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![Cody Johnson, Slash and Billy Gibbons](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cvrRMhDtoGECLkjAn5sUxN-320-80.jpg)
Watch Slash, Billy Gibbons and Warren Haynes play an all-star medley of Lynyrd Skynyrd classics in tribute to Gary Rossington
By Matt Owen published
Gary Clark Jr. also paid tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan at the show with a blazing cover of The House Is Rockin’
![Slash, Billy Gibbons and Warren Haynes are set to perform together as part of the CMT Awards tribute to Gary Rossington](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xsKFumDLFDw6CGajKMdiaW-320-80.jpg)
Slash, Billy Gibbons and Warren Haynes to perform in all-star tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd's Gary Rossington at the CMT Awards
By Matt Parker published
The Southern rock legend’s memorial show at the 2023 CMT Awards will feature some huge guitar talent among a band of big-name rock and country stars
![Fergie and Slash](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NZpNhAZQzmBuTfTyfcFjrc-320-80.jpg)
Slash once teamed up with the Black Eyed Peas for a Super Bowl halftime show that featured the most divisive Sweet Child O’ Mine performance ever
By Matt Owen published
The infamous set took place in 2011, with the Guns N' Roses guitar legend's 90-second cameo part of a wider event that has since received some unfavorable accolades
![Slash (left) and Jeff Beck perform at a soundcheck at the Hippodrome de Vincennes in Paris on June 6, 1992](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CjX5PWfPj9MriY7AGqUHTZ-320-80.jpg)
Watch Jeff Beck play Locomotive with Guns N' Roses at a 1992 soundcheck for a live collaboration that never happened
By Jackson Maxwell published
Beck would ultimately pull out of his performance in Paris with the hard-rock giants – and, potentially, Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and Joe Perry – leaving these rehearsal videos as a tantalizing 'what if'
![Duff McKagan, Axl Rose and Slash of the rock group 'Guns n' Roses' perform at the LA Street Scene on September 28, 1985 in Los Angeles, California. Slash uses a Gibson Les Paul electric guitar for the first time onstage with the band.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nM7bZb3g6vjwS68Gc9m6Dd-320-80.jpg)
How to play Welcome to the Jungle on guitar
By Chris Bird published
Learn the legendary Guns N' Roses riff that introduced Slash to the world
![Jeff Beck, Ian Hunter and Slash perform live](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/G8TCnpBTj7rvb692EUWXkN-320-80.jpg)
Ian Hunter’s new album features Slash, Jeff Beck, Billy F Gibbons, Rob Trujillo, Taylor Hawkins, Mike Campbell and more
By Matt Parker published
The Mott the Hoople frontman’s new solo album, Defiance Part 1, has some seriously heavyweight guest talent
![Slash feat. Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators performs live on stage at Assago Summer Arena. Milan (Italy), June 24th, 2015.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Xz636GZSAZiJZ8NtSvuhjJ-320-80.jpg)
Lessons you can learn from Slash‘s blues guitar solos
By Phil Short published
Learn how to keep your solos fresh and memorable with this look at the Guns N‘ Roses icon‘s bluesier side
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Slash reveals how he really came up with the Sweet Child O’ Mine riff
By Matt Owen published
The Guns N' Roses guitarist explained that the iconic riff did not originate from a warm-up routine, contrary to popular belief
![Kings of Chaos: Duff McKagan, Matt Sorum and Slash](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HJzEY93FxzbfFW36PLWsPB-320-80.jpg)
Matt Sorum reunites with Slash and Duff McKagan on scorching Kings of Chaos single, Judgment Day
By Matt Owen published
Hear the Guitar World-exclusive premiere of the single, which paves the way for the supergroup's first-ever studio album
![Nile Rodgers and Slash perform live at the Budokan in 1996](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Ked79N6TicNmmP5fdJndQJ-320-80.jpg)
Slash once joined Nile Rodgers and Chic for a marathon Le Freak solo spot – but the show ended in tragedy
By Michael Astley-Brown last updated
Watch the 1996 performance the Guns N’ Roses guitarist called “the biggest privilege of my life” – at the concert that would prove to be bass legend Bernard Edwards’ last
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