T-Bone Walker may have been the first true hero of modern electric blues, but he stood upon the shoulders of jazz and blues ...

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I tried to play a 12-string guitar, and it was a completely different experience than I expected. From the thicker neck and ...

You ever wonder what would happen if the devil wound up in a high-stakes guitar competition with a prodigious young bluegrass picker? Honestly, I can't say the thought has crossed my mind. But I'm ...

The guitarist had just quit a second high school before graduation and moved to Boston. During that crucial period, Lloyd ...

Clark Vogeler has the job that most guitarists can only dream of. As Toadies’ lead guitarist, Vogeler delivers a swelling ...

Mario Miralles spent decades acquiring the spruce and maple for string instruments worthy of Yo-Yo Ma and Gustavo Dudamel.

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Grateful Dead rocker Bob Weir died on Saturday, Jan. 10 at the age of 78 following underlying lung issues after beating ...

Bob Weir was, as my Uncle Foghorn used to say, a peculiar duck.  Which made him a perfect fit for the Grateful Dead.

To boil Zach Bryan's new 'Heaven On Top' album down to the songs about his relationships is to simplify a rich, complex 78 ...

The best rock ballads of all time are also some of the best ballads period, from "Bridge Over Troubled Water" to "Dust in the ...