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July 2024

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July 26
- “When I got the role of Keith Partridge, they knew I could play and sing because I played Voodoo Child before my screen test”: David Cassidy on seeing Hendrix, learning from the session guitar greats, and jamming with Paul McCartney and John Lennon
July 19
- “When Paul Shaffer introduced the Blues Brothers for the first time on SNL, he said, ‘With the help of Curt Salgado and the Cray Band, we give you the Blues Brothers’”: Robert Cray on Animal House, and the origins of the Blues Brothers
July 18
- “Femininity in rock and roll isn’t always something you find. If you’re a woman, being tough has meant being like Joan Jett”: With a helping hand from Greta Van Fleet's Sam Kiszka, Hannah Wicklund has her eyes on the prize
July 16
- “I got the idea: ‘What if I had something with a variable speed motor, like a Dremel?‘ My tech said, ‘Oh, you want a vibrator‘: David Bowie and the Cure guitarist Reeves Gabrels on the joys of taking your tone into uncharted waters
July 15
- “When I heard David Lindley play the Weissenborn, I went, ‘That’s the most incredible thing I’ve ever heard in my entire life!’”: Ben Harper on playing with Jack Johnson and Harry Styles, and the crazy Martin Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie built
July 12
- “Jerry slides, uses tone and volume swells, and plays glissandos that kiss the sky”: Steel Guitar Favorites shows Jerry Byrd at the very top of his game
July 11
- “Chet Atkins told me, ‘A guitar’s your friend for life. It’ll be your best friend.’ And they are. They’re wonderful companions”: Mark Knopfler on the guitars he couldn't send to auction, and that all-star version of Going Home
July 2
- “They were my go-to guitar players for a bunch of stuff... Whatever I thought of and asked for, they could do it”: How Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner transformed Lou Reed's moody, street-smart performances into an album of twin-guitar-led hard rock heroics
July 1
- “I try to avoid using my middle pickup. That’s the Stevie Ray Vaughan sound. My treble pickup sounds more like me”: Scott Henderson on trombone-emulating pedals, and balancing dense arrangements with blues progressions