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Welcome
In the Making • BB King plays San Quentin State Prison, 25 May, 1986
Blues Radar • Your guide to all the best blues events happening in the next few months
Twelve-Bar News • News and happenings from the world of blues guitar
theWishlist • Contemporary gear rooted in the heritage of the blues
theSpotlight • Artists keeping the blues alive
BLUES DIARIES 1966 And All That • Veteran guitar journalist and touring musician Neville Marten’s life in blues
Icon • The players who shaped the blues
the Confessional • Blues masters answer our questions about playing, philosophy and tone
JOE BONAMASSA • The world’s most prolific bluesman on breakthroughs, lessons learned and why he’s wearing shades onstage
BUDDY GUY • When blues gods walked the earth, Buddy Guy was among them. Now he’s one of the last of his kind – this is the life of a living legend, in his own words
DOUBLE IMPACT • Two legendary players. Two near-mythical Les Pauls. Two all-time-great blues albums. Between 1965 and 1967, Eric Clapton and Peter Green blew through John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers and lit the fuse of the British boom. This is the true story of the greatest handover in blues history…
EVERGREENY • Peter Green’s ’59 Les Paul is almost as famous as the man himself. We spoke to Greeny’s current owner, Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett, about what makes it so special…
CLAPTON & GREEN • Jon Bishop explores the soloing style of two blues heroes during their John Mayall eras
TAYLOR MADE • With the contemporary blues album of the year, now is the time for Joanne Shaw Taylor to step up to the next level. We talk leaving comfort zones and exploring new tones with Kevin Shirley in Nashville
Robert Johnson And The Myths Of The Delta Blues… • A deal with the Devil, and his young death have added to the shroud of mystery surrounding King of the Delta Blues singers Robert Johnson. Yet, the truth we do know points to a man who was the first rock ’n’ roll casualty and a guitar genius…
BLUE-EYED SOUL • After discovering the Bluesbreakers aged just eight, Aynsley Lister was fated to become a guitarist. As he gets tonesome for new album, Eyes Wide Open, we look back at the roots and bright future of the British bluesman
BILLY GIBBONS • The ZZ Top man shares his wisdom and lessons learned from opening for Hendrix, his love affair with Miss Pearly Gates and the simple secret of tone…
ZZ TOP 5 • We look at Billy’s greatest guitar moments over the blues-rock trio’s 15 studio albums and 47 years together...
Gary Moore • Before the release of 1995’s Blues For Greeny album, Gary Moore reflected on the influence and friendship of Peter Green, and the Bluesbreaker’s legacy…
Hubert Sumlin • For three decades the late Hubert Sumlin’s jagged lead guitar helped create the sound of Howlin’ Wolf. 10 years ago, as he prepared to share a stage with the Rolling Stones in London, he recounted the stories of his hard blues road...
Rory Gallagher • In 1987, Neville Marten went to visit Rory Gallagher as he made what would become the Defender album to discuss the studio approach of a player renowned for his live fire. And he gave us that, and much more insight into his uniquely creative mind…
Stevie Ray Vaughan • In the summer of 1988 Stevie Ray Vaughan had just completed an intensive tour of Europe when Tom Nolan sat down to talk to him for a frank discussion about his roots, overcoming trouble and finding redemption. It would be his first and only Guitarist magazine cover feature during his lifetime…
music Reviews • The pick of new releases in blues
Fender Stratocaster • A closer look at the...