Jimi Hendrix was a guitar-playing revelation and blew the minds of those who heard him on both sides of the Atlantic in the ...

Rock guitar hero Jeff Beck remembers falling in love for the first time. “I’d only ever seen Spanish-style or jazz guitars, and then I saw a Stratocaster,” said Beck, 69, of his schoolboy crush. “I ...

Today, 70 years after that fateful opening performance for Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly remains a rock and roll pioneer whose ...

George Harrison was a talented guitar player whose contributions to The Beatles often went underappreciated. Like most musicians, he had to learn the instrument from scratch and had a few different ...

Buddy Guy’s first guitar cost his father two dollars and only had two strings on it. He would go to sleep with it in his hand, walked around with it and played until his fingers almost bled. He taught ...

It was just two years ago that Buddy Guy announced a Damn Right Farewell Tour and talked about winding down his touring career. But you might have noticed that, at 89, the dude is still on the road.

Early in Buddy Emmons: Steel Guitar Icon, Steve Fishell’s deft and lively biography, we meet the future legend as a skinny, high school-hating 14-year-old boy on his bike, hanging around outside a bar ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The two players are meeting at Buddy's Legends bar in Chicago to talk Strats for the model's ...

The frets were from one of Buddy Holly's original J45 acoustic guitars A guitar maker has produced replica Buddy Holly guitars using frets from one of the star's original instruments. Alister Atkin, ...

Musician Buddy Emmons, widely regarded as the world’s foremost steel guitarist, hailed for his unique playing style and innovations with regard to tuning, has died at age 78. Born Buddie Gene Emmons ...