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“Sometimes things like that just come together, like a piece of magic. I wrote that song in just five minutes”: Dickey Betts on dueling with Duane Allman, composing Allman Brothers' biggest hit, and the oddball Les Paul/SG hybrid he “personally designed”...
1+ hour, 49+ min ago —...on the Allman Brothers and his musical career, from his early influences... ...In 2019, the late Dickey Betts sat down with Guitar Player to reflect... ...St. George Theatre in Staten Island, New York City. ... ...Drummer Butch Trucks shot himself in 2017 and Gregg Allman, the band...
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“We all knew it was really good… The guitar playing is just amazing”: How Dickey Betts made “Ramblin’ Man”, triumphed over tragedy and led the Allman Brothers to their greatest success...
7+ hour, 41+ min ago —...Duane Allman’s death might have been the end of the Allman Brothers... ...Duane’s co-guitarist, Dickey Betts, stepped into the breach and took... ...John, Leon Russell and Elton John.... ...in Alan Paul’s new book, Brothers and Sisters: The Allman Brothers...
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“The chord progression in the Highway Star solo – Bm, to a Db, C, and then G – is a Bach progression”: Ritchie Blackmore on Steve Howe, Jimi Hendrix, classical influences and more...
8+ hour, 13+ min ago —...Ritchie Blackmore, lead guitarist and co-founder of Deep Purple,... ...was born in Weston-super-Mare, England. ... ...King, Albert King and Jimi Hendrix.... ...It was like, "Gary Clark Jr. – the new Hendrix."...
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“Dickey was larger-than-life, and his loss will be felt worldwide”: The Allman Brothers Band’s Dickey Betts has died at 80...
1+ day, 46+ min ago —...Dickey Betts, The Allman Brothers Band's singer, songwriter and... ...announce the peaceful passing of Forrest Richard ‘Dickey’ Betts (... ...“I studied Chuck Berry, B.B. King, Albert King.... ...Skynyrd and The Marshall Tucker Band, managed to capture the cultural...
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“Joe Walsh insisted that I buy it, and he was right”: Jimmy Page on his “Number 1” 1959 Gibson Les Paul...
1+ day ago —...Gibson Les Paul Standard with a sunburst finish, a guitar he played... ...Les Paul Deluxe and the double-neck Gibson EDS-1275, most famously... ..., Slash, Billy Corgan, Jack White, Elvis Costello and Todd Rundgren... ...King, Albert King and Jimi Hendrix....
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“My three mentors are B.B. King, Albert King and Jimi Hendrix. I don’t think it does Hendrix any service for me to be compared to him, because he was a genius”: How Robin Trower crafted his blistering tonal triumph, Day of the Eagle...
1+ day ago —...With some help from legendary Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick, Trower... ...s probably the best rock and roll song I’ve ever written,” Robin Trower... ...James Dewar and drummer Reg Isidore – Trower’s guitar work is soulful... ...King, Albert King and Jimi Hendrix,” Trower affirms....
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“I remember seeing my posters everywhere. It was like, ‘Gary Clark Jr. – the new Hendrix.’ I was like, ‘Man, you’re not even giving me a chance to be anything but a blues or rock-star guitar player’”: Gary Clark Jr. never asked to be a guitar savior...
2+ day ago —..., and funk – on his stellar new album, JPEG Raw JPEG RAW is Gary Clark... ...2020 lockdown, when the guitarist, like every other musician on... ..., Joe Satriani, and Eric Johnson.... ...“I wasn't worried about being Gary Clark Jr., or whoever everybody...
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Best Travel Guitars 2024: Top Portable Instruments From Lowden, Furch, Martin and more
3+ day ago —...smaller bodied acoustics that take up less space in a car or on a train... ...one of the most popular compact six-strings ever made, the Martin LX1E... ...Simply put, the Wee Lowden is one of the best sounding smaller-bodied...
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“I was 17 years old and found it in this local paper. It said, ‘Gretsch guitar, 100 bucks.’ I called the guy up and asked, ‘Is it like Eddie Cochran’s?’ He was like, ‘Who?’”: How Brian Setzer forged his trademark twanging tone...
6+ day ago —...Brian Setzer fit neither of those labels, but he was able to – with... ...difficult to imagine Stray Cats frontman and rockabilly legend Brian Setzer... ...landed on his guitar amp of choice, the Fender Bassman.... ...I called the guy up and asked, "Is it like Eddie Cochran’s?"...
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“We’re the birthplace of blues, country and rock and roll music, and the guitar is at the core of all of it”: The America at the Crossroads exhibit charts the guitar’s history with instruments owned by Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, B.B. King, and more...
1+ week ago —...center’s galleries and toward the open sky, the visages of Robert Johnson... ...of Fame rotunda at the Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience... ...King, Muddy Waters, Jimmie Rodgers, Howlin" Wolf, Bo Diddley, John... ...Charley Patton, Robert Johnson, Son House, and other early bluesmen...