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New tribute to their former guitarist Brian James is delivered with real passion.

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Retracing Our Steps (2007–2014) KSCOPE

Rival Sons’ frontman on his solo album, songwriting, the call of the wild, storytellers, falling in love, destroying his past…

With Joe Bonamassa having gathered the cream of the scene for the B.B. King’s Blues Summit 100 tribute album – and written the intro to this feature – we take an alphabetised look back at the blues legend’s classic tracks, hotel bombings, car crashes, conspiracy theories, towering infernos and more…

He was drawn into rock by the greats, but rock’s not the only string on his guitar.