I've always thought that Foley was one of the best female guitarists around, so I asked her to name her favourite female players.
Category: guitar heroes
God bless Duane Allman’s guitar playing on Boz Scaggs’ “Loan Me a Dime”
Sometimes I'm a little late to the game, case in point being Boz Scagg's version of Fenton Robinson's "Somebody Loan Me a Dime".
John Sykes’ status as a true, unsung guitar hero revealed in new feature-length documentary
A new feature-length documentary that takes a deep dive into the career of British hard-rock guitarist John Sykes premiered today.
Mick Ralphs, one of the greatest rock guitarists of the ’70s, dead at 81
Very sad to hear about the passing of former Mott the Hoople and Bad Company guitarist Mick Ralphs, as announced by his publicist today.
That time Robert Cray told me how he liked to remember Steve Ray Vaughan’s final gig
I interviewed Robert Cray for the third time back in July of 2000, when he was heading to Vancouver to play a blues festival.
The best guitarist you’ve never heard of releases his sophomore album this week
Five years ago an Irish guitarist by the name of Joe Hodgson contacted me after checking out this website.
That time I asked Joe Satriani if it was risky getting Kenny Wayne Shepherd to replace Eric Johnson on the G3 Tour
I did my third interview with Joe Satriani in August of 1997, when he had just finished up recording his seventh studio album, Crystal Planet.
That time North Mississippi Allstars guitarist Luther Dickinson got blown away hearing about Experience Hendrix magazine
I interviewed North Mississippi Allstars guitarist-vocalist Luther Dickinson two months after the release of the band's debut album.
That time Buckcherry’s Keith Nelson told me that he was completely inspired by Georgia Satellites guitarist Rick Richards
I interviewed Buckcherry guitarist Keith Nelson back in May of 1999, one month after his hard-rock band released its self-titled debut album.
That time Joe Satriani told me that ten years of bad-hair days led him to shave his head
The cover of the G3 Live album showed Satch with a shaved head for the first time, so I asked him how it felt to cut all his hair off.
That time Joe Satriani told me that he’d invited Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, and Jimmy Page on his G-3 Tours
I interviewed Joe Satriani back in August of 1997, one year after he'd launched the very first G-3 Tour, with Steve Vai and Eric Johnson.
That time I asked John Sykes if Blue Murder was gonna be playing Vancouver soon
Back in May of 1989 I interviewed guitar great John Sykes while he was promoting the debut album by his new power trio, Blue Murder.
God bless Jeff Baxter’s guitar solo (and pick scrape) on Steely Dan’s “Change of the Guard”
A few weeks back my wife confiscated the Zeppelin CD from my Corolla so she could rock out in her SUV on the way to work.