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Forgotten Heroes: D. Boon
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Forgotten Heroes: D. Boon

The visionary Minutemen guitarist shattered the rock 'n’ roll rulebook, and in the process created a punk-fueled legacy of scaldingly eccentric music.

Forgotten Heroes: Sonny Sharrock’s Footprints on the Moon
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Forgotten Heroes: Sonny Sharrock’s Footprints on the Moon

How the father of free-jazz guitar fought for his uncompromising musical vision—and changed the landscape of improvisation.

Forgotten Heroes: East Bay Ray
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Forgotten Heroes: East Bay Ray

The Dead Kennedys guitar guru talks about recording his trademark clean tones, writing classic songs, making amps sing onstage, and the DIY lessons of a career in punk.

Forgotten Heroes: Reggie Young
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Forgotten Heroes: Reggie Young

On working with Elvis, opening for the Beatles, and playing with the cream of the crop as a session ace in Memphis and Nashville.

Forgotten Heroes: Robert "Kool" Bell
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Forgotten Heroes: Robert "Kool" Bell

The funk bass legend and coleader of Kool & the Gang talks about developing his low-down sound and his secrets for riding the tide of music history for 50 years.

Forgotten Heroes: Pete Cosey
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Forgotten Heroes: Pete Cosey

A look at the life and legacy of the guitarist Miles Davis recruited in the mid ’70s when he wanted virtuosic playing on par with Hendrix and Muddy Waters.

Forgotten Heroes: Denny Walley
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Forgotten Heroes: Denny Walley

While playing with Zappa and Beefheart, this blues guitarist pushed the limits of traditional form within avant-garde rock.

Forgotten Heroes: Pops Staples
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Forgotten Heroes: Pops Staples

The gospel guitarist who took his tremolo-shaken country blues from Sunday mass to the masses.

Forgotten Heroes: Hillel Slovak
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Forgotten Heroes: Hillel Slovak

The first guitarist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers helped pioneer a punk-funk-rock movement in ’80s L.A.

Forgotten Hero: Ollie Halsall
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Forgotten Hero: Ollie Halsall

The rise and fall of one of the most original guitar players to emerge from the 1960s British Invasion.