As Mick Fleetwood said himself, without Peter Green, there would be no Fleetwood Mac. Christine McVie even likened him to “Jesus”. Green laid the foundations for what was to come by embodying the ...

Jeff “Skunk” Baxter made his Doobie Brothers debut on ‘Stampede’ as an official band member, which he discusses along with ...

Asaad Shlash, Hassan Abd Alrahman, Faraj Birkdar and Haitham Alkatreb served long jail terms in the 1990s. Students and professors at Syrian universities with an interest in music, the four were also ...

Justin Hawkins is known to all as a man of rock, but, perhaps surprisingly, he is also a lifelong reggae fan. In fact, he ...

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Electricity? Overrated… ‘Real’ guitarists know that a guitar’s genuine excitement is best earned via the more personal connection of the player plus the resonant wooden body of an acoustic. Decades ...

Adrian Smith has written some of Iron Maiden’s greatest songs over the years - but when he first joined the band in 1980 he had to wait for his chance to prove himself as a writer. As an instinctively ...

Then we started writing. We left that song untouched until yesterday when I sang it for the first time for the man who inspired it on our wedding day. Felt really fitting." She later added lyrics in ...

People everywhere would stand around, become enamoured with their favourite guitar solos and constantly mimic the style of their favourite guitarist. Some solos were so effective that they became ...

In addition to his guitar skills (which are legendary ... “Every time I brought a new song to the boys I’d be as nervous as hell, thinking, ‘They’re gonna say it’s rubbish, they ...

I had the Beatles’ second American album, and I had Dionne Warwick’s album, and at a certain point I had the Yardbirds’ first American album, because of the guitar playing. But yeah ...

of AC/DC’s “Highway to Hell,” as an homage to the band who ... Her sultry vocals sounded like they were made for the song. In fact, we’d love to see Miss Dua’s take on more rock-inspired ...