Lonnie Donegan

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Muddy Waters performs live on stage playing a Fender Telecaster guitar at the New Victoria Theatre, during the Newport Jazz Festival in London on October 30, 1976.

9 must-hear albums that fueled the British blues guitar boom

By Denny Ilett published

The essential records that chart blues music’s epic journey – from its Delta roots through to the masterpiece that launched the heavy rock movement

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Justin Hayward (left) and Lonnie Donegan perform onstage

How Justin Hayward ended up with Lonnie Donegan’s 12-string – before Donegan took it back

By Jackson Maxwell published

Decades later, the guitar would once again end up in Hayward's hands, this time for good

Guitarists
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That time Rory Gallagher got crippling stage fright because he was performing in front of his guitar hero

By Matt Owen published

Gallagher's brother secretly invited one of Rory's biggest heroes to attend a show at the Royal Albert Hall – and even had him introduce the blues rock legend to the stage

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Jimmy Page: “Four Guitarists and One Record Label That Inspired Me to Play Guitar”

By Christopher Scapelliti published

Uncut recently posted an archived interview with Jimmy Page. The story consists of Page answering questions posted by the magazine’s readers.

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