Stevie Ray Vaughan, bluesman, guitarist and legend, was only 35 at the time of his death in 1990, but in his brief lifetime he managed to revitalize the blues, influence a generation of guitarists and produce a phenomenal body of work.
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“I only used the back pickup. Ozzy hates the sound of the front pickup. He calls it the ‘cow tone’”: Bursting with ideas but deferential to Ozzy Osbourne, a young Zakk Wylde had interesting guitar instructions upon joining the legendary frontman's band
“It was very simplistic compared to my later compositions”: It may have been inspired by the Kinks, but Al Di Meola's Race with Devil on Spanish Highway is one of the great virtuoso displays in guitar history. Watch the maestro play it with Steve Vai
