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Meet Jesse Williams, the Joe Bonamassa-backed singer-songwriter tackling the mountain blues
By Andrew Daly published
Raised on fingerpicking and the blues but now beginning to explore pedals, Williams explains why it’s worth remaining independent no matter the challenges

Alex Lifeson on throwing sonic curveballs with Envy of None – and why he’s all in on plugins
By David Mead published
As Alex Lifeson launches the second album from his latest prog project, Envy of None, we delve deep into the mists of its sonic landscape
![Goose’s Rick Mitarotonda [left] and Peter Anspach at NYC’s Radio City Music Hall, June 25, 2022](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tUcaeZE77iRm3AJSfFSZkK.jpg)
How Goose took flight to become the world’s hottest jam band
By Alan Paul published
Rick Mitarotonda and Peter Anspach play without fear, reading the room, letting their improv instincts guide them. But those rooms are getting mighty big. Just how did a Connecticut jam band reach Madison Square Garden?

Thunderstruck on bass? With slapping and tapping? Bass hero Toby Peterson-Stewart flexes his chops in tribute to AC/DC
By Nick Wells published
From parallel distortion to cutting-edge tapping, Toby Peterson-Stewart breaks down some of the highlights from his latest cover

Junior Marvin on Bob Marley and the Wailers’ Survival – and the influence Hendrix’s guitar pedal guru had on its sound
By Andrew Daly published
After the success of Exodus and Kaya, Bob Marley took the Wailers into a more politically charged direction to deliver a slept-on classic in the Wailers’ discography

My day interviewing Hank Marvin over beans on toast and chickening out of a Paul McCartney 'audition'
By Neville Marten published
Neville Marten's first assignment for Guitarist was one for the ages, at a venue that is now sadly lost but for a time was the place for the biggest bands to rehearse

Tetrarch on the joy of handing out signature models to their heroes and designing metal’s gnarliest tones
By Gregory Adams published
The Ugly Side of Me is an utterly crushing exercise in 21st-century riffs and tones, and if you're wondering how they get these sounds, well, Josh Fore and Diamond Rowe take us behind the scenes and tell all

Steve Stevens on his Dave Friedman pedalboard, his fave klone and why he can't quit guitar synths
By Andrew Daly published
The effervescent Billy Idol guitarist reveals the secrets of his pedalboard

Jake E. Lee on his wild Ozzy Osbourne days and why Tony Iommi is harder to emulate than Randy Rhoads
By Andrew Daly published
Arthritis and the small matter of being shot didn't stop Jake E. Lee from honoring his old bandmate/boss Ozzy Osbourne and hero Tony Iommi at Sabbath's final show. And Tom Morello needed him bad
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