B.B. King was already a 20-year veteran bluesman when he began to seep into mainstream America's consciousness during the late '60s, via the praise of rock guitarists like Eric Clapton and Mike ...

Celebrate Elvis Presley's 90th birthday and the 100th anniversary of B.B. King with a series of events in the birthplace of ...

From country to rock to blues, we explore five iconic guitars almost as distinctive as the musicians who play them.

Although Eric Clapton was a bluesy troubadour from the beginning, he had a special fondness for those speaking his musical language.

The former Beatle gave Guitar Player insights into "Taxman" and "Blackbird," as well as John Lennon's previously unknown ...

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Sam Phillips opened the Memphis Recording Service. His early clients in 1950 included blues legends Howlin’ Wolf and B. B. King. They were among the first to record at what later became Sun Studio, ...

The white Fender Stratocaster was signed by Ravi Shankar’s daughter Anoushka Shankar, a celebrated sitar player in her own ...

From bossanovas to Carole King and even James Bond villains, the major seventh can completely change your song’s mood.

Stage names have been commonplace within the music industry for many years, but a young Keith Richards reportedly wanted to ...

Father and son teamed up for three songs on Mackenzie’s debut album, Infected with the Blues, including the title track and ...

Born Michael John Robillard in Woonsocket in 1948, he founded Roomful Of Blues with pianist Al Copley in Westerly in 1967. (Dylan was also apparently a fan of that band.) The Rhode Island-based band ...