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Richie Kotzen, Mike Portnoy and Billy Sheehan revive The Winery Dogs with energetic new single, Xanadu
By Matt Owen published
The lick-heavy lead single is the first to be lifted from the supergroup's first studio album in 8 years, III

5 soloing ideas you can learn from Richie Kotzen
By Charlie Griffiths published
From Fever Dream to Winery Dogs, Mr Big to Greg Howe and even Poison, we dig into Richie Kotzen’s rich back catalog to offer a lesson in legato-friendly pentatonic shred

Watch Adrian Smith and Richie Kotzen perform Iron Maiden's Wasted Years at their debut Smith/Kotzen gig
By Matt Owen published
Smith revisited the Iron Maiden classic – lifted from the band's 1986 album Somewhere In Time – with the help of his new bandmate
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Adrian Smith and Richie Kotzen announce first US tour dates
By Matt Parker published
Smith/Kotzen are heading out on a run of North American dates starting in January 2022, followed by a UK tour in February/March

Smith/Kotzen announce four-track EP, Better Days, share riff-loaded title track
By Matt Owen published
The four-track offering, due November 26, arrives a mere eight months after the duo dropped their self-titled debut album

The Winery Dogs are working on a new album
By Jackson Maxwell published
The follow-up to 2015's Hot Streak is currently being hashed out by the trio in Los Angeles

Jam buddies and neighbors Adrian Smith and Richie Kotzen on swapping guitars, blues phrasing and the secret to successful collaboration
By Amit Sharma published
Introduced by tennis star Pat Cash, the Smith/Kotzen friendship and creative alliance has gone from strength to strength. Here, they talk through their self-titled debut

Adrian Smith & Richie Kotzen: “The style of the record came from our instincts and how we play together”
By Ellie Robinson published
What do you get when you put two of hard-rock’s biggest shredders in a room and tell them to get their blues on?

Richie Kotzen and Adrian Smith swapped signature guitars on their debut Smith/Kotzen album
By Matt Owen published
In a new interview with Guitarist, the rock icons reveal the Fender and Jackson signature-swapping antics that went on in the studio, and dismiss the notion that any guitarist can play bass
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