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Robby Krieger reveals how breaking the rules resulted in the Doors' breakthrough hit, "Light My Fire"
The guitarist says his chart-topping song came about because Jim Morrison said "We need more originals"
Gene Simmons says Ace Frehley copied a Robby Krieger guitar solo note for note on a famous Kiss track
Mike McCready liked Frehley's solo so much he used it for Pearl Jam's "Alive," giving the solo a third time in the spotlight
Guitar Player presents the top guitarists of the 1980s you need to know
From Eddie Van Halen and Stevie Ray Vaughan to Daniel Ash and Jamie West-Oram, we cover the gamut of the 1980s' greatest players across the genres
Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson says Eric Clapton convinced him he had a limited future as a guitarist
Anderson credits Clapton and albums by Dire Straits, Pink Floyd and Frank Zappa with shaping his musical direction
"We thought his music was very similar to ours, and we latched on to him amazingly quickly.” Paul McCartney explained how a youthful error led him to write one of his greatest guitar tracks for the Beatles
"Blackbird" developed from his and George Harrison's love of Bach's Bourée in E minor and their attempts to master the piece as young teenagers
Guitar Player presents 50 badass blues guitar solos you must hear
From the players of old to the guitarists shaping the blues scene, this list serves up a cross section of the genre’s finest solos from across nearly a century of guitar blues
Joe Bonamassa says he's played over 3,500 shows. This was his worst
"I think I got a Diet Coke out of it," the guitarist says. "And that was it."
Leslie West revealed the picking techniques that made him a singularly great guitar hero to Eddie Van Halen, Randy Rhoads and Pete Townshend
Speaking to Guitar Player in 1972, the Mountain guitarist laid out his use of "harmonic jumps" and high volume to achieve a wide range of articulations
