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Jimi Hendrix predicted the rock guitar act that would lead "mind-blowing" music into the future. He wasn't wrong
By Phil Weller published
Hendrix’s comments strike up an interesting debate about what makes an artist “mind-blowing”
Wolfgang Van Halen shreds the rivalry between EVH and Randy Rhoads with a ripping version of "Crazy Train"
By Phil Weller published
Wolfgang honored the late guitar hero at Osbourne's latest Rock Hall induction ceremony
How teen blues guitar sensation Grace Bowers is winning over critics one gig at a time
By Phil Weller published
She’s been championed by some of the best blues players around, but comments about her age and gender show she has work ahead of her
The Jesus Lizard’s Duane Denison tried to sell Steve Howe a rare jazz guitar when he was a teenager
By Phil Weller published
The punk guitarist explains his early love for prog-rock players like Robert Fripp, Jan Akkerman and Howe
Eddie Van Halen didn't like John Frusciante's choice of wah pedal. His advice was priceless
By Christopher Scapelliti published
Guitar tech Dave Lee says the plastic wah pedal was Frusciante's favorite — and the easiest to break
Marshall Crenshaw almost let his hit single pass him by. His label had other ideas
By Gary Graff published
The guitarist tells the story behind “Someday, Someway” and other treasures from his career
Ritchie Blackmore on the time Ian Anderson pranked him at a Jethro Tull concert
By Elizabeth Swann published
The Blackmore's Night guitarist was no stranger to controversy when it came to talking about his fellow six-stringers
Stevie Ray Vaughan explains his left-handed vibrato and why Albert King was filing his nails during his solo
By Christopher Scapelliti published
Stevie revealed the stories behind both oddities in a now-historic 1984 interview with Guitar Player
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