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Guitar Player ends 58-year print run. Read the editor's final letter
By GP Editors published
Guitar Player magazine's final issue goes onsale next week. Read editor Christopher Scapelliti’s final editorial about the print mag’s historic run and its online future
“I had just written a classic — and I was terrified I might never do it again.” John Fogerty on CCR’s "Proud Mary"
By Gary Graff published
Fogerty also names the classic rock-and-roll guitarists who influenced his roots-rock style
Neal Schon explains how Journey broke the first rule of songwriting with “Don’t Stop Believin’”
By Gary Graff published
Schon says he was shocked when Forbes named it the Biggest Song of All Time
Mark Tremonti reveals how Creed wrote their hit “Higher” — spontaneously, in front of an audience
By Andrew Daly published
The guitarist also tells how suicide, soundchecks and airplanes played roles in his favorite Creed tracks
Scott Gorham tells how Thin Lizzy’s “The Boys Are Back in Town” was saved from oblivion
By Andrew Daly published
The classic-rock icon also shared with us the Irish origins of the group’s twin-guitar harmony attack
Jimmy Page on how Led Zeppelin's triumphant 2007 reunion took shape, and the tour that never was
By Jackson Maxwell published
Speaking to GP in 2020, Page said that he, John Paul Jones, and Jason Bonham “had honed ourselves to the point where we were ready” for a tour after the band's acclaimed full set at the Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert
Alex Van Halen teases a snippet of Unfinished – the last song he worked on with his brother, Eddie
By Phil Weller published
The song is set to feature in the audiobook version of the drummer’s soon-to-be-released autobiography, Brothers, and finds Eddie in melodious form
“I get hired to be me, instead of those awkward moments where they say, ‘Can you sound like XYZ?’” Molly Miller on balancing jazz and Jason Mraz
By Jeff Jacobson published
Miller revels in her jazz chops on new album The Battle of Hotspur. But as this doctor of musical arts explains, it’s just one facet of her myriad guitar talents
Cold water therapy inspired Sam Evian’s new album – which has so many guest guitarists, he wound up playing bass
By Christopher Scapelliti published
The vintage instruments and recording gear in his upstate New York studio let the singer-songwriter follow his muse where it leads. On Plunge, it swims in a wash of warm, overdriven guitars, with guests including Adrianne Lenker and El Kempner
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