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“Stevie Ray Vaughan was a little worse for wear. He was eating KFC out of a box and then ate the box as well”: Jeff Beck’s wild tales of Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Van Halen and Frank Zappa

Sharing the stage with Page, giving Hendrix a guitar, being mistaken for Jagger – these were some of Jeff Beck‘s most memorable friendships

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2024 PFL Europe 3 video: Stevie Ray pulls off ‘Scottish Twister,’ sits on fence over retirement

Stevie Ray couldn't stick with the idea of retiring from MMA after an insane submission win in the 2024 PFL Europe 3 main event.

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Stevie Ray on his possible final MMA fight at PFL Glasgow and Celtic Park appearance

Mixed martial artists spend more time than most in the company of medical staff making it perhaps not a huge surprise that one of them is…

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Photos: PFL Europe 3 ceremonial weigh-ins and fighter faceoffs

Check out these photos from the PFL Europe 3 weigh-ins in Glasgow, Scotland.

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“I played House of the Rising Sun in my fifth-grade talent show. Afterward Stevie Ray Vaughan walked up and said, ‘I play guitar, too’ and our friendship began”: Meet Rocky Athas, the guitarist who went to school with SRV and inspired Brian May to tap

The Texan player recalls how Queen witnessed his trick-filled live show, jamming with Double Trouble and filling Clapton’s shoes in John Mayall’s band

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Ex-UFC fighter Roger Huerta emerges for PFL fight booking after years-long hiatus

In 2007, Roger Huerta was the first UFC fighter on a Sports Illustrated cover. Fast forward to 2024 and he just took another fight.

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Told to get clean or he had two weeks to live, guitar great Stevie Ray Vaughan did, and recorded his greatest album

How Stevie Ray Vaughan put blues music back in business

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“We had to come up with the songs pretty quickly – Stevie wasn’t a fluent songwriter”: Tommy Shannon and Chris Layton on the making of Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Couldn’t Stand the Weather

In 1984, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble needed new tunes and needed them bad, and necessity became the mother of invention as they put together a bona fide blues classic

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"Stevie liked a clean sound. He really didn't turn everything up until the last song": Stevie Ray Vaughan's tech Rene Martinez remembers his boss, friend and blues guitar legend

Classic interview: "The way he had it configured was so that everything acted like one big gigantic speaker"

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“Not a stitch. I can’t pull anything off!” Joe Bonamassa names the one technique he cannot nail – and reveals what prompted him to pivot from Strats to Les Pauls

It's a technique that Allan Holdsworth and Eric Johnson are masters at, but the revered blues guitarist has had to pursue a different approach to counter his shredding kryptonite

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“Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, Ry Cooder, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jeff Healey and Buddy Guy... I naturally gravitated towards a Strat because my main influences were all playing them”: Philip Sayce on why the best studio magic is live

Returning with new solo LP The Wolves Are Coming, the blues ace discusses big studio energy during downtime for the world, his enduring guitar heroes, and his exacting standards for the Strat

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“Musically, Eric was a very generous guy. I loved working with him because he encouraged me to play”: How Eric Clapton used Roger Waters, George Harrison, and Stevie Ray Vaughan as foils to survive the ‘80s – the decade he was not prepared for

This was the decade that saw Slowhand board a train with Another Ticket and disembark as a fully-fledged Journeyman. Here, Albert Lee, Phil Palmer, and more recall a turbulent time in Clapton's career

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“I’m trying to chase a sound I’m hearing in my head – and basically, whatever everybody else is doing, I try to run away from”: Stevie Ray Vaughan inspired him to get serious. Now Ariel Posen is blazing his own trail

Emotive, minimalist, almost gourmet, Ariel Posen’s playing is a gift for the senses, and new album Reasons Why has plenty reasons why he is one of the most original guitarists today

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“Malcolm Young would shred picks. It's like he would pick them up and they’d turn to dust!”: Richard Fortus breaks down his role as Guns N’ Roses’ rhythm machine – and explains the overlooked details that separate good players from great ones

GNR's resident Gretsch signature artist discusses his chemistry with Slash – and how it echoes that of Izzy Stradlin's – and pinpoints his approach to staying in the pocket

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Meet the 2023 PFL finalists, including three potential repeat $1 million winners

The PFL wrapped up its third set of playoff events Wednesday in New York, and now the finals are set in six divisions.

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Jeff Beck said Stevie Ray Vaughan “was the closest thing to Hendrix when it came to playing the blues”: watch the two guitar heroes duke it out on Goin' Down

Filmed for MTV, this electrifying 1989 performance showcases the Strat titans' uniquely forceful playing

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UFC veterans in MMA and boxing action June 30-July 2

Check out which veterans of the UFC are in combat sports action across the globe this weekend.

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2023 PFL 6 fighter pay: Shane Burgos pockets six-figure purse after move from UFC

Check out the disclosed 2023 PFL 6 fighter pays, including what Shane Burgos is making after jumping over from the UFC.

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Stevie Ray announces retirement from MMA after 2023 PFL 6 loss: ‘Time to pass on my knowledge and experience’

One of Scotland's greatest MMA fighters has called it a career.

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Clay Collard def. Stevie Ray 2023 PFL 6: Best photos

Check out these photos from Clay Collard vs. Stevie Ray at 2023 PFL 6 in Atlanta.

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2023 PFL 6 video: Clay Collard swarms Stevie Ray for playoff-clinching TKO

Clay Collard turned in an impressive performance against Stevie Ray in Atlanta, getting the stoppage he needed to clinch a playoff spot.

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2023 PFL 6 results: 2022 season winners Olivier Aubin-Mercier, Sadibou Sy score highlight-reel knockouts

2023 PFL 6 took place Friday to complete the lightweight and welterweight playoff brackets – and last year's champs shined with KOs.

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2023 PFL 6 predictions: Who’s picking upsets to close out regular season?

Check out our staff members' picks for the 2023 PFL Week 6 card, which features welterweights and lightweights.

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UFC veterans in MMA and bareknuckle boxing action June 23-25

Check out which veterans of the UFC are in combat sports action across the globe this weekend.

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Clay Collard doesn’t fully agree with PFL season points system: ‘Two wins should outweigh a knockout’

Does Clay Collard have a point about this potential flaw in the PFL regular season scoring system?

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