Mark Tremonti
The odds of any guitarist being in a highly successful rock band are long. Chances of being in two are slim. Three? Virtually unheard...
Eddie Cochran’s Gretsch 6120
One night in the late 1950s, Eddie Cochran set the world alight onstage in the City of Angels. Though the details are lost to...
Have Guitar Will Travel 080 – Fender’s Stan Cotey
In Episode 80 of “Have Guitar Will Travel,” host James Patrick Regan welcomes guitarist and Fender R&D team member Stan Cotey. A Silicon Valley...
Howard Leese
Guitarist/ producer/ entrepreneur Howard Leese has come a long way since his early days with Heart in the 1970s. He was onboard when the...
Fretprints: Billy Bean
The rediscovery of a missing link is cause for celebration in any field – historic, scientific, or musical. In modern jazz guitar, none more...
Naia Izumi
It’s difficult to pigeonhole the music of Naia Izumi, a singer/songwriter who’s also one of the most uncanny guitarists around.
“I make music I’m not...
Pop ’N Hiss: Led Zeppelin’s IV
It’s impossible to overstate the influence Led Zeppelin’s “untitled” fourth album – call it IV, ZoSo, Runes, Four Symbols, whatever – has had on...
Joanne Shaw Taylor
British blues-rock guitarist Joanne Shaw Taylor is leaving her mark on the classics. With The Blues Album, Taylor’s husky vocals and bold playing are...
Dave Murray
After 46 years, Iron Maiden is still reinforcing its stature as a legendary heavy metal band. Senjutsu, the British juggernaut’s 17th studio album, has...
Seth Lee Jones
Thanks to giants like Derek Trucks, Warren Haynes, and Sonny Landreth, we’re living in a golden age of bottleneck guitar, with exceptional young sliders...