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BB King left behind the racism of rural Mississippi to become the King Of The Blues. Here's his incredible story in his own words…

Roy Buchanan inspired Jeff Beck, Gary Moore and Joe Bonamassa, but suffered a life of addiction and died a bluesman’s death

How Stevie Ray Vaughan put blues music back in business

Just five months after releasing the howl of fury that was Ohio, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young put out Our House, two and a half minutes of homespun, blissful peace

The ultimate metal guitar might appear like it was born yesterday, but the Gibson Flying V's iconic pointy bits and crushing tone are way older than they look

Often dismissed as a disappointing follow-up to its predecessor, David Lee Roth’s Skyscraper is a scorching album from one of rock’s greatest, albeit short-lived, partnerships

10 early blues classics

Jimi Hendrix released just three studio albums and one live album in his lifetime. These are the 10 best songs from his posthumous albums

During a long career, BB King recorded some of the best blues albums of all time – and its greatest treasure

Elvis Presley escaped poverty to become a global phenomenon and a hip-swivelling, parent-baiting target for the KKK. These are his best albums

Should you buy bluetooth, over-ear, on-ear? Read this before you buy.

Duane Allman is justly lauded for his work with his Brothers, but there’s more to the legacy of the doomed guitarist than At Fillmore East

Fleetwood Mac co-founder Peter Green never really considered stardom as a career option. He had other ideas

The men and women who built rock'n'roll all had their favourite weapons, and this series tells their stories

Obscured by the shadow of BB King’s groundbreaking colossus Completely Well, his follow-up album featured Carole King, Leon Russell, Joe Walsh and more

ZZ Top’s Tres Hombres transformed them from that Little Ol’ Band From Texas into a phenomenon, putting the Lone Star State back on the musical map as they defined the sound of Texan blues

Still a cult figure outside of the guitar world, Danny Gatton was the ‘player’s player’, a genius who mastered every genre he touched before tragically taking his own life

Former Motorhead man and current Bastard Son Phil Campbell picks 10 earth-shattering discs that shaped his long career in rock'n'roll

The guitars, amp and pedal you need to sound like the man who defined heavy metal

The guitars, amp and fx you need for the best possible Experience...

The guitars, amp and pedal you need to mount the tonal stairway to the ultimate early Led Zeppelin sound

It's a long way to the shops if you wanna sound like Malcolm Young, the much-missed rhythm genius of AC/DC. But, for those of you about to rock, we have the know-how

Game changers: 21 albums that shifted the way rock musicians approached the guitar, 1956-2001

It’s four decades since the Stray Cats rebooted rockabilly with Runaway Boys. Now, Brian Setzer, Lee Rocker and Slim Jim Phantom talk old times and fresh beginnings

BB King’s early 70s prison album attempts to shiv his iconic ’65 Live At The Regal and replace it as top dog. We keep a look-out for the guards.