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“Mick Taylor would play the top lines. Keith Richards would write most of the songs... Once, Keith said, ‘You play too f*cking loud. I can’t work with you in the room right now‘”: Andy Johns on the Rolling Stones' turbulent Exile on Main St. sessions
By Matt Blackett published
Though the late engineer had already worked with George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Free, Eric Clapton, and Led Zeppelin, he saw what would become the Stones' masterpiece as “the most important project” he'd ever taken on
![Andrew Watt performs onstage at Beacon Theatre on February 04, 2022 in New York City.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wqpW6tZuxZEWde9ronCbEc-320-80.jpg)
"Every kid who picks up a guitar wants to be Keith Richards, right?" How Andrew Watt kicked Keef and Mick Jagger "up the ass in the studio," connected the Stones back to Muddy Waters, and recruited Paul McCartney for a punky cameo on the band's new album
By Brad Tolinski published
Andrew Watt has made records with Ozzy Osbourne, Iggy Pop, Pearl Jam, and more, but manning the boards for the Rolling Stones' Hackney Diamonds was, he says, "the honor of my lifetime”
![English guitarist Keith Richards of rock group The Rolling Stones plays a Gibson Les Paul guitar with Bigsby Vibrato on the set of the ABC Television pop music television show Thank Your Lucky Stars at Alpha Television Studios in Birmingham, England on 21st March 1965.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cdJe9ugkR6EsHxVJuEso8V-320-80.png)
"The shot heard around the world”: How the Rolling Stones’ debut appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show launched not only them but also the Gibson Les Paul Standard
By Rod Brakes published
The Stones' first appearance on the Ed Sullivan show shocked parents, thrilled kids, and gave many people their first glimpse of “the most historically important ‘Burst” – Keith Richards’ 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard. Guitar dealer Richard Henry retraces its history
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“It wouldn’t have worked!” Keith Richards on why Jeff Beck wasn’t the right fit for the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney’s bass carnage – and why his 5-string Telecaster works
By Tom Poak published
In a new interview in the latest Guitar Player, Keith Richards opens up about Charlie Watts, Jeff Beck, playing with McCartney and this theory on why his 5-string Telecaster works
![(from left) Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger, and Keith Richards](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wLUzrmyeKPjrWv7SKXHvw5-320-80.jpg)
60 Years on, The Rolling Stones Are Still Going Strong. Hear Their New Single, "Angry"
By Jackson Maxwell published
The oh-so-Stones-y tune is the lead single from 'Hackney Diamonds,' the band's first studio album of new material in almost 20 years.
![Dan Amstrong guitar the Rolling Stones' Keith Richards, Mick Jagger and Bill Wyman](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6HtHv97vcVofXhGYUPXFea-320-80.jpg)
Played by Keith Richards, Joe Perry and Tom Verlaine, the “See-Through” Ampeg Dan Amstrong Guitar Earned Its Own Fan Club of Top-Name Guitarists
By Dave Hunter published
The story of the beloved and delightfully bizarre 1969 Ampeg Dan Armstrong
![The Rolling Stones pose for a portrait in 1967 (L-R): singer Mick Jagger, bassist Bill Wyman, drummer Charlie Watts, guitairst Keith Richards, and guitarist Brian Jones.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TKBULrMaJPsE93h7TY2zzG-320-80.jpg)
One of the Most Reviled Albums in the Rolling Stones’ Catalog, Is It Time We Took Another Listen to ‘Their Satanic Majesties Request’?
By Christopher Scapelliti published
This 1967 psychedelic departure could be the Stones’ most underrated album
![Brian May of Queen performs on stage at Palau Sant Jordi on May 22, 2016 in Barcelona, Spain](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qkcsizVjfSCR2hnZdxTyt5-320-80.jpg)
Half a Century of Killer Guitar Tone and Now More Popular Than the Beatles, Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones on Spotify, Queen Are Still Delivering their Unique Kind of Magic
By Christopher Scapelliti last updated
50 years on from the release of Queen’s self-titled debut album, Brian May remains an inspiration to guitarists of all ages
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