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![UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 17: Hootie and the Blowfish performing at Roseland.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZiFASN3intJVCAzwFc2wpG-320-80.jpg)
How a guitar accessory and a rejection of grunge created one of the 1990s' defining songs
By Joe Matera published
Mark Bryan reveals how Hootie and the Blowfish claimed their biggest chart success with "Only Wanna Be With You"
![Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top performs in concert at Cedar Park Center on April 30, 2015 in Cedar Park, Texas.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hK7eyV84kSQwLcEDDuzdm3-320-80.jpg)
"We hit this one lick, and the lighting director came rushing forward: 'Don't change a thing!”’ Billy Gibbons reveals how a soundcheck jam turned into ZZ Top's breakthrough hit
By Gary Graff published
Gibbons says he has new music in the works with ZZ and the BFGs, whose new single — "Livin' It Up Down in Texas" from the Paramount+ series Landman — comes out today
![Junior Marvin of The Wailers performing on the main stage during Kendal Calling 2018 at Lowther Deer Park on July 29, 2018 in Kendal, England. Bob Marley and The Wailers perform on stage at the Odeon, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 18 July 1975.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qBemkSkoFYUsrR6eYyWMF8-320-80.jpg)
Junior Marvin on being picked by Bob Marley as his lead guitarist on 'Exodus,' the album that brought reggae to the world
By Andrew Daly last updated
Marvin says engineer Roger Mayer brought him a Strat from Manny’s in New York specifically chosen for album sessions
![Joe Bonamassa au Montreux Jazz Festival le 14 juillet 2023.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PMNoRfe8JjzjfPftr8XpF8-320-80.jpg)
Joe Bonamassa names "10 Records That Changed My Life"
By Andrew Daly published
Joe B reveals each album's significance to him — and includes one or two that might surprise you
![David Paton performs on stage at Countdown Spectacular 2 at the Rod Laver Arena on 30th August 2007 in Melbourne, Australia.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Svamr57unbeE6nuH3tePoe-320-80.jpg)
It took 50 years, but this guitarist's tune has become an inescapable hit. You've probably heard it at least once today
By Joe Matera last updated
David Paton's "Magic" was a number-five hit in 1975. Ozempic turned it into a 21st century pop-culture phenomenon
![Lzzy Hale of Halestorm performs at Pine Knob Music Theatre on July 13, 2024 in Clarkston, Michigan.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dFVRaBAiTF9jVxvG3Aq7DC-320-80.jpg)
“The best Van Halen album — period.” Lzzy Hale tells us the 10 records that changed her life
By Joe Bosso published
“It’s one of the magical things about music,” she says. “If it gets inside you, it’s yours, and nothing can take that away”
![Guitarist Charlie Christian performing in Benny Goodman's band in circa 1939 New York](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YwTfXScrzXxCdVPbbwxErZ-320-80.jpg)
What Charlie Christian did with his reasonably sized toolbox was incredible. Here's what I learned
By Jim Campilongo published
Jazz guitarist Jim Campilongo reflects on Christian's groundbreaking guitar work on the 1987 compilation 'Charlie Christian – The Genius of the Electric Guitar'
![Andy Summers poses with guitar in 2021](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YQRJtjnbh998ypHno2mscB-320-80.jpg)
Andy Summers reveals his role in the making of the Police hit “Every Breath You Take”
By Gary Graff published
The former Police guitarist says his riff should have earned him a writing credit
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