Lukather might have made his name in box-office rock and pop, but the blues underpins it all, and this quick-fire tutorial with tab and audio unleashes some serious soloing heat ...

The irrepressible Mr Nichols pays tribute to the flatted 5th, and explores the myriad ways that he uses it in his playing ...

Mick Ralphs, guitarist with Mott The Hoople and Bad Company, has died at the age of 81. The news was confirmed in a statement ...

We might consider Geddy Lee one of the greatest bass players of all time, but Gene Simmons was still able to teach him something when on tour.

The Doobie Brothers have walked, run, and smoked down the highway for a very long time. Over 50 years of mileage, to be exact. Patrick Simmons, the band’s co-founder and sole continuous member, has ...

Much of his skill was put to use creating memorable hooky parts on tunes such as Michael Jackson’s Human Nature, but Lukather’s first love was blues-based ... with the Dm9 chord in the backing.

Clapton's song 'Wonderful Tonight' is receiving a burst of popularity at time of another British invasion. This invasion is ...

Josh Abraham has spent his career championing the outliers. “I’m drawn to those who lead the way by not following trends,” ...

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Intentional or not, the 20th anniversary Grateful Dead tour in the summer of 1985 contained more "big moments" than any tour ...

Read about Talking Heads' first live concert in an excerpt from 'Burning Down the House: Talking Heads and the New York Scene That Transformed Rock.' ...

In Steven Gaines’s racy, now out-of-print Beach Boys biography Heroes and Villains, he recounts that Gary Usher – who wrote ...