There's nothing like the sweet sound of a slide caressing strings, especially if the glass or metal tube is on the finger of a gifted player.
Category: guitar heroes
Irish-rock fan Alvin Youngblood Hart was born on the same day as Rory Gallagher, says it’s “mandatory” that he love him
Memphis bluesman Alvin Youngblood Hart's affinity for underrated '70s-rockers Thin Lizzy is well documented.
The Answer listened to Rory Gallagher’s “Walk on Hot Coals” to get the blood boiling before opening for AC/DC on the Black Ice Tour
In November of 2008 I called up the Answer vocalist Cormac Neeson in New Jersey, where his Irish hard-rock quartet was touring with AC/DC.
That time Sonny Landreth told me about his favourite Crossroads Guitar Festival moment with Eric Clapton
I did my fourth interview with Sonny Landreth in January of 2013, when he was touring behind his all-instrumental album, Elemental Journey.
That time I asked Joe Satriani who he’d been listening to lately
I did my seventh interview with Joe Satriani back in December of 2010, when he was touring behind his 13th studio album.
Youthful picker Tyler Bryant’s “Curtis Loew moment” led to Guitar Hero 5 and touring with Jeff Beck
When Bryant was 11 he experienced his own “Curtis Loew moment” when he came across a 63-year-old bluesman at a music store in Paris, Texas.
That time Joe Satriani raved to me about two “Vancouverans”, producer Mike Fraser and guitarist Dave Martone
I did my seventh interview with Joe Satriani back in December of 2010, when he was touring behind his album Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards.
That time I spent four minutes or so chattin’ with Jonny Lang about Jimi and the Experience Hendrix Tour
I did my second interview with Jonny Lang back in April of 2010, shortly after he finished taking part in the Experience Hendrix Tour.
God bless Larry Carlton’s guitar solo on Steely Dan’s “Third World Man”
Steely Dan is famous for a lot of things, not the least of which is having the world's best guitar players take solos on their songs.
That time Derek Trucks surprised me by saying that he’d never really played a Fender Strat
I did the third of my five interviews with Derek Trucks when he was touring behind the final Derek Trucks Band studio album, Already Free.
That time Coheed and Cambria’s Travis Stever told me about his favourite guitarists and guitar albums
Back in May of 2008 I interviewed Coheed and Cambria guitarist Travis Stever when the prog-rock band was touring behind its fourth album.
The Derek Trucks Band is versatile enough to exist in a lot of worlds
To get a good idea of where Derek Trucks's head is at musically, all you have to do is check out the autographs on his red Gibson SG.
Popa Chubby dropped out of school when he got a copy of Jimi Hendrix’s Electric Ladyland
"I remember it bein' 1967 and hearing 'Purple Haze', and just feeling like, 'This is deep shit, man.' Being seven, it just rocked my world."