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“During the first song at Woodstock the amp blew up. They gave me another. It sounded terrible. I cringe when I think about it”: Harvey Mandel replaced some of guitar’s biggest names – but Keith Richards cost him a spot in the Rolling Stones

The two-hand tapping pioneer on playing with Canned Heat, Jerry Garcia and John Mayall, getting beaten to the Stones gig by Ronnie Wood – and that time he was kidnapped by Alvin Lee and Mick Taylor

Guitar World

“We were just boozers and mounds of cocaine. Cocaine eventually is bad, but we were young kids. It didn’t hamper us”: The epic life and crazy times of Mick Fleetwood, the heartbeat of Fleetwood Mac

Mick Fleetwood was a member of Fleetwood Mac from the start – and lived to tell the tale

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“I said to Paul Hamer, ‘The best I can do is just play your guitar.’ I didn't want any money for it, because when I like a guitar, I just like it”: On Gary Moore's full-length tribute to Phil Lynott, Greeny took a backseat to Superstrats

On his own after a number of short-lived bands and the death of his friend, Thin Lizzy leader Phil Lynott, the late guitar hero ditched the ‘hard rock’ sound he'd grown tired of for something with more modern ingredients

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Messiness & the allure of Fleetwood Mac

A new book about Fleetwood Mac covers the dramatic soap opera — and the songs that made the band legends

Salon

"I'm not Rory; I don't want to be a tribute act": Joe Bonamassa on paying homage to Rory Gallagher in Ireland

Next year, Joe Bonamassa plays the music of the late, great Irish guitarist Rory Gallagher at three special shows in Cork.

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“To hear one song once was enough... I think they’re boring live”: Sex Pistols bassist Glen Matlock says he turned down a chance to join Oasis after seeing them live

The approach came in the mid–’90s, but Matlock concluded “the last thing they need is someone else standing still”

Guitar World

“What we are after is not perfection. You’re looking for the flaws… the noise… earth hum. You’re looking for the arm-tight playing… the human aspect”: Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt on inspirations, intuition, shred, and the problem with modern metal

A sprawling story of dark familial secrets, freewheeling prog and Åkerfeldt death growls, solos inspired by Peter Green and Ritchie Blackmore, Opeth bequeath everything a prog-metal fan could ever want on The Last Will And Testament

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“What you’re about to play should be influenced by what you just played”: 5 tips for better solos and cover versions by master guitarist Greg Koch

He says: “The main things I work on are vibrato, bends and phrasing”

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"I was being a very bad boy. It was not a good time": Bob Welch was the man who kept Fleetwood Man going, but a decade later he was smoking crack with Guns N' Roses

In this exclusive extract from his new Fleetwood Mac book, Mark Blake tells the tale of Bob Welch, the man Mick Fleetwood credits as having played a crucial role in keeping the Mac together

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“People used to say to me, ‘Oh, you’re better than Eric Clapton.’ I didn’t know where to put myself”: The triumph and tragedy of Peter Green, the man who founded Fleetwood Mac

Peter Green was one of the greatest guitarists of the late 60s British blues boom – but he never truly conquered his demons

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“I gave my friend a call and said, ‘What have you got for me today?’ He goes, ‘Oh, I have a guitar for you…’” How Kirk Hammett ended up in possession of the legendary ‘Greeny’ Les Paul – and why he had no interest in it at first

The Metallica guitarist never intended to buy Peter Green and Gary Moore's iconic single-cut – but changed his mind once he finally got his hands on it

Guitar World

“I wrote that riff on the Fender six-string bass. I saw Peter Green with Fleetwood Mac pick one up. I thought, ‘I’m gonna get one’”: Joe Perry on how he ditched his Les Pauls and Strats to write an Aerosmith classic

Perry had been eyeing the Fender Bass VI for quite some time – which turned out to be the perfect instrument to write 1976's Back in the Saddle

Guitar World

“Greeny is my Excalibur!”: Metallica’s Kirk Hammett says he’s still in love with that famous guitar

He calls it “a magic piece of wood”

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Lucy Letby: police and CPS handling of case raises new concerns about convictions

Exclusive: Letby’s barrister says application challenging verdicts is being prepared using expert medical evidence

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Al Jazeera

Baby murderer or scapegoat? Why is the Lucy Letby case so divisive?

Why are people contesting the evidence against the former UK nurse, convicted of killing seven newborns?

Louder

“Ozzy put a pint glass over his mouth and sucked it until he burst all the blood vessels around his face. Then he turned into a character from Planet Of The Apes”: Gary Moore’s wild tales of Ozzy Osbourne, Phil Lynott and Led Zeppelin

Ozzy, Robert Planet, Rory Gallagher, Peter Green, Ginger Baker – late, great guitarist Gary Moore crossed paths with them all

Guitar World

“John Mayall’s ability to nurture blues guitar prodigies is comparable to Yoda’s knack for training hot Jedi prospects”: From Eric Clapton to Peter Green, Mick Taylor and more – a guide to blues legend John Mayall’s ’60s guitarists

The Bluesbreakers remained a unique force in British blues throughout the decade, thanks to its late leader’s unfailing ability to pick breathtaking bandmates

Guitar World

“He taught me that it was OK to play the music you wanted to play. He was my mentor and a surrogate father, too”: Why John Mayall was the godfather of British blues guitar

Best known for his Bluesbreakers band, which launched the careers of Eric Clapton, Peter Green and Mick Taylor, Mayall was a gifted pianist, guitarist and harmonica player

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The Independent UK

The UK hospital where a nurse was convicted of murdering 7 babies faces investigation

An English hospital where a neonatal nurse was convicted of murdering seven babies and trying to kill seven others is facing an inquiry into how she was able to harm so many children

Louder

"There has been no better ambassador for the electric guitar": Bernie Marsden, remembered

Best known for co-founding Whitesnake and as a writer of some of their classic songs, Bernie Marsden spent a lifetime walking in the shadow of the blues

Guitar World

What do the finest blues guitarists of the past 60 years have in common? From B.B. King to Eric Gales, these are the technique secrets behind 30 of the most iconic players

Starting from ’50s electric blues pioneers, we're bending the blues scale into different shapes, with 30 licks taking us up to the present day as the art form continues to evolve and thrive

Guitar World

“Used in the studio to record In the Skies and Little Dreamer”: The Fender Duo-Sonic that helped launch Peter Green’s late-’70s comeback is going up for auction

The late Fleetwood Mac legend returned after nearly a decade away from the limelight to record In the Skies – and he did so with the help of this Duo-Sonic

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“Used by Peter Green in the studio to record his In The Skies and Little Dreamer albums”: The late British blues icon’s 1965 Fender Duo-Sonic is heading to the auction block – and it sounds immaculate

The Duo-Sonic was loved by John Lennon and Jimi Hendrix alike, and this demo reminds us of its charms. The auction will also see Johnny Marr's the The rig go under the hammer

Guitar World

Peter Green shaped his playing, John Lee Hooker enlisted his talents and Woodstock made him a guitar legend – nobody builds a blues solo like Carlos Santana

Ever since his Woodstock performance in '69, Santana has been one of the world's biggest guitar talents, with a melodic sensibility few can match. We go deep into his lead style

Guitar World

“Peter Green is tasked with filling the shoes of Clapton, the man referred to as God”: Tracking the phenomenal guitar lineage of John Mayall in 12 essential releases

We trace the evolution of the six-string linchpin behind the British blues rock boom of the 1960s

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