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Ella Feingold auditioned to join Prince’s band – but was turned down because her playing was “too funky”
Feingold has discussed her 2005 audition, during which her chops proved to be too funky – and not enough ‘Elton John’ – for Prince
Greg Suran on his time with Joe Walsh – and the Eagle’s passion for tonal tinkering
A veteran guitarist whose resumé also includes work with Sunny Day Real Estate, The B-52's, and Lionel Richie, Suran tells GW that he learned plenty from the Eagles legend, both tone-wise and solo-wise
Meet Gore. guitarist Alex Reyes – the modeler-melting Texan metal player summoning djent riffs from six-strings
The Houston metal trio’s debut EP is turning heads as Reyes summons low-tuned maelstroms into stunning structures, making the most of his producers’ songwriting experience
9 must-hear albums that fueled the British blues guitar boom
The essential records that chart blues music’s epic journey – from its Delta roots through to the masterpiece that launched the heavy rock movement
Judith Hill on her journey from backing singer for Michael Jackson, Prince and Stevie Wonder to fronting her own band
The 20 Feet From Stardom singer worked with – and learned from – the biggest names in pop before she seized a six-string and formed her own group
Warren Haynes has two signature Gibsons in the works – including an unusually spec’d Firebird
The upcoming builds will see the Allman Brothers Band icon swap his tried-and-trusted humbuckers for something a little more left-field
Orange Goblin’s Joe Hoare on life’s simple pleasures – Les Pauls, Marshall amps and signature beer
The UK metal stalwart's new album, Science, Not Fiction is a career high, but if Hoare is stretching out beyond the Pentatonics in search of new horizons for lead, the power of the riff lies in its primitivism. Some things will never change...
Steve Cradock once smoked the shavings of Hendrix’s Strat by rolling them in a page from the Bible
A regular studio session took a turn in the spirit of Purple Haze, when the Ocean Colour Scene guitarist ended up getting high on Hendrix's guitar
A guide to everything David Gilmour used on his new solo album, Luck & Strange
Gilmour's tech, Phil Taylor, provides GW with an exhaustive list of the guitar gear used to record the prog icon's first solo album in nine years – and there are some surprising pieces of kit
Session ace Paul Jackson Jr. on how he became Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones’ go-to guitarist
From meeting Michael Jackson at 19, to playing with B.B. King and on Daft Punk’s Get Lucky, his career has thrived on variety – but the session great tells us it starts with your ears, not your hands...
