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It is a maverick’s guitar. Eddie Van Halen was famously pictured with one on the cover of Guitar World, but it was Ry Cooder who was ultimately responsible for turning Low onto the brand. Cooder was ...
The singer/songwriter is one of the 2024 Kennedy Center honorees. In 1996, Raitt spoke to Fresh Air about about the musicians that inspired her, including Mississippi Fred McDowell.Interview ...
That night, it was solo Neil embracing an electric guitar with an amp turned “up to 11,” his discipleship to guitar distortion giving any heavy-metal band a run for its money, sonically. One ...
Fluent on guitar and any number of stringed instruments, David Lindley shaped the sound of California's classic-rock era Guitar Player Ry Cooder, Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt share tales of his ...
Of all my slide guitar heroes, Ry Cooder and David Lindley have touched me ... I got one of his amps and I’ve used one or more of the three I own on at least 80 percent of everything I’ve ...
But More Eaze’s music constantly gravitates back to Texas in memories, collaborations, and regional musical sensitivities. The events of the last year have influenced a chain of recent releases, ...
Steve Vai has called starring in Crossraoads’ iconic guitar duel scene a pivotal moment in his career. Speaking in the latest issue of Guitar World, which uncovers the stories behind 1984’s ...
Mark Knopfler's charity song "Going Home (Theme From Local Hero)” features over 60 guitarists, including Bruce Springsteen, David Gilmour, and Slash.
Mark Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes – Going Home charity vinyl. In a heartwarming display of camaraderie, dozens of guitar gods and rock music icons answered the call to produce a charity single to ...
Guitar heroes: Mark ... Townshend had turned up to his studio “armed with a guitar and an amp ... Joe Bonamassa, Joe Brown, JamesBurton, Jonathan Cain, Paul Carrack, Eric Clapton, Ry Cooder, Jim ...
Joachim Cooder can hardly deny his family roots. Having been a percussionist from a young age on many landmark projects by his father, Ry, including The Buena Vista Social Club and A Meeting by ...