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The hit ’60s single that was supposed to feature Jimi Hendrix… but ended up with Jimmy Page
By Matt Owen published
Donovan tried to recruit Hendrix when he went in the studio in the late 1960s, but ended up working with the soon-to-be Led Zeppelin guitar great

Donovan taught John Lennon to fingerpick – here's why he's an under-appreciated acoustic guitar great
By Stuart Ryan published
As legend tells it, he was the man who taught John Lennon to pick. And he sure could write a song. We pay tribute to the flying Scotsman of the Swinging Sixties, Donovan Phillips Leitch, with this lesson in his folk-informed style

From cosmic collaborations to blistering, chug-powered breakdowns: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
By Matt Owen, Michael Astley-Brown, Jackson Maxwell, Sam Roche published
Kick off December with a bang with invigorating new songs from Metallica, Donovan & David Gilmour, Band-Maid, Leap, Jack Gardiner, Bury Tomorrow, Subsonic Eye, Miniature Tigers, and more

Hear David Gilmour play guest lead guitar on Donovan's new single, Rock Me
By Jackson Maxwell published
The Pink Floyd legend appears on multiple tracks on the singer/songwriter's forthcoming album, Gaelia

That Time Donovan and Jimmy Page Performed "Sunshine Superman" at the Royal Albert Hall
By Damian Fanelli published

Donovan on Working with Beatles, Beck and Page — and Welcoming Jimi Hendrix to the UK
By Damian Fanelli published
He’s a famous Sixties folk-pop troubadour who worked with Jimmy Page and played with the Beatles. But what Guitar World readers really want to know is…

The Folky-Funky Acoustic Stylings of Donovan’s “Hurdy Gurdy Man”
By Dale Turner published
That decade Donovan racked up 11 consecutive Top 40 hits, among them “Sunshine Superman,” “Season of the Witch,” “Mellow Yellow” and “Hurdy Gurdy Man.”
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