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Mick Ronson plays his iconic Gibson Les Paul Custom onstage in 1973.
The rise and fall of Mick Ronson – rock ’n’ roll’s most quietly spoken guitar hero

By Max Bell Published

In 1970, Mick Ronson changed the career of David Bowie, and went on to work with Lou Reed, Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp, Morrissey, and more

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David Bowie performs with a 12-string cutaway acoustic during the Sound and Vision Tour.
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

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Robert Fripp, Brian Eno and David Bowie
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”

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David Bowie plays a Supro onstage in 2004.
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

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Carlos Alomar and Paul McCartney comp
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

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Peter Frampton and Jimi Hendrix
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

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David Bowie performs on stage on the third and final day of "The Nokia Isle of Wight Festival 2004" at Seaclose Park, on June 13, 2004 in Newport, UK.
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

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David Bowie (left) and Robert Fripp perform onstage
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…

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Left–Adrian Belew, David Bowie, Vorst Natonaal, Brussels, Belgium, 11/06/1978; Right–Adrian Belew performs with 'David Bowie' at the Fresno Convention Center in Fresno, California on April 2, 1978
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

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Photo of Lou REED; 24-05-2003/LOU REED/CARRE/AMSTERDAM. JANUARY 01: ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL Photo of Herbie FLOWERS
“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

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