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Guy Pratt performs at Pula Arena on September 12, 2015 in Pula, Croatia.
Guy Pratt on the Jazz Bass he bought from John Entwistle and how he conjured a “massive octave-pedal freakout” with Madonna

By Nick Wells Published

In addition to his main gig with David Gilmour, Guy Pratt has played bass on some monster hits, including Madonna’s Like a Prayer and Michael Jackson’s Earth Song

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Marty Freidman
“David Ellefson told me, ‘You got the gig. Oh and by the way, Dave told me to tell you that you played many of the wrong guitar parts’”: Marty Friedman tells the inside story of his auditions with Ozzy Osbourne and Madonna – and landing the Megadeth gig

By Marty Friedman Published

In this exclusive excerpt from his new autobiography, Dreaming Japanese, the guitarist looks back at his early years, when he was broke and forced to choose between eating or auditioning

Guitarists
Monte Pittman of Ministry plays a riff on his white ESP V against a black and purple background.
Monte Pittman on his crazy journey from Guitar Center to Ministry via Prong and Madonna – and his band with Adam Lambert

By Jon Wiederhorn Published

It might seem strange that a dude best known for playing guitar lines for pumping, thumping dance songs is now blowing eardrums with industrial metallers Ministry. But Pittman says he’s right where he belongs. This is his remarkable story

Guitarists
American jazz trumpet player Miles Davis and bass player Darryl Jones perform at North Sea Jazz festival, The Hague, Netherlands, 13 July 1985.
“I introduced Sting to Miles Davis, and that blew Sting’s mind!” Darryl Jones on providing the punch for Sting, Madonna, and the Rolling Stones

By Chris Jisi Published

After stints with Miles Davis, Madonna, and Sting, Darryl Jones found a home on The Rolling Stones’ Voodoo Lounge

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Joe Bonamassa performs at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee on October 8, 2021
Joe Bonamassa transforms Madonna’s Like a Prayer into a soulful blues-rock solo showcase

By Jackson Maxwell Published

As a guest of the band Scary Pockets, Bonamassa brilliantly brings the worlds of blues, funk, and disco together

Guitarists
Madonna and Dimebag Darrell perform live
Why Madonna played Pantera’s A New Level on a Gibson Les Paul for an entire tour

By Michael Astley-Brown Published

How a Dimebag Darrell encounter and guitar lessons with the Queen of Pop led to one of the weirdest pop-metal mashups in live music history

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Victor Bailey of Omar Hakim band performs on stage at Lantaren Venster on November 12, 2013 in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
The late Victor Bailey on "kicking ass" with Madonna and embracing Jaco’s legacy in Weather Report

By Nick Wells Published

"If I’m playing the bassline to Like A Virgin I’m going to play the hell out of it! The same way as if I were playing Teen Town"

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[L-R] Marty Friedman and Madonna
Marty Friedman was preparing for a Madonna audition when he landed the gig with Megadeth

By Sam Roche Published

“Luckily, I got into a gig that was more suited for what I was able to do,” the shredder explains

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That Time Madonna Played "Whole Lotta Love" on Guitar (and Covered Pantera)

By Damian Fanelli Published

On June 19, 2015, Madonna uploaded a video of herself playing the iconic Jimmy Page guitar riff from Led Zeppelin's “Whole Lotta Love."

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Madonna Guitarist Monte Pittman Shreds "La Isla Bonita"

By Damian Fanelli Published

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