Latest articles by Adam Levy
Buddy Guy just turned 90, but he still remembers the guitar lesson that changed everything
The future blues legend wanted to learn how Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker played. His high school music teacher had other ideas.
Buddy Guy on the one thing every guitar player needs to play the blues
“There’s some things they do that I wish I had known!” the blues guitar icon says of a few select guitar heroes who followed in his footsteps
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
“I thought I'd mastered the 7-string after a week of sitting and practicing... then I went to a Korn rehearsal and stood up – My whole week of practicing sitting down was for nothing”: Brian Welch on his 7-string journey, and his unusual playing posture
The Korn guitarist struggled initially to find his way around the 7-string in a performance-like setting. Though he would overcome his initial difficulties, their impact on his style was permanent
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