Sam McCue was an early local rock hero with The Legends, then spent a decade as The Everly Brothers' guitarist and music director.

Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson remembered his late bandmate as a “strong vocalist” and an “experienced, powerful and lyrical ...

News of his death was confirmed by Jethro Tull's chief vocalist Ian Anderson via the band's website on Sunday, Dec. 21 ...

Swanton grew up near the Bull Run Restaurant and he developed a taste for blues when his father took him to shows. Matt Swanton grew up in Shirley "down the road" from the Bull Run Restaurant, which ...

Dylan called Mike Bloomfield “the best guitar player I ever heard.” But his intensity and brilliance obscured a deep-seated ...

Mick Abrahams, the original guitarist for Jethro Tull and a key force behind their debut album This Was, has died at 82. See ...

After leaving Jethro Tull, Abrahams went on to found Blodwyn Pig, a blues-rock group that earned critical attention in the ...

Glam rock guitarists combined early rock and roll, blues, makeup, and science fiction to reimagine the rock star. They were androgynous, gaudy, and influenced several genres of music, including punk, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Guitar music is a ubiquitous feature of popular music, ...

I’m standing in the center of the Venice Beach Boardwalk on a stubbornly bright late afternoon in mid-September, watching a street vendor work amid smoothie and souvenir shops. He’s hawking a tangle ...

Inside a wooden cabin of a building nestled on the outer edge of Silver Lake, Reuben Cox started messing around with a guitar and accidentally created a new chapter in the history of rock and roll. It ...

In August 2000, when I was 2 years old, my mother put me in a maroon velvet dress and stuck foam earplugs in my ears. She carried me through the backstage corridors of the Santa Monica Civic ...