Jack of all trades

Deep Purple’s longest-serving guitarist Steve Morse on the records, artists and gigs of lasting significance to him.

AN ESSENTIAL TECHNIQUE all electric guitarists should strive to master is the art of string bending, which can be used to create personally expressive, vocal-like sounds in unique ways. String bending

I RECENTLY GOT back off the road with my band Black Country Communion, which features Jason Bonham on drums, Glenn Hughes on bass and vocals — the “Voice of Rock!”— and the master of the keyboards, De

‘I was born twice,’ said the great Russian bass Feodor Chaliapin. ‘In Kazan I opened my eyes to life, and in Tbilisi to music.’ What is it about music and the Georgians? Some members of that Caucasian

With a new album and a new range of signature guitars lined up, the next 18 months are looking busy for this American blues hotshot

Richard Barrett is on a mission to make you a better blues player – with full audio examples and backing tracks