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“Keith asked me to come over and play. They wanted me to join”: Why Jeff Beck turned down The Rolling Stones
By Steve Rosen Published
The late guitar hero thought he’d been invited to jam for a weekend in the mid ’70s. He didn’t realize Keith Richards wanted him to replace Mick Taylor, as told in this exclusive book excerpt

Mick Jagger on recruiting Paul McCartney to play bass on the Rolling Stones' upcoming album
By Janelle Borg Published
The Beatles bassist lent his chops to Covered in You, a track featured on the Stones' forthcoming twenty-fifth studio album, Foreign Tongues

How John Mayer and Bob Dylan producer Don Was first ended up working with the Rolling Stones
By Phil Weller Published
He’d been in the room mere minutes before finding himself at the center of a passionate Glimmer Twins debate

Jimmy Rip was a session man in demand by Mick Jagger and Tom Verlaine – then came a rock ’n’ roll icon
By Andrew Daly Published
Armed with the Tom Verlaine’s first guitar, and his own first instrument, the 69-year-old session veteran has come home from Argentina to keep memories alive

Harvey Mandel nearly became a Rolling Stone – here’s why he thinks he would have been a better fit
By Janelle Borg Published
While the former Canned Heat guitarist impressed Mick Jagger, he didn't manage to convince Keith Richards...

John Mayall, 1933-2024 – the guitar world pays tribute
By Matt Owen Published
Joe Bonamassa, Mick Jagger and Walter Trout have led tributes to the influential British blues pioneer, who has died at the age of 90

Spector unveils Doug Wimbish USA Custom Series basses, including a replica of his iconic 1987 5-string
By Janelle Borg Published
With signature EMG pickups and an era-specific headstock design, Spector's new basses promise to deliver “the sound and feel that inspired Doug Wimbish's signature style”

Using Dumble-modded Fender Twins and the "Stay With Me" Zemaitis, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood grace The Rolling Stones' comeback album with some of their finest fretwork in decades
By Jackson Maxwell Published
Helmed by super-producer Andrew Watt and featuring a stellar bass turn from Paul McCartney, Hackney Diamonds – the Stones' first new album of original material in 18 years – is better than it has any right to be

Should Bill Wyman have gotten a songwriting credit for The Rolling Stones (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction?
By Nick Wells Published
Bill Wyman: “The fact of the matter is that my bassline made the song just as much as Keith’s guitar riff”

Session guitar legend Eddie Martinez shares the studio secrets behind classic records from Run-D.M.C., Mick Jagger, Robert Palmer and David Lee Roth
By Andrew Daly Published
Martinez looks back on soundtracking some of the biggest hits of the '80s – including working with Jeff Beck on Mick Jagger's She's the Boss, breaking down musical barriers with Run-D.M.C. and playing Live Aid – and explains why he thinks guitar is yet to be properly represented in hip-hop
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