Joe bonamassa

The former Cars six-stringer talks early guitar exploits, the golden age of vintage-guitar buying, and why he’s not as jazzed about amps as he is about guitars themselves

Friends for two decades, blues giants Joe Bonamassa and Joanne Shaw Taylor invited Classic Rock to join them and press ‘Record’ as they put the world to rights – from AI and internet trolls to crap journalists, and the music execs who need a punch in the face.

Taking cues from Steely Dan but bringing their own unique vibe to the 70s AOR genre, Young Gun Silver Fox have grown a devoted fanbase. We join guitarist and co-founder Shawn Lee to see how rare, oddball and collectible guitars have powered their sound

WHEN TY SEGALL and collaborator Matt Yoka started writing the lyrics to the former’s new and 17th solo album, Possession, the pair set off to present a series of “quintessentially American stories.” T

BEHIND AN UNMARKED door in a nondescript West London street, you’ll find the recording studio of the world’s most reluctant rock god. Do this job long enough and you’ll learn to spot the artists who p

The instrument that featured on the cover of Dire Straits’ Brothers In Arms is still very much in use.