Ronnie Wood didn’t have to wait long to become a notable musician. Before joining The Rolling Stones, he was a teenage star in The Birds, who had some success in England, played a stolen bass in the ...

The first-ever number one to feature a guitar solo as its centrepiece is considered to be 1954’s ‘Rock Around the Clock’ by ...

Ray Charles may have been born in Georgia, but he was discovered in Seattle after playing at the local Rocking Chair club and doing his earliest recordings on the city’s Down Beat label. Seattle is ...

In 1968, Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan released Hurdy Gurdy Man – the influential title track of his The Hurdy Gurdy Man album from the same year, which featured the contributions of a rather ...

When one thinks of guitar solos from the 70s they think of David Gilmour, Jimmy Page, and Brian May, but these three solos will change that.

Jimi Hendrix's largely forgotten Nashville roots are recalled at the Country Music Hall of Fame as part of the museum's first rhythm and blues exhibition, which runs through December 2005. After ...