“I could never play a Strat – with Stevie Ray Vaughan being my first influence, every time I play one it’s like I’m 13 again, hacking through Pride And Joy”: Joanne Shaw Taylor on how the blues helped her find her voice, and why she'll always choose Teles
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“There was an advert saying, ‘Ozzy Zig requires gig.’ I said to Bill, ‘I know an Ozzy but it can't be him. He can't sing’”: Tony Iommi looks back at the birth of Black Sabbath – and their “horrible” first jam
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“He asked to hear it, so I played it, and he said, ‘I have to play on this. Give me a track’”: How a 20-year-old Steve Lukather beat three seasoned session pros to feature on this ’70s soft rock classic
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“After it was called the ‘solo of the century,’ I remember saying to Steve Lukather, ‘Come on, this is ridiculous’”: Nuno Bettencourt on turning down Ozzy, Sabbath’s final show and how Extreme finally got their dues
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“Let’s be clear: performing on my solo records does not equal ownership, authorship, or legacy”: Yngwie Malmsteen hits back at singers who features on his records
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“This is straight from David Lynch’s studio, and still has his finger cheese and residue all over the fretboard”: David Lynch's bonkers Parker Fly guitar recently sold at auction – and its new owner has put it through its paces
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“I never practice. From time to time, I just open my case and throw in a piece of raw meat.” A rare interview with the guitar ace who spurned the jazz world, climbed the pop charts and lived in terror of taking a solo
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“I wouldn't be at all surprised if we weren't lost at that point in the song.” The Cream track Eric Clapton doesn’t like — even though it’s the key to his legend as a guitar virtuoso
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“He said, ‘Have you heard Metallica’s version of Whiskey in the Jar?’ I said, ‘No.’ He said, ‘What planet are you living on?’” Thin Lizzy’s Eric Bell on reinventing an old Irish standard as a rock track and performing it with the “cartoon” Metallica
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“That was when his songs started speaking to what the freak on the street was experiencing.” The Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia on the classic Bob Dylan song that made him a convert
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