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Luthier John Diggins of Jaydee Custom Guitars has passed away – Tony Iommi pays tribute
By Rob Laing published
"He was a very dear friend to me and we’d known each other since the '70s"

5 essential Jethro Tull songs guitar players need to hear
By Neil Crossley published
"And here was Jimmy Page waving like mad… I'm thinking, 'I can't wave back, or I'm going to blow the solo'”

See Tony Iommi become an honoury 'Vampire' as he joins Johnny Depp, Joe Perry and Alice Cooper to perform Black Sabbath's Paranoid in Birmingham
By Rob Laing published
The Sabbath legend guested with the Hollywood Vampires supergroup

Tony Iommi admits that, yes, sometimes he got carried away playing guitar solos – but Ronnie James Dio was his enabler
By Jonathan Horsley published
Iommi says the Dio years challenged Black Sabbath to up their game and RJD would tell him to solo longer. “Listening back to things, you think, ’Bloody hell! That was a bit over the top‘”

Geezer Butler rules out future gigs with Black Sabbath and explains retirement from touring in general
By Rob Laing published
"I didn’t realize how hard starting from scratch is, especially when you’re used to your own plane and staying at the Four Seasons and the Ritz Carlton"

70 years on: Remembering Django Reinhardt, the Gypsy jazz trailblazer who triumphed over adversity and changed guitar forever
By Jonathan Horsley published
George Benson says it was his swing. Peter Frampton says it was his soul. John Jorgenson says he was the first to play the impossible. What made Reinhardt so special?

Watch Paul Gilbert pay tribute to the late, great Burt Bacharach with a solo guitar performance of God Give Me Strength
By Jonathan Horsley published
It is the Bacharach and Elvis Costello tune as you have never heard it before, all arranged for and performed on electric guitar

A Black Sabbath ballet is coming to Birmingham and it might just turn out to be a genius meeting of worlds
By Rob Laing published
The band's home city will host the Tony Iommi-endorsed Black Sabbath - The Ballet in September before it visits other cities
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