American” halftime opened with a guitar-solo national anthem. It was a striking contrast to Jimi Hendrix’s rendition at ...

Jimi Hendrix’s solo career is pivotal to the history of the electric guitar. In a stunning revelation, Electro-Harmonix founder Mike Matthews tells Guitar World it might not have happened without him.

Whenever people talk about the greatest guitar solos ever recorded, Guns N’ Roses star Slash is always in the conversation ...

George Harrison and The Beatles mainly remained apolitical with their music. However, Harrison felt he had to speak out after seeing how much of his earnings were being taken out due to taxes. The ...

Jimi Hendrix changed the music world with his guitar playing in a brief but prolific four years. In iconic stature, he rivals Bob Dylan, The Beatles, and The Rolling Stones as one of rock and roll’s ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Few things defined the genre of rock and roll more than the guitar solo. Sometimes powerful and loud, at other times gentle and orchestrated, the ...

After recording his debut album and making his name in England, Jimi Hendrix set his sights on America. His big moment arrived in mid-June ’67, when Hendrix was to perform on the final night of the ...

It doesn’t get much more epic than a great rock ‘n’ roll guitar solo. Since the dawn of contemporary music, people have employed the six-stringed instrument to infuse their songs with energy, ...

There are a lot of great guitarists and guitar solos in the world, and we all know most of the big names and numbers. But here are 10 that you may have overlooked and/or forgotten. Some are by ...

The history of rock guitar — and rock music in general — can be split into two periods: before Jimi Hendrix's debut album and after. It's difficult to overstate the impact of the Jimi Hendrix ...

The electric guitar has become such a fixture in popular culture we now take it for granted. Despite groundbreaking modern guitar slingers like Saint Vincent, H.E.R. and Tosin Abasi, traditional rock ...

93. The Edge on U2′s “Bullet the Blue Sky” “Bullet the Blue Sky” sticks out like a sore thumb on “The Joshua Tree,” an otherwise modest record in terms of its musical arrangements. The Edge’s guitar, ...