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![B.B. King [left] cups his hands to his ear as he asks the crowd for more. Joe Bonamassa, with a Les Paul, gives his crowd a thumbs up.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/P3XrQLh86C27JfPp4AGp6n-840-80.jpg.webp)
“I met him in 1990 when I was 13 years old. We became lifelong friends”: Joe Bonamassa pays tribute to B.B. King
Bonamassa says King was the kind of player who could say it all with one note – “Just one stinging vibrato and you know it can only be him”
Chris Buck on how Yamaha nailed his new signature Revstar – and why you should reconsider the P-90
As a blues-rock player, Buck was told he should be playing something more old-school. But as he explains, the Revstar has everything he needs and more, and you should try one too
Eric Gales’ hotly anticipated signature Kiesel is here
The souped-up signature is Gales' first collaboration with the company after he joined its ranks in October last year
![The Fabulous Thunderbirds’ Jimmie Vaughan [left] and Kim Wilson do their thing at Rockefellers in Houston circa 1984...](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QNeXPUasV8vjS8djbycRLe-840-80.jpg.webp)
Texas blues legend Jimmie Vaughan on longevity, Strats and collabs with a Beatle on the Porky’s Revenge OST
A new Fabulous Thunderbirds box set is bursting with powerful stuff by Jimmie Vaughan & Co. – including an entire unreleased album from 1978. Here, Vaughan talks T-Birds and Strats and Fender amps, and tells us what flips his switch
Larry McCray on rubbing shoulders with blues royalty and playing through Joe Bonamassa’s epic rig
Living blues legend Larry McCray is keeping on keeping on and keeping the blues alive, and on his latest LP, Heartbreak City, he's taking his guitar to places his voice can't reach
Pink Floyd session guitarist says Roger Waters was “resentful” of Eric Clapton
The bassist had welcomed him into his band, but quickly discovered what his fanbase was like
Joe Bonamassa and Slash team up for blues classics in New York – but did their young special guests steal the show?
The two guitar greats played a host of blues classics for charity, but two next-gen stars have made startling impressions
John Mayer pays emotional tribute to Bob Weir at public memorial
Mayer paid homage to his Dead & Company bandmate during a public service over the weekend
