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Davey Johnstone explains his greatest guitar moments from Elton John’s ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’
By Joe Bosso last updated
Johnstone tells the story behind the album's key guitar tracks, including "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding"
“When I went to my first meeting with Elton, I immediately hit him with ideas. Elton saw my willingness to put myself out there”: Elton John guitarist Davey Johnstone reveals how learning the sitar benefited his guitar playing, and how (not) to get a gig
By Joe Bosso published
After five decades and thousands of gigs with superstar Elton John, Davey Johnstone has plenty of valuable advice to help you reach the top of your game
“I didn’t want to be the flashy lead player. Whether it was Keith Richards, Pete Townshend, David Crosby or Richie Havens, what the left hand was doing was more fascinating to me than what the right hand was doing": The Paul Stanley interview
By Ken Sharp published
As Kiss hang up their guitars, Paul Stanley looks back on the instruments and musicians that shaped his musical personality
50 Years Ago, Rock and Roll Experienced One of Its Greatest Years: Here’s Why
By Christopher Scapelliti published
With debut albums from Queen and Aerosmith, epic masterpieces by Mike Oldfield and Elton John, plus Pink Floyd’s ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ and Led Zeppelin’s ‘Houses of the Holy,’ 1973 was a multi-genre, stylistically freewheeling musical jamboree
"I’ve Had an Amazing, Unbelievable Career”: Elton John Guitarist Davey Johnstone Names His Top Five Tracks
By Joe Bosso published
With a new solo album – 'Deeper Than My Roots' – under his belt, Elton’s primo axe slinger picks out the deepest cuts from his glittering musical legacy
5 of Doyle Bramhall II’s Greatest Guitar Playing Insights
By Rod Brakes, Shawn Hammond published
The maestro talks songwriting, soloing and more in these inspiring interview snippets from the GP archive.
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