March 2022

For 50 years, millions have heard his guitar, mandolin, and banjo on hits by Elton John and a who’s-who list of superstars. We talk with Davey Johnstone about life, and his first solo album since 1973. Chris Leuzinger’s mother spun Latin instrumental LPs under platters by Sinatra, Belafonte, Bennett, and others. After hearing Jimmy Reed and Howlin’ Wolf as a kid, he had to grab a guitar; the blues’ attitude pushed his career to suprising places. “It’s the journey, not the destination.” Fender’s 1961 Bassman embodies the adage and how, while traveling the road to a better bass amp, Leo…