Guitars
There’s a Yamaha instrument for everyone, whether you’re a keyboard player, a rhythm guitar player, a bass player, a pro guitarist with…
Cash-strapped beginners can get started playing guitar with the best cheap acoustic guitar under $100. Make no mistake, being on the lowest…
Learning to play guitar is not an overnight activity. You know what they say: Heart of Rome wasn’t written in a day.…
Chords are considered the building blocks of songs. Beginning guitar players who see a chord chart for the first time will probably…
Revisiting the doomed New Year’s run of 1952-53: the driver, the hotel stop, the rumored last words, and what’s fact vs legend.
Led Zeppelin’s final US show happened at Oakland’s Day On The Green in 1977 with Judas Priest and Rick Derringer. Here’s why it still matters.
Remembering Mark Volman of The Turtles and Flo & Eddie: the hits, the Zappa years, the rights battles, and the hard truths about legacy.
Jamey Johnson and Alison Krauss sang “Seven Spanish Angels” in Washington, D.C. with Willie watching. Here’s why his reaction mattered.
Barry Stock mistook a heart attack for heartburn mid-set. Here’s what happened, why it matters, and what every gigging musician should learn.
In 1968, rock guitarist Eric Clapton found himself at a crossroads. As Cream—his explosive power…
Installed in 1957, Graceland’s music-note gates became Elvis’ most photographed “instrument” – and a steel blueprint for rock stardom.
How a gang of Black Country hooligans in glitter boots became 70s chart kings, wrote Britain’s loudest Christmas carol, and rewired punk, metal and Britpop.
A deep dive into “Different Drum,” Linda Ronstadt’s star-making moment with the Stone Poneys, and why the song still sounds rebellious.
How a 1 a.m. cruise-ship gig, a brutal audition call and classic-rock discipline turned Nita Strauss into Alice Cooper’s go-to guitar assassin.





























