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The genius of David Bowie’s guitar collabs in 9 classic tracks
By Guitar World Editors Published
Bowie’s most iconic six-string moments, featuring his all-star cast of top-tier players, from Mick Ronson to Stevie Ray Vaughan

Robert Fripp on his landmark David Bowie sessions – and why he didn’t join the legendary singer on tour
By Joel McIver Published
In their own words When David Bowie needed a unique guitar voice for Heroes, he called Robert Fripp. In his own words, the King Crimson founder recalls those heady days “by the Wall”

David Bowie’s guitarists on what it was like to play with the Thin White Duke
By Joel McIver Published
10 years after Bowie's death, Adrian Belew, Peter Frampton, Carlos Alomar and other guitar-slinging comrades-in-arms recall high times alongside the master

Carlos Alomar’s hazy first encounter with Paul McCartney
By Matt Owen Published
The session veteran provided some finishing tracks on Press to Play after a rather indulgent first encounter bonding with the Beatle

Peter Frampton on how he ended up with one of Jimi Hendrix’s most experimental instruments
By Phil Weller Published
Frampton used the surprise gift when he was playing alongside David Bowie

Was David Bowie a good guitar player? Adrian Belew, Peter Frampton and more weigh in
By Phil Weller Published
Bowie's various sidemen share their thoughts on what their former leader was like as a guitarist

When David Bowie asked Robert Fripp to play like a Deep Purple legend
By Jackson Maxwell Published
Fripp had made magical contributions to Bowie's masterpiece, Heroes, just a few years earlier – but this time the legend had something very different in mind…

Adrian Belew on how he went from playing with Frank Zappa to joining David Bowie's band
By Janelle Borg Published
Belew would serve as Bowie’s lead guitarist between 1978 and 1979, before returning as his musical director in 1990

“David Bowie didn’t even show up”: Herbie Flowers on the making of Lou Reed’s Walk On the Wild Side
By Nick Wells Published
Having recorded over 20,000 sessions for the likes of David Bowie, Dusty Springfield, T.Rex, Paul McCartney and Elton John, Brian ‘Herbie’ Flowers was not your average bassist

The post-Bowie career of Mick Ronson, rock ’n’ roll’s most quietly spoken guitar hero
By Mark McStea Published
Sure, he made a massive imprint on David Bowie’s classic early ’70s albums. But Mick Ronson also worked with Lou Reed, Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp, Elton John, Roger McGuinn, Morrissey, Ian Hunter and many others
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