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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

Keith Richards on the simple guitar trick at the heart of the Rolling Stones' sound: "Somehow that one extra note disappearing allows for all kinds of other instruments to come through"
By Rob Laing published
"That's the sound of a Stones record; a five-string with a six-string on top"

Keith Richards reflects on his first memories of guitar and his playing now: "It's a work in progress – every time you pick the thing up there's a potential of finding something totally new"
By Rob Laing published
How Keef's Grandad Gus helped to start a Stone rolling

“He doesn’t do Zoom”: Mick Jagger reflects on how his songwriting partnership with Keith Richards has changed and discusses Paul McCartney’s bass playing on new Rolling Stones album Hackney Diamonds
By Ben Rogerson published
“I wouldn’t even play guitar half the time,” Jagger says of his early collaborations with Richards. “I’d just be writing the toplines for Keith’s chord sequences”
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