“When I go onstage and have a guitar, I feel like no-one can touch me”: Why Amy Winehouse's passion for guitar was key to her distinctive songwriting style By Janelle Borg published 12 April 24 A little-known 2004 interview saw Amy Winehouse wax lyrical about all things guitar
“All there was left for me in Minneapolis was to work for Prince, and I had no desire to – I’d heard too many stories. I got bored… I quit playing guitar for two years”: How Binky Griptite reinvented himself – and ended up playing with Amy Winehouse By Andrew Daly published 23 January 24 Partly inspired by a copy of Guitar World he tried to steal, the Dap-Kings’ former rhythm powerhouse started out as a shredder, before he studied the rhythm guitar greats – landing gigs with Janet Jackson and Amy Winehouse along the way
Watch Amy Winehouse play I Heard Love Is Blind on her Strat unaccompanied in 2004 Fender promo By Jackson Maxwell last updated 15 September 22 Winehouse often took the stage with a Stratocaster early in her career
Guitars played by David Gilmour, the Edge, Eddie Van Halen, Elvis Presley, Eric Clapton and more rake in huge figures in all-star auction By Matt Owen published 22 November 21 Clapton's $625,000 Martin D-45 was the highest-selling instrument at Julien’s Auctions mammoth Icons & Idols event, closely followed by The Edge's Gibson Explorer, which went for $437,500
Singer Amy Winehouse, 27, Found Dead in London By Damian Fanelli published 23 July 11 Amy Winehouse was found dead in her London apartment today. She was 27.