Tag: features
Vic Johnson
Music fans might remember Vic Johnson as the wickedly eclectic guitarist from the ’80s band The Busboys; it thrived in heavy rotation in the...
John Pizzarelli
John Pizzarelli wasn’t surprised to receive a FedEx package from Sir Paul McCartney in 2014, given that he (and his dad, Bucky) had played...
Charlie Parr
Charlie Parr makes new music from olden times. And he makes it the old way – not only using just the simplicity of a...
Chris Squire
Yes bassist Chris Squire died June 27th at age 67, after a brief battle with leukemia.
Squire co-founded Yes in 1968 andwas its only...
Craig Ross
Craig Ross is an integral part of the Lenny Kravitz sound. As lead guitarist and songwriting collaborator since the early ’90s, Ross has forged...
Toy Caldwell
One of the earliest VG interviews Willie G. Moseley did with a veteran “Southern rock” musician was a conversation with erstwhile Marshall Tucker guitarist...
Paul Gilbert
We’ve all been there; cruising along in the car, minding our business, soaking in cool guitar tunes when another driver does something... “impolite.” Even...
Soldier’s Story
Through blood, dirt, rain, and all other forms of hell in the trenches of World War I, U.S. Army Private Ben Miller witnessed the...
Top 100 Guitarists
To help mark its 30th year of publication, VG asked readers to submit a list of their five favorite guitarists via written ballots and...
Greg Douglass and the Accomplices
For years, Greg Douglass was San Francisco’s best-kept guitar secret. At the dawn of psychedelia, his band, Country Weather, made a demo to get...