Forgotten Heroes
Forgotten Heroes: Clarence White
From his family bluegrass band to joining the Byrds and driving the invention of the StringBender, White’s hybrid style and repertoire has inspired generations of pickers since he came on the scene as an in-demand session player in the ’60s.
Forgotten Heroes: Robert Quine
A punk-era artist-as-sideman who simultaneously embraced and shattered rock’s conventions with Lou Reed, Richard Hell, Matthew Sweet, and others.
Forgotten Heroes: Ron Asheton
The guitar anti-hero who started the Stooges and changed the sound of rock 6-string’s future, paving the way for … everything.
Forgotten Heroes: Can
How the devil’s rejects of krautrock, featuring bassist Holger Czukay and guitarist Michael Karoli, fueled the future with their rhythmic, improvisational, textural sound and paved the way for punk, new wave, psych, and ambient music.
Forgotten Heroes: R.L. Burnside
How a cotton-chopping farmer and guitar-slamming badass brought the Mississippi hill country sound to the world.
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Forgotten Heroes: Clarence White
August 6, 2020
From his family bluegrass band to joining the Byrds and driving the invention of the StringBender, White’s hybrid style and repertoire has inspired generations of pickers since he came on the scene as an in-demand session player in the ’60s.
Forgotten Heroes: Robert Quine
September 10, 2019
A punk-era artist-as-sideman who simultaneously embraced and shattered rock’s conventions with Lou Reed, Richard Hell, Matthew Sweet, and others.
Forgotten Heroes: Ron Asheton
January 22, 2019
The guitar anti-hero who started the Stooges and changed the sound of rock 6-string’s future, paving the way for … everything.
Forgotten Heroes: Can
April 24, 2018
How the devil’s rejects of krautrock, featuring bassist Holger Czukay and guitarist Michael Karoli, fueled the future with their rhythmic, improvisational, textural sound and paved the way for punk, new wave, psych, and ambient music.
Forgotten Heroes: R.L. Burnside
April 3, 2017
How a cotton-chopping farmer and guitar-slamming badass brought the Mississippi hill country sound to the world.
Forgotten Heroes: D. Boon
January 10, 2017
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
August 30, 2016
How the father of free-jazz guitar fought for his uncompromising musical vision—and changed the landscape of improvisation.
Forgotten Heroes: East Bay Ray
July 7, 2016
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
June 2, 2016
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
December 29, 2015
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
November 19, 2015
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
August 18, 2015
While playing with Zappa and Beefheart, this blues guitarist pushed the limits of traditional form within avant-garde rock.
Forgotten Heroes: Pops Staples
June 23, 2015
The gospel guitarist who took his tremolo-shaken country blues from Sunday mass to the masses.
Forgotten Heroes: Hillel Slovak
March 17, 2015
The first guitarist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers helped pioneer a punk-funk-rock movement in ’80s L.A.
Forgotten Hero: Ollie Halsall
November 20, 2014
The rise and fall of one of the most original guitar players to emerge from the 1960s British Invasion.
Forgotten Heroes: Curtis Mayfield
October 6, 2014
Explore the life, music, and legacy of the ’60s soul and funk pioneer.
Forgotten Heroes: Emily Remler
July 29, 2014
The nice New Jersey girl who changed jazz guitar forever.
Forgotten Heroes: Bruce Langhorne
June 9, 2014
You may not know his name, but “Mr. Tambourine Man” helped pioneer ’60s folk-rock with his amplified Martin flattop.
Staff Picks: Unsung Heroes
April 27, 2014
Traffic’s Dave Mason joins PG editors and our Reader of the Month in celebrating our forgotten heroes—masterful players who’ve impacted the course of guitar history but perhaps never got their dues.
Forgotten Heroes: Paul Kossoff
December 6, 2013
The life and techniques of Free’s legendary lead guitarist told through anecdotes from friends and fans, including Paul Rodgers and Joe Bonamassa.
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