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Reader Guitar of the Month

Reader Guitar of the Month: A Deep Blues-Rock Tone Machine

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Joe Louis Walker: A Lifetime of Bending the Blues
Photo by Mickey Deneher
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Joe Louis Walker: A Lifetime of Bending the Blues

A “Jazz” Guitar for Surf Rockers
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A “Jazz” Guitar for Surf Rockers

The famous Jazzmaster bucked conventional Fender design norms at the time it was released, as well as expectations of whom it would appeal to.

Rig Rundown: Kenny Wayne Shepherd [2023]
Rig Rundown

Rig Rundown: Kenny Wayne Shepherd [2023]

Hooked: Katy Guillen on John Lee Hooker's "Baby, Please Don’t Go"
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Hooked: Katy Guillen on John Lee Hooker's "Baby, Please Don’t Go"

Hooked: Laur Joamets on Led Zeppelin's "Travelling Riverside Blues"
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Hooked: Laur Joamets on Led Zeppelin's "Travelling Riverside Blues"

Singer Bessie Smith influences Duke Ellington, Elvis, Chuck Berry, the Beatles, the Stones, Miles Davis, Prince, Zeppelin, and more.
Last Call

Last Call: An American Bach

While watching the Ken Burns documentary Jazz, I realized all the music I love was born from the jazz and blues of Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong.

Hound Dog Taylor
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Forgotten Heroes: Hound Dog Taylor

Cheap guitars, cheap booze, and amps on stun—the shaggy tale of the legendary court jester of Chicago slide-guitar blues.

Cristina Vane on Blind Willie Johnson's "Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed"
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Cristina Vane on Blind Willie Johnson's "Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed"

The Italian-born, Nashville-based folk-blues songstress and slide guitarist honors (and carries on) the freewheeling energy and definitive exactitude exuded by the Texas bluesman.

Hooked: Kenny Wayne Shepherd on Jimi Hendrix's "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)"
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Hooked: Kenny Wayne Shepherd on Jimi Hendrix's "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)"

The platinum-selling blues rocker highlights the Electric Ladyland hit's innovative wah work and swaggering groove.

Paramount Home Entertainment Announces Joe Bonamassa Documentary
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Paramount Home Entertainment Announces Joe Bonamassa Documentary

Guitar Man chronicles the three-decade career of the best-selling bluesman and arrives on Video-On-Demand and for Digital platforms on December 8, 2020.

Hooked: Joe Bonamassa on Jeff Beck's "Let Me Love You"
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Hooked: Joe Bonamassa on Jeff Beck's "Let Me Love You"