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The Byrds' founder talked to us about the origins of folk-rock, the allure of 12-string Rickenbackers and his eternal love of folk music ...
Vivian Campbell has a new electric guitar hero – a young, unsung British blues rock guitarist who has been left gobsmacked by ...
Watch the sunset from Cunningham Lake on May 29, 2024 Thousands came out to see a former Beatle perform at Omaha’s Memorial ...
A guitarist and songwriter, he ditched glam rock at its peak and scored with meatier stadium-rock anthems like “Can’t Get ...
He was crucial to the sound of 1970s hits including "All the Young Dudes," "Can't Get Enough," "Good Lovin' Gone Bad" and "Feel Like Makin' Love." ...
Jeff "Skunk" Baxter has played guitar with an array of acts -- as a member of Steely Dan and the Doobie Brothers, and as a session hand with a lengthy resume of some of music's biggest name. And he's ...
As Campbell revealed to Rolling Stone, he cut the song’s original slide guitar solo, only to suggest Harrison try it instead — which he did, resulting in the tune’s indelible lead guitar break.
Known as the chiming lead guitarist for Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, and his tendency to brandish a beloved beaten Broadcaster, Mike Campbell was born to strum six strings. “I loved it right ...
Mike Campbell may be best known as Tom Petty’s right-hand man in the Heartbreakers, but as the 1980s dawned, the electric guitar icon began working with Fleetwood Mac and Eagles royalty. With ...
Shy lead guitarist Mike Campbell turned away from the audience, head down, half-facing drummer Stan Lynch. But Lynch wanted to make an impression here.
Hearing the huge 12-string guitar sounds of the Byrds left Campbell craving for a taste of the same, but he loathed buying another guitar. That proved to be the genesis of their sound as it's ...
“When I first met Tom, he was writing on guitar, but he mostly played bass in the band that we were in, Mudcrutch,” Campbell says in the new issue of Guitarist. “When we got to LA, I had a ...