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The Current's Guitar Collection: Jeffrey Foucault, 1940s Gibson J-45
Singer-songwriter Jeffrey Foucault talks about how a Gibson J-45 that he just seemed meant to have eventually found its way ...
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Ahead of return to Clearwater, Little Feat's Bill Payne reveals the best gig he ever saw
It’s strange enough that keyboardist Bill Payne is the only surviving founding member of Little Feat, but with the 2019 death ...
The artist George Martin was encouraged not to work with: “He’s a loser”
George Martin might have called his own shots, but he said that certain people have recommended staying far away from fellow ...
American Songwriter1d
3 Songs Written but Not Originally Performed by Jimmy Page
If you know Jimmy Page, you know Led Zeppelin. The lead guitarist and songwriter for the British-born classic rock group was his idea. He got the players together, from Robert Plant to John Paul Jones ...
Jerry Cantrell opens up on his missing guitar fears, pushing beyond his limits – and why AI could never do AIC
The Alice In Chains icon took his abilities to new heights on I Want Blood, chasing new tones, going hard with the riffs, and ...
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Ireland In 50 Albums, No 35: Mind Your Own Business, by Henry McCullough (1975)
The renowned Co Derry guitarist had achieved fame with Paul McCartney and Joe Cocker, but this album gave him a chance to focus on his own material ...
Was 1975 the best year ever for albums? Our readers weigh in with their choices.
Guitar great Jeff Beck’s “Blow By Blow” and Tommy Bolin’s “Teaser” are favorites of several of our respondents. Other ...
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Billy Corgan Calls Tom Morello, Adam Jones, And Himself The Modern-Day Beck, Clapton, And Page
Billy Corgan recently invited Tom Morello to join him on his The Magnificent Others interview series, where the two musicians ...
Jazz bass giant Stanley Clarke brings band to Yoshi's in Oakland
Legendary jazz bass player Stanley Clarke returns to Yoshi's for a three-night run with his latest band starting Friday night.
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“Joe is on fire! What better inspiration can you get?”: Steve Vai describes the “craziness” of his new music with Joe Satriani
“I have this thing I call my ‘infinity shelf’, which is a hard drive with snippets of guitar ideas,” Vai tells MusicRadar, speaking to us from The Harmony Hut, his home studio in Encino. “I’m talking ...
“The most agonizingly wonderful thing”: The album that moved Jeff Beck to tears
Jeff Beck may have his fair share of emotional music in his arsenal, but he knew that he was dealing with pure beauty listening to certain records.
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Ace Frehley Responds To Gene Simmons’ Public Comments On His Playing
In the debut episode of The Magnificent Others, Billy Corgan’s new interview series, Gene Simmons recalled the moment Ace Frehley auditioned for KISS—and the impression he left on the band from the ...