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“Eric Clapton’s a great guitarist, but Gary Moore’s a more exciting player”: Jack Bruce on the brilliance of Gary Moore and why Cream’s real chemistry was between Bruce and Ginger Baker
By Nick Wells published
In 1993 the late Cream bassist joined forces with Gary Moore and Ginger Baker to form the short-lived power trio BBM

“Those were some deep demons that were trying to exorcise themselves. He played with such bad intention. Even when he was playing the quiet stuff”: Joe Bonamassa on what made Gary Moore a guitar legend – and how he got him hooked on Les Pauls
By Chris Bird published
JoBo explains why Moore could play through anything and make it sound good, and how when you hear Sloe Gin at a Bonamassa show you're hearing the influence of blues guitar's Belfast boy

“I played with Satriani, Bonamassa, Iommi and Blackmore… but Gary Moore was the best”: Glenn Hughes has performed with some of the greatest guitarists of all time, but he reckons the late, great blues-rocker surpasses them all
By Matt Parker published
The rock frontman and bassist admits they were close, but says Moore was “unbelievable”

Learn Gary Moore’s soloing secrets
By David Gerrish published
The blues-rock great’s solos were expressive, emotive, peerless: this lesson unpacks the dynamics, phrasing and power behind his approach

Gary Moore’s Bad Monkey is now on sale for $12,000 and JHS has debuted BM T-shirts. When will the Bad Monkey bubble burst?
By Matt Parker published
The DigiTech Bad Monkey bubble inflated fast and will burst just as quickly. In the meantime, brace yourself for the meme wave

Learn the vibrato styles of 5 giants of the blues
By Richard Barrett published
Welcome to vibrato bootcamp, where we'll be looking at how B.B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Gary Moore, Peter Green and Paul Kossoff shook those strings

6 times the legendary “Greeny” Gibson Les Paul was used to create electric guitar magic
By Matt Owen published
It's the mythical force behind some of the greatest pieces of guitar playing committed to record – here are Greeny's most notable performances at the hands of Peter Green, Gary Moore, Kirk Hammett and more…

Gary Moore Collection Part III auctions off more of the blues icon’s gear
By Matt Parker published
The guitarist’s 1966 Marshall JTM45 and a number of Gibson guitars are set to go under the hammer

Simon McBride on joining Deep Purple: “Steve Morse is an amazing guitarist, so I know I’ve got big boots to fill…”
By Amit Sharma published
The Northern Irish blues-rocker talks taking on one of rock's biggest gigs, shaking up his tones on new album The Fighter, and the one thing every guitarist needs to consider when writing guitar solos

Monty's Guitars promises a faithful recreation of Peter Green’s tone with its new Bethnal Green humbuckers
By Matt Owen published
The PAFs were designed after analyzing the real thing, and are said to be “as accurate as humanly possible” in replicating Greeny’s unique pickup configuration
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