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The front-of-house sound engineer for Van Halen, Rolling Stones and Jeff Beck talks gear
By Rob Laing published
Dave Natale is one of the very best in the business – and he also reveals his amp and drum mic choices for the high-level tours he works on

"The Beatles happened, and it became the thing to be in a beat group": Classic Charlie Watts interview
By Rhythm magazine published
His heroes, the first recording session, jazz, and what made the Rolling Stones the best - "We swung, a lot"

Are you getting the most out of your power chords? Tom Bukovac has a tip from the Rolling Stones guitar playbook
By Rob Laing published
The Nashville session man has more playing great playing knowledge to share

The Beatles' Yesterday and 5 other songs that were inspired by dreams
By Rob Laing last updated
How Keith Richards, Paul McCartney and Taylor Swift were visited by melodies

"He showed me some things that Charlie Patton and Robert Johnson had taught him – he knew those people": Hubert Sumlin, Howlin' Wolf and their legendary blues legacy
By Julian Piper published
Legendary Howlin' Wolf guitar sideman on his hard blues road

Own a piece of Rolling Stones history as a Keith Richards stage-played 1972 Fender Telecaster Custom goes up for auction
By Jonathan Horsley published
And it will be joined by a battered and bruised Vox wah pedal that Jimi Hendrix used live and in the studio

Back in the '80s Keith Richards correctly predicted how we'd use music technology while discussing the Rolling Stones' battle with it: “We had this big deal called 'stereo' come along in the '60s, and all we did was put mono out of both speakers”
By Andy Jones published
Turns out that success might not be about the gear you use, after all…

16 famous musicians who almost joined very famous bands
By Rob Laing published
Best of 2023: What could have been: featuring The Rolling Stones, Guns N' Roses, Beatles, Van Halen, The Doors, Led Zeppelin and more

Outraged Tony Visconti walks out of Rolling Stones gig before the band plays, and it’s partly thanks to Questlove's DJ set
By Stuart Williams published
“I saw the Stones so many times back in the day with a better line up, even one gig with Brian Jones and Bill Wyman”, Visconti told his fans on social media
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