 27 Mar 2025 16:29:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Mick Jagger called Prince and asked him to come back, but he said no”: What really happened at Prince’s infamous show supporting the Stones in 1981? Guitarist Dez Dickerson sets the record straight ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/concerts-gigs-tours/dez-dickerson-on-princes-infamous-show-supporting-the-rolling-stones-in-1981 m65bwgEM32Q6GSWWnHME6h Wed, 19 Mar 2025 16:23:11 +0000 Thu, 27 Mar 2025 16:19:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ “During the first song at Woodstock the amp blew up. They gave me another. It sounded terrible. I cringe when I think about it”: Harvey Mandel replaced some of guitar’s biggest names – but Keith Richards cost him a spot in the Rolling Stones ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/harvey-mandel-on-rolling-stones-john-mayall-canned-heat FrFsxuNumRxg8QMYT9zF9B Thu, 27 Feb 2025 15:12:34 +0000 Wed, 05 Mar 2025 14:18:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Ronnie was a really nice guy – but let’s face it: he ain’t no Mick Taylor, and he’s no Harvey Mandel. He’s what I call a C-plus guitar player”: Harvey Mandel nearly became a Rolling Stone – here’s why he thinks he would have been a better fit ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/harvey-mandel-nearly-became-a-rolling-stone V8jqTiw8R4w8JV6JrduQDF Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:09:46 +0000 Thu, 27 Feb 2025 15:14:46 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It was just full of guitars, and there was no air in it. No spaces, no gaps”: Bill Wyman reunited with his old Rolling Stones bandmates on their Hackney Diamonds album, but didn't like the track he played on ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/bill-wyman-rolling-stones-live-by-the-sword 623zZe2nq2PzfjqvQA9EzR Sun, 08 Dec 2024 14:19:00 +0000 Wed, 18 Dec 2024 16:07:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I didn’t have a bass guitar, so I had to make one. Unknown to me at the time, I built the first fretless bass, about five years before they came out”: Before the Rolling Stones, Bill Wyman needed a good bass guitar – so he created his own ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/bill-wyman-fretless-bass F7e99oHNcHWDpjKFwRqVmm Thu, 05 Dec 2024 17:25:16 +0000 Wed, 18 Dec 2024 15:58:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ “You can only imagine the effect this had on the young Keith Richards and Eric Clapton”: 9 must-hear albums that fueled the British blues guitar boom ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/music-releases/essential-british-blues-boom-albums-for-guitarists sHdpHWeV8kYayemk6CeXhk Wed, 06 Nov 2024 13:39:35 +0000 Fri, 06 Dec 2024 16:55:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I asked Paul McCartney to play bass on a Rolling Stones song: silence for 10 seconds, then ‘Yeah, I’d love to’”: Super-producer Andrew Watt reveals his secret to convincing music legends to collaborate ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/super-producer-andrew-watt-on-how-he-convinces-music-legends-to-collaborate XrE6ifFcqtRmv9MXb7R5af Mon, 07 Oct 2024 12:22:19 +0000 Thu, 17 Oct 2024 11:39:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The Rolling Stones gig is the culmination of my childhood dreams – I figure now that I've played with Miles, Sting, Herbie Hancock, Peter Gabriel, and Madonna, I've pretty much covered it”: Darryl Jones looks back at the path that led him to the very top ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/the-rolling-stones-bassist-darryl-jones-career 5ZUo3Wr3cGRuZGAXAQToEP Thu, 26 Sep 2024 10:06:32 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:18:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There’s a great picture of me on my knees ripping a guitar solo, and the guitar is bigger than me”: Andrew Watt on the time he shredded at his own bar mitzvah – and what’s next for his Rolling Stones collaborations ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/producer-andrew-watt-on-playing-guitar-at-his-bar-mitzvah G3tBjXCzmNckgpKzaHCoek Tue, 16 Jul 2024 12:19:14 +0000 Fri, 20 Sep 2024 15:38:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When I heard the Rolling Stones, they sounded like a bad high school band to me. I didn't get it”: Tommy Emmanuel explains how a love of Chet Atkins meant he initially struggled to understand The Rolling Stones and Beatles hype ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/tommy-emmanuel-talks-about-not-understanding-the-rolling-stones-hype F7nm6SQceEyfJf439cJusb Fri, 05 Jul 2024 14:32:55 +0000 Tue, 16 Jul 2024 09:42:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ Keith Richards is an electric guitar icon, but he prefers playing acoustic – and his unplugged Rolling Stones approach is full of smart ideas ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/learn-the-acoustic-style-of-rolling-stones-icon-keith-richards 43YuYJg7wBBHyq67rvDPZ9 Sun, 16 Jun 2024 11:52:06 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:18:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There’s always been an open door… We were the only ones that knew what it’s like to have that extreme kind of fame, so that created a bond”: 10 times the Beatles and the Rolling Stones collaborated together ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/10-beatles-rolling-stones-collaborations k7EeJeHNwbbgqdoimh2B7S Sat, 25 May 2024 10:34:37 +0000 Tue, 11 Jun 2024 09:55:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ “To Doc, love and prescriptions, Keith Richards”: A mahogany Telecaster used by Keith Richards throughout the Rolling Stones’ iconic Some Girls era is up for auction (without its original neck) – for $400k ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/keith-richards-some-girls-tele-custom-guitar-auction vxRapQCufKpiLdvkTQeKZh Tue, 23 Apr 2024 15:22:03 +0000 Wed, 08 May 2024 14:35:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ Welcome to the ultimate Rolling Stones guitar lesson – a tab and audio deep dive into the styles of Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, Brian Jones, and Mick Taylor ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/the-ultimate-rolling-stones-guitar-workout EWtYxVxg8PEzJZPb39gbxg Tue, 06 Feb 2024 23:31:49 +0000 Tue, 10 Sep 2024 15:54:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When Keith and I are together, we talk through our guitars. We never say, ‘You do this and I’ll do that.’ We weave”: How Brian Jones, Mick Taylor and Ronnie Wood made the Rolling Stones what they are today ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/how-brian-jones-mick-taylor-ronnie-wood-made-the-rolling-stones-what-they-are-today QZ56HWGAnjT6dJNpdRHndk Sat, 16 Dec 2023 11:45:10 +0000 Tue, 19 Dec 2023 15:03:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I introduced Sting to Miles Davis, and that blew Sting’s mind!” Darryl Jones on providing the punch for Sting, Madonna, and the Rolling Stones ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/darryl-jones-on-providing-the-punch-for-the-rolling-stones 3uh4LTsg9x3gVkMYuDroGn Wed, 29 Nov 2023 14:32:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ “As soon as I pick up the guitar and play that riff, it’s one of the best feelings in the world. You just jump on the riff and it plays you”: The Rolling Stones’ 10 best guitar riffs ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/the-rolling-stones-best-riffs hpo6SseVfYzfSmaX4pkqvD Fri, 24 Nov 2023 15:51:40 +0000 Fri, 24 Nov 2023 15:53:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Show the kids out there how it's done”: Watch Keith Richards play Rolling Stones classics on a 5-string guitar with Jimmy Fallon ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/keith-richards-stones-classics-jimmy-fallon YWvxdYSj2BxutmzVAUVBH4 Thu, 26 Oct 2023 16:26:11 +0000 Mon, 08 Jan 2024 14:58:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ Using Dumble-modded Fender Twins and the "Stay With Me" Zemaitis, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood grace The Rolling Stones' comeback album with some of their finest fretwork in decades ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/the-rolling-stones-hackney-diamonds QscnzXVTpzkcYywA3pfPTb Thu, 19 Oct 2023 14:37:42 +0000 Thu, 19 Oct 2023 14:40:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It wouldn’t have worked with the Stones at all. We’re all about teamwork”: Jeff Beck was once rumored to join The Rolling Stones – Keith Richards explains why that never happened ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/keith-richards-jeff-beck-rolling-stones-audition NYogZbwBehCAabCBaqQrmA Tue, 17 Oct 2023 15:55:55 +0000 Fri, 30 Aug 2024 11:17:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It was complete carnage... Keith and Ronnie were on their feet. The roof left the building”: Andrew Watt gifted Paul McCartney a ‘64 Höfner with a built-in Univox Super Fuzz circuit – and the Beatle used it on the new Rolling Stones album ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/paul-mccartney-rolling-stones-andrew-hatt-hofner-gift kZgaVJS5aRmneucoUvuL5a Tue, 17 Oct 2023 11:39:11 +0000 Thu, 14 Mar 2024 15:53:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When I'm like, 'I can't quite do that any more,' the guitar will show me there's another way”: Keith Richards discusses how arthritis has changed his playing ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/keith-richards-arthritis-playing FxLUSY7XNJkKaKBDZt2xBE Tue, 10 Oct 2023 13:22:54 +0000 Wed, 11 Sep 2024 13:52:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Keith Richards riff machine is still in fine working order as the Rolling Stones return with new single Angry ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/the-rolling-stones-angry H3n3FpJvPzN4xt4Jn7NUZF Wed, 06 Sep 2023 15:28:59 +0000 Fri, 30 Aug 2024 11:50:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Jimmy Page and Jim Sullivan were getting a lot of work, but I was always getting plenty of calls – and that increased after I did the Jack Bruce sessions”: The confessions of session pro Chris Spedding ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/chris-spedding-session-pro 7kKAq2tqenoHkNPXQteEA Tue, 18 Jul 2023 15:35:05 +0000 Mon, 23 Feb 2026 15:13:58 +0000