Dire Straits were one of the most unlikely success stories of the 80s, making 1985’s world-beating Brothers In Arms album before guitarist and leader Mark Knopfler ended the band at the height of ...

Heard on Bob Dylan’s “Blonde on Blonde” among other albums, he also sang and was a writer of the perennial “Everlasting Love.

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As a guitarist with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Mike Campbell co-wrote many of the band’s breakthrough songs.

Eraserheads frontman Ely Buendia has announced that band member Marcus Adoro will not be part of the group's upcoming project following allegations of abuse against the lead guitarist. Ely made the ...

81-year-old lead singer Roger Daltrey and soon-to-be-80-year-old songwriter and lead guitarist Pete Townshend. Unlike other "senior" musicians and groups like Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones ...

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Lead Belly, known as the “King of the 12-String Guitar,” drew inspiration from the Boogie Woogie music he heard living in East Texas and Louisiana, created his own ...

Tony Iommi is an English guitarist best known as the co-founder and lead guitarist of Black Sabbath. He pioneered heavy metal guitar with his dark, heavy riffs and detuned sound. Iconic for the fact ...

Herbert later complained about Journey's initial reliance on "a lot of long solo excursions created specifically to set up Neal Schon for his guitar statements." Journey would soon begin moving ...

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Mike Campbell’s new book details long journey from his underprivileged upbringing in Florida through the Heartbreakers' rise ...