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Harvey Mandel replaced big names without a thought, and lost out via EVH and Keith Richards
By Andrew Daly published
The two-hand tapping pioneer on playing with Canned Heat, Jerry Garcia and John Mayall, getting beaten to the Stones gig by Ronnie Wood – and that time he was kidnapped by Alvin Lee and Mick Taylor

Jimi Hendrix's Woodstock bandmates reunite for the first time in nearly 40 years to perform Band of Gypsys-era classics
By Janelle Borg published
Bassist Billy Cox and percussionists Gerardo Velez and Juma Sultan paid homage to the legendary guitarist's repertoire

"I thought, 'Wait a minute – we never practiced this…'" Jimi Hendrix bassist Billy Cox remembers Woodstock
By Richard Johnston published
From the archive: Billy Cox on Hendrix, Band of Gypsys, his influences and that Woodstock show

Every guitarist should hear this isolated guitar track of Jimi Hendrix performing Voodoo Child live at Woodstock
By Matt Parker published
A guitar recording from the most famous gig of Hendrix’s career can now be experienced unobscured

"It was a wild scene up there": The Jimi Hendrix Experience's Billy Cox and Mitch Mitchell recount the explosive, and chaotic, Woodstock set that changed the world
By Andy Aledort published
In this classic GW interview, Hendrix's late-period rhythm section reveal the highs and lows of one of rock's most immortal performances, and what it was really like to collaborate with the ultimate guitar hero

Watch Eric Gales and Carlos Santana share the stage at the 1994 Woodstock Festival
By Matt Owen published
A young Gales featured alongside his godfather for a blistering five-minute performance, which included all the hallmarks of what would become his own brand of blues

PRS unveils all-new HX amp line inspired by Jimi Hendrix's 'Woodstock' Marshall Super Lead
By Matt Owen published
The new amps were designed with the newly documented Hendrix Touring Circuit in mind, and seek to deliver "the same great tone, feel and reliability" of the guitar legend's revered Marshall head

Leslie West, 1945-2020: the guitar world pays tribute
By Matt Owen published
Peter Frampton, Joe Bonamassa and Joe Satriani are among the players who have paid their respects to the influential Mountain guitarist
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