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30 guitarists on the guitar heroes who changed their life

Slash, Angus Young, Paul Stanley, Billy Gibbons reveal the guitarists who made them want to play in the first place

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Brian May says this Queen song inspired Eddie Van Halen’s two-hand tapping technique

Along with Jimmy Page's Heartbreaker solo, May's tap-heavy lead effort from a 1977 Queen song proved to be an influential force in EVH's own approach

Guitar World

"Man, I like this thing!": Watch Billy Gibbons play the blues on a cardboard Strat

Even with the odd body material, the ZZ Top man looks – and sounds – right at home

Guitar World

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Watch Billy Gibbons tear it up on a custom Fender Strat made out of cardboard – with Matt Sorum playing cardboard drums

While we were all busy with the tone wood cork sniffing, along comes the Reverend and makes cardboard sound divine in a track written and performed on the spot with Sorum

MusicRadar

Billy Gibbons has an unfinished song he wrote with Jeff Beck called Chocolate Meatballs

Billy Gibbons reflects on his solo shows, life without Dusty Hill, and new life with Elwood Francis

Louder

New documentary on Jimmie & Stevie Ray Vaughan now available on streaming

Brothers In Blues includes interviews with Eric Clapton, Jackson Browne, Billy Gibbons and Nile Rodgers

Guitar World

Ian Hunter: an absolutely epic interview

He’s older than rock’n’roll itself, and back with an all-star cast on his new album on Sun Records. Here he talks to about working with Jeff Beck and Taylor Hawkins, punk rock, Alex Harvey, David Bowie, and sex and drugs in the 70s

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Watch Metallica's Kirk Hammett play John Lennon and Yardbirds classics alongside Johnny Depp, Ronnie Wood, Billy Gibbons, Imelda May at Jeff Beck tribute gig

The first of two all-star Jeff Beck tribute concerts in London featured some of the world's most celebrated guitar heroes

Metal Hammer

Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood, Kirk Hammett and more close out first Jeff Beck tribute concert with star-studded rendition of Going Down

Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks, John McLaughlin, Johnny Depp, Gary Clark Jr. and many more all squeezed onstage to pay tribute to the late guitar great

Guitar World

Billy Gibbons gets his pedals on Amazon – and his favorite brand starts at $15

Larkin Poe’s Rebecca Lovell has revealed that, despite his boutique guitar and amp choices, the ZZ Top icon is obsessed with cheap mini pedals

Guitar World

Ally Venable on Les Pauls: “They’re not just one-trick ponies – if you experiment with the controls, you can get a lot of different tones out of them”

The Texan blues hot-shot talks Gibson's famous single-cut, the Wounded Warrior she calls her own and that time Billy Gibbons told her she was playing Sunshine of Your Love wrong

Guitar World

How Kareem 'Big K.O.' Denis and Darryl 'DMC' McDaniels are bringing hard rock guitar back to hip-hop

The Firebird-loving guitarist/producer and Run-DMC legend on their mission to prove hip-hop can be just as heavy as metal, getting gear tips from Billy Gibbons, and why Gibson humbuckers are the foundation of funk and soul guitar

Guitar World

Satchel used a plugin rather than a real amp for most of his solos on the new Steel Panther record: “I don't think people can tell the difference”

The glam metal player thinks that guitarists’ obsession with gear is dangerous: “If you keep f***ing around, you won’t write a song”

Guitar World

Gov't Mule announce new album Peace... Like A River, launch Dreaming Out Loud single

"The songs take twists and turns that are not common in today’s pop music world" - Warren Haynes

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Watch Slash and ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons play Sweet Home Alabama at star-studded Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute

Lynyrd Skynyrd were honoured at the CMT Music Awards with an all-star performance also featuring Paul Rodgers, Peter Frampton, LeAnn Rimes and more

Guitar World

Watch Slash, Billy Gibbons and Warren Haynes play an all-star medley of Lynyrd Skynyrd classics in tribute to Gary Rossington

Gary Clark Jr. also paid tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan at the show with a blazing cover of The House Is Rockin’

MusicRadar

See Gary Clark Jr play a tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan, while Slash, Paul Rodgers, Warren Haynes and Billy Gibbons salute Gary Rossington at the CMT Awards

The bluesman played The House Is Rockin, and Slash joined an all-star band for Simple Man and Sweet Home Alabama

Guitar World

Slash, Billy Gibbons and Warren Haynes to perform in all-star tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd's Gary Rossington at the CMT Awards

The Southern rock legend’s memorial show at the 2023 CMT Awards will feature some huge guitar talent among a band of big-name rock and country stars

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Watch Billy Gibbons join Billy Joel onstage at Madison Square Garden to jam on ZZ Top classics La Grange and Tush

A little bit of Texas took over NYC as Gibbons brought the house down during one of Joel's epic sets of his MSG residency

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Morris Day knows what time it is: 'Last Call' for his recording career

MINNEAPOLIS — Dig if you will this confusing picture: Morris Day is headlining the New Year's Eve festivities at Paisley Park even though the Prince Estate, which runs the Chanhassen studio-turned-museum, won't allow Day to use the moniker that made him famous — the Time.

The Guardian - UK

‘Jailhouse Rock made prison seem like fun’: Billy Gibbons’s honest playlist

The ZZ Top vocalist and guitarist was five when he went to an Elvis Presley concert, and has a passion for dice. But which tune is his karaoke favourite?

The Independent UK

New this week: Beyoncé, Shark Week, ESPYS and 'The Gray Man'

This week’s new entertainment releases include Beyoncé’s new album “Renaissance,” Stephen Curry hosting the ESPYS sports awards and the summer thrill ride known as Shark Week returns to Discovery Channel for its 34th year

Chicago Sun-Times

The Black Keys ‘Boogie’ their way back to the beginning

This year not only marks the 20th roundabout of their quiet debut “The Big Come Up,” but also follows the recent 10-year milestone of “El Camino.”

Louder

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A definitive guide to the very best rock bands to ever have bothered polite society

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