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“Jimi Hendrix songs which only you can listen to!”: Previously unheard demos are up for auction - but they’re not cheap!

One tape recorded in 1968 is expected to go for £200,000!

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“I was truly terrified. In the first few months, I was on the same stage as every one of my heroes: Mike Bloomfield, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix”: Martin Barre explains why his early days with Jethro Tull were a trial by fire

Jethro Tull went on tour with Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and Vanilla Fudge right after Barre joined the band

Guitar World

Unearthed Jimi Hendrix songs to go on sale – and only the buyer may hear them

One recording may sell for up to £200,000

The Independent UK

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Newly found Jimi Hendrix tapes give fans chance to own song only they can listen to

Four never-before-heard demos will be sold at auction along with documents rescued by former PA to the star’s manager

The Guardian - UK

“They put me in a cell with a bank robber and a murderer. The bank robber seemed like a nice bloke. Said he had all my albums”: The wild life and crazy times of Joe Cocker

Joe Cocker was the unlikely Sheffield superstar loved by The Beatles – but drink, drugs and debauchery almost sent him over the edge

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“The Grateful Dead? Man, they were abysmal. After 20 minutes half the audience had gone”: Meat Loaf’s wild tales of Iggy Pop, the MC5, The Who and more

Iggy, Joe Cocker, Jerry Garcia, The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band – Meat Loaf crossed paths with them all

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“I doubt there’s going to be another Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page or Eddie Van Halen”: Joe Perry on why the age of the guitar hero might be over – even though the instrument still has a bright future

Perry is confident there's more to explore on the fretboard and players will continue to push the boundaries of guitar music – but the individual feats of guitarists might not be viewed in quite the same way

Guitar World

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From Fela Kuti to Jimi Hendrix and The Grateful Dead – the story of music manager Rikki Stein

Rikki Stein, born into a regular, middle-class home in the UK, has had what must have seemed an unlikely career. As a music manager he has toured the world in the company of music legends – from the late Nigerian Afrobeat star Fela Kuti to American rockers The Grateful Dead…

The Conversation

They pioneered ‘Heavy Melody’, spearheaded grunge and blazed the trail for drop D tuning – King’s X are one of rock’s most singular bands, and Ty Tabor is a master guitarist who fuses the Beatles and Jimi Hendrix in his supernova style

Ty Tabor combines drop-tuned riffs with Beatles-esque harmonies and groove, and this video masterclass unpacks the King’s X guitarist’s influential rhythm and lead style

Guitar World

“When we finished playing, Bill Clinton came up and introduced himself – with the Secret Service all around. A couple of weeks later, I got this envelope in the mail from the White House”: Jimmy D. Lane was raised among blues greats, but found his own way

The Strat-wielder’s religious moment with Hendrix’s Hey Joe compelled him to spend all his money on a pawn shop guitar… which led to him performing for Bill Clinton, guesting with B.B. King, working with Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Double Trouble and much more

Guitar World

“I think it makes me sound more like Hendrix, don’t you?” David Gilmour saves Comfortably Numb performance after his Jimi Hendrix guitar strap snaps mid-song

Even the greatest guitarists can be blighted with on-stage mishaps – but Gilmour managed to recover in time for song's iconic solo

Guitar World

“Ozzy put a pint glass over his mouth and sucked it until he burst all the blood vessels around his face. Then he turned into a character from Planet Of The Apes”: Gary Moore’s wild tales of Ozzy Osbourne, Phil Lynott and Led Zeppelin

Ozzy, Robert Planet, Rory Gallagher, Peter Green, Ginger Baker – late, great guitarist Gary Moore crossed paths with them all

Louder

“There were these preposterous rumors that had to do with me going to the hospital and being visited by the spirit of Jimi Hendrix. It was ridiculous. I went to hospital in 1968, Hendrix died in 1970”: Frank Marino on Mahogany Rush’s ‘70s awakening

The '70s came fast for Mahogany Rush, and as the crowds grew larger, so did Marino's tone. Here he reflects on a decade of abundance and industry challenges, and crazy – truly crazy – rumors of being haunted by Hendrix's ghost

Guitar World

Monster Hunter will get its own Fender guitar in 2025, joining the hallowed company of Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix and Yngwie Malmsteen

This axe is not the battling kind.

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“It gets tiring doing the same thing. In this life, you gotta do what you want, you gotta let your mind and fancy flow free”: The epic story of Jimi Hendrix’s Axis: Bold As Love, the heart of the guitarist‘s Holy Trinity

The story of Axis: Bold Of Love, Hendrix’s “science fiction rock’n’roll” masterpiece

What Hi-Fi?

10 iconic albums from 1984 celebrating their 40th anniversary this year

1984 was a big deal for music, hence we're celebrating the 40th birthday of some of the year's stellar records.

Louder

"How does anybody get better after something like that?" The Cadillac Three's Jaren Johnston lost his father to Covid. Celebrity fans and the biggest shows of his career are of little comfort

Haunted by grief, driven to succeed: an intimate portrait of The Cadillac Three

Guitar World

“This instrument was such an incredibly special guitar to Jimi”: Jimi Hendrix’s iconic ‘Izabella’ Woodstock Strat is going on the Experience Hendrix tour – and it’s being played by the guitar heroes involved

Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Eric Johnson have both already played the iconic Strat, which was one of the last guitars Hendrix played before his death in 1970

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“I use a lot of chords with open strings. The guys in the Heartbreakers used to laugh at me, saying, ‘You’re doing the bagpipes again!’” Mike Campbell on his unorthodox guitar style – and how Tom Petty saved his definitive Breakdown lick

With Vagabonds, Virgins & Misfits out now, Campbell reflects on a life in music, from first guitars to success with the Heartbreakers and the Dirty Knobs, and lessons learned along the way

Louder

"I was listening to Jimi Hendrix and Zeppelin and asking my mom to help me make bellbottom pants": Bones Owens on growing up, touring on a Harley and living the dream

Caleb ‘Bones’ Owens has worked with Bon Jovi and Carrie Underwood, but now he's carving out a name for himself

MusicRadar

“These are all guys I admire, but to pick one specific solo out?": Alice In Chains’ Jerry Cantrell picks his 6 favourite guitar soloists of all time

Speaking to Rick Beato, the guitarist, songwriter and band founder dishes out six of the best

The Guardian - UK

Hendrix, Jagger, Bowie and me: Terry Reid, the British pop outlier adored by the greats

He was courted by Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple, toured with Tina Turner and the Rolling Stones and was idolised by everyone from Aretha Franklin to Dr Dre. British pop’s nearly man tells his astonishing story

Guitar World

“There are so many emulators of Steve Vai, Joe Satriani and Eddie Van Halen, but no one has been able to play like Frank Gambale”: Matteo Mancuso names 10 guitarists who shaped his sound

From Jimi to Django, these are the ingredients behind Matteo Mancuso’s stunning guitar technique

Louder

"It felt as though there were three guitars behind me that night": The night Jimi Hendrix saved Engelbert Humperdinck

Crooner Engelbert Humperdinck reveals how Jimi Hendrix became his guitarist – for one night only

Louder

Our tiny minds have just been blown by a man playing Jimi Hendrix's Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) on a whammy clavinet

Australian keyboardist Lachy "The Hendrix of the keyboard" Doley does things we've never seen done before

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