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John Sykes has passed away at age 65 after a long battle with cancer
The English guitarist arrived in the 1980s' New Wave of British Heavy Metal, toting a Les Paul Custom and a vibrato wider than the English Channel
"He had that flowing melody thing that feels like you're singing along with the music." Warren Haynes talks Dickey Betts' influence as he prepares to honor the Allman Brothers Band giant in a star-studded concert
Haynes will join Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi and many others for the 'In Memory of Dickey Betts' tribute show in Macon, Georgia, on February 28
“We had different ideas." Jack Bruce on how Eric Clapton was the odd man out in Cream
Bruce said the band's label saw Cream as a quick cash grab and had no idea the group would be as influential as it was in England and abroad
How Andy Summers used chord fragments and an Echoplex to change the sound of rock guitar
The former Police guitarist told us how the group's evolution in the midst of punk led him to his breakthrough achievement as a singular guitar stylist
“I’m going, ‘This guy is better at what I do than I am!' ” Eddie Van Halen on the one guitarist he said out–Van Halened him
Ed's impressions of Steve Vai weren't entirely positive, and he wondered if others saw him the same way
Pete Townshend said no one can touch him on guitar when it comes to one particular skill
He claimed Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton both praised him for his talent, which he honed in response to the performance style of his bandmates in the Who
Why this rare clip of Jimi Hendrix in his early years proves he was always destined for greatness
He was a mere sideman during a televised Buddy & Stacey performance in 1965, but even if the camera neglected him, his talents do not
Steve Vai says Robert Fripp saw something in his playing he didn't like. So he told him how to fix it
It was a song that had proved troublesome in the build-up and after scouring clips online, the guitarist received a valuable lesson from the man himself
