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“My playing sucks, but it sells!”: The guitarist who co-wrote two of the most famous songs ever admits he's no virtuoso
Best of 2024: For R&B legend Steve Cropper, playing guitar is all about groove
How Prince’s final, legendary guitar performance on SNL was saved by a quick-thinking audio engineer
Best of 2024: His 8-minute medley from 2014 is considered one of the greatest musical spots in the show’s history
When Buddy Guy rewrote the blues rulebook with a Strat and blew the collective minds of Clapton, Beck and Page
Best of 2024: The inspirational playing of the last living American blues legend: "I was bringing it up to Eric and Jimmy – ‘Have you heard this stuff!?'"
Beabadoobee on her unorthodox guitar style and how it helped her to gel with Rick Rubin
Best of 2024: “I think what I really go off with, and what Rick really goes off with, is what you feel and the vibe and what you hear,” she says
"Kurt kissed me and said, 'now I don't have to be the only songwriter!'”: Dave Grohl's evolution as a songwriter
Best of 2024: “I was in a band with one of the greatest songwriters of our generation, so I didn’t really want to rock the boat”
The story of Wichita Lineman. the song Bob Dylan called the greatest ever written
Best of 2024: “When I heard it I cried”
"I'm going to pretend I'm Hendrix!'": Pete Townshend looks back in this classic 1990 guitar interview
Best of 2024: "The thing that really stunned Eric and me was the way he took what we did and made it better"
