It would be interesting to read the data on what percentage of guitar players have at one point in their journey not performed a cover of another artist’s song. We’d be shocked if it was not close to 100 per cent.
Name a guitar great and there’s more than likely an iconic cover associated with them. Whether it’s Slash’s take on Knockin’ on Heaven's Door with Guns N' Roses, Eddie Van Halen's re-working of You Really Got Me, Stevie Ray Vaughan's Little Wing or, of course, Jimi Hendrix’s iconic reinterpretation of All Along the Watchtower, the cover has become a rite of passage.
