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John Lee Hooker told us how the blues is supposed to be played
The blues giant also called Stevie Ray Vaughan "one of the greatest" and raved about B.B. King and Muddy Waters in this engaging chat from our August 1992 issue
The night Eric Clapton invited Richie Sambora to a dream jam session
The former Bon Jovi man opens up on being accepted by the blues community and his heroes, having cut his teeth playing the blues as a young, hopeful guitarist
John Lee Hooker: "Out of the Younger Generation of the Blues Singers, Who Was My Pride and Joy? Stevie Ray Vaughan... He Could Do Anybody – Albert King, Jimi Hendrix, George Benson – Anybody's Thing. I'd Sit Down and Watch Him Do That"
The bluesman who Miles Davis once described as the "funkiest man alive" discusses his love of B.B. King's signature Gibson, his most beloved Fender amps, and the guitarist who came closest to his style with GP in this 1992 interview.
“Somebody called and told him I sounded pretty good, and he decided to come by and see for mimself”: When Buddy Guy met Muddy Waters
Arriving in Chicago from Baton Rouge in 1957, Buddy was a starving musician when he was “fed by the Mud”
“I Got to Chicago on September the 25th, 1957. And I’m Still Here”: How Buddy Guy Went From Diddley Bow “Country Boy” to Chicago Blues Legend
“I said to myself, I want to do something the rest of the kids can’t do. And I thought, I want to play the guitar,” says the blues icon
“People Talk About the Good Old Days, but the Good Days Are Today”: Television Guitarist Richard Lloyd Reflects on His Highly Influential Career in Music
The most galvanizing guitarist to emerge from New York’s CBGB scene recalls a lifetime of nerve-tingling axe work
"Your Recorded Music Is Your Legacy": Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi Reveal the Guitar Secrets Behind ‘I Am the Moon’
Their expansive quadruple album project explodes with joy, power and positivity
Rory Gallagher’s School of Blues
This archive gem could be the best free guitar lesson you’ve ever had.
