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How Kid Congo Powers fused jazz and punk with the Bad Seeds, the Cramps… and Ry Cooder’s amps
Powers reveals how drugs, jazz and lessons from the Cramps’ Poison Ivy were all brought to bear on Gun Club’s seminal 1984 album, The Las Vegas Story
Dweezil Zappa on the high-tech custom build that Eddie Van Halen dubbed “The Super Pluto Guitar”
The tale of a truly distinctive instrument that was custom-made for a trio of rock’s most innovative players in the 1980s
“The guitar duel scene with Ry Cooder wasn’t working. Ry called up Guitar Player and asked who the new hotshot on the block was”: Steve Vai on how he got the career-defining Crossroads gig
Vai's portrayal of Jack Butler in the iconic 1986 film inspired a generation of players – now, Vai has detailed how he came to be the guitar hotshot the film's producers were looking for to widen its appeal
Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder on reuniting after nearly 60 years to pay tribute to blues legends Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry
Get On Board finds two old friends and collaborators back in the studio for an album of Piedmont blues covers that might just happen to be their finest hour on record
Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder join forces for their first new album together in 57 years
Set for an April 22 release, Get On Board: The Songs Of Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee is the duo's first full-length studio collaboration since the debut LP from their long-defunct band, the Rising Sons
Ry Cooder’s original heavily modded “Coodercaster” Strat is up for sale for $150,000
The one-of-a-kind instrument was Cooder’s main guitar for decades, and inspired a whole sub-genre of Stratocasters
Joe Bonamassa's guide to 10 of the best blues-rock guitar solos of all time
Today's biggest blues guitarist names his faves
