The Britrock classic made perfect by the last guitar solo from a legend

One moment which does stick in the band’s frazzled memory is the arrival of Mick Ronson. The former Spiders From Mars ...
American Songwriter

Born on This Day in 1937, the Innovative Steel Guitar Master Who Played With Ray Price, George Strait, Ray Charles, and Countless Others

Eighty-nine years ago today, the pedal steel guitarist who changed the sound of country music forever was born.
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1968, This Guitar God Recorded Arguably the Greatest Cover Song of All Time—With Help From Brian Jones and Dave Mason

Revisit Jimi Hendrix's cover of "All Along the Watchtower" and the challenging collaborative experience that shaped the song.

"I gave away all my records, I started giving away my guitars, I was fantasising about my own death." The horrifying origin story behind one of the most uplifting rock so…

" Today is the greatest day I've ever known ," Billy Corgan sings at the song's outset, sounding elated at the thought of the ...
The New York Times

Bob Weir, Guitarist and Founding Member of the Grateful Dead, Dies at 78

His songwriting and rhythm guitar playing helped shape the San Francisco band’s sound as it became an American institution. By Ben Sisario and Mark Walker Bob Weir, the guitarist and songwriter who ...
The New York Times

Bob Weir Was the Dead’s Invisible Thread

The songwriter, guitarist and singer, who died at 78, animated the Grateful Dead from within. By Jon Pareles Bob Weir — the Grateful Dead’s rhythm guitarist and one of its songwriters and lead singers ...