Dylan called Mike Bloomfield “the best guitar player I ever heard.” But his intensity and brilliance obscured a deep-seated ...
The twangy grandeur of Zal Yanovsky’s big guitar riff on the Lovin’ Spoonful’s You Didn’t Have to Be So Nice made it a Top 10 hit in the winter of 1965-’66. The track also caught the ear of Brian ...
Doors guitarist Robby Krieger is gearing up for a show celebrating the legendary band’s 60th anniversary and he recently announced the all-star cast of musicians that will be supporting him. During ...
This article originally appeared in Issue 4 of Crawdaddy in July 1966. Popular music, in America at least, has always tended to enforce a fairly strict separation between singers and instrumentalists.
Iconic rocker John Fogerty has been reunited with a guitar he gave away decades ago — but it was a long journey to get it back. Back in the '70s, the Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman owned a ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Guitar music is a ubiquitous feature of popular music, ...
The Holdin' Back Band didn't say "Let it Be" at the end of last year, but heading into the 2023 summer bandstand season there's a new name and personnel line-up for the group that was originally ...