From smoky Chicago blues to a Woodstock-speed boogie meltdown, Ten Years After turned club grit into one of rock’s most famous jams.

On April 13, 2013 at Crossroads Guitar Festival, Keith Richards joined Eric Clapton for “Key to the Highway” at MSG. Here’s why it still hits hard.

From stage chemistry to survival instincts, here’s why Jagger and Wood work so well – and what musicians can steal from their playbook.

A viral-sounding tale claims Gilmour recruited a Venice glass-harp busker for St Mark’s Square. Here’s what’s verifiable and what’s myth.

Keith Richards says Elvis wasn’t Elvis without Scotty Moore. Here’s why Moore’s tone, licks, and studio tricks still haunt guitarists.

He didn’t “win” songs with solos. He won them with time, taste, and jazz discipline. Here’s how Charlie Watts rewired rock drumming.

Two songs, one producer, and a high-wire act: why Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty needed each other in 1981-and what it cost to share the spotlight.

What Zappa’s producer/label power did (and didn’t) change on Trout Mask Replica, and why the uneven leverage became part of the legend.

Jeff Beck’s 1966 super-session spawned a rock classic – and a credit mystery: did Eric Clapton really play on “Beck’s Bolero”?

Behind the iconic actor was a lifelong singer and picker: barroom sets, film songs, and a late debut album, Partly Fiction.