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John Lee Hooker told us how the blues is supposed to be played
The blues giant also called Stevie Ray Vaughan "one of the greatest" and raved about B.B. King and Muddy Waters in this engaging chat from our August 1992 issue
Paul McCartney said necessity made him and John Lennon learn to be ambidextrous guitar players
McCartney also revealed how he came to understand the bass guitar's transformational power while recording the Beatles' "Michelle"
Grace Bowers on Funkadelic, Leslie West and the 10 records that changed her life
The guitar wunderkind reveals the diverse range of funk, rock and R&B albums that shaped her as a musician
Rudolf Schenker on Scorpions’ “Rock You Like a Hurricane” and the guitar Slowhand couldn’t own
The guitarist says the 1984 hit went through nine revisions before it was ready to record
David Gilmour revealed his favorite solo and the guitar behind Pink Floyd’s biggest songs (it’s not the Black Strat)
The guitar icon shared insights into his guitar style and the origins of his pedal-steel guitar with Guitar Player in 2003
Mike Campbell on the lessons he learned from Tom Petty and the guitars he’ll never part with
The guitarist explains how the Dirty Knobs became his labor of love in the wake of Petty's premature death
Oz Noy explains the one thing every guitar player needs to unlock fretboard knowledge
The guitarist also tells why it's important to tune your guitar by ear, along with five other top tips
“That's the easiest part, the solos." Why Angus Young thinks rhythm guitar is harder to play than lead
The guitarist shared with us his favorite solos, but said “I never look at them as a solo thing. It’s our band. We all play together”
