Eric Gales

Gales opens the deeply personal video with a dedication to "anyone who has ever felt discriminated against"

The bluesman says he has a whole acoustic double album in reserve that will "take the world by storm"

It turns out JoBo's production rates are far cheaper than you'd imagine – Gales managed to get him onboard for just two cans of Diet Coke

The second single from the Joe Bonamassa and Josh Smith-produced Crown is a feast of fretboard-melting blues guitar fire

Newly voiced Metro-Pole single-coils, Gotoh hardware and a luxurious Sunset Gold finish head up Gales' latest Magneto model

Joining Clark for an 11-minute rendition of When My Train Pulls In in Greensboro, North Carolina, Gales stole the show with an extended blues-rock guitar workout for the ages

Craving new guitar music? Satiate your appetite with new songs from Eric Gales & Joe Bonamassa, Jack White, Big Wreck, Anjimile, Vended and more

The release was initially teased last week as the “World Heavyweight Guitar Battle”, and is the first single from Gales’ upcoming solo album, Crown

Which blues guitar titan would you put your money on? Who will float like a tremolo and sting like a B? Will they wear guitars at the weigh in?

The touring celebration of the life and music of the late Gregg Allman will feature The Allman Betts Band, plus Robert Randolph, Lilly Hiatt, Eric Gales, Joanne Shaw Taylor and many more