Mike Campbell was Tom Petty’s right-hand man throughout his career. They started playing together as teenagers in Mudcrutch, moved to Los Angeles together and honed their music together, along with ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. “I started playing trumpet in elementary school, but one day there was a performance for the ...

Before Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton whaled away on their Fenders or Les Paul cranked up his Gibson, numerous guitar players were coaxing sound out of diddley bows, or cigar box guitars. Hendrix, for ...

Let me preface things by saying that this is neither a scientific paper nor a definitive answer. It’s simply a slice of wholegrain common sense, a meaty layer of builder knowledge, with a dollop of ...

Spencer Bohren demonstrates one of his many lap steel guitars at his home. 'I'm addicted, what can I say?' He performs at the New Orleans Jazz Fest on Friday, May 3, 2013. (Keith Spera / NOLA.com | ...

All that work has allowed Hanna to build a comfortable life for his wife and their two sons, and inside the home he built for his family is a room that looks much smaller than it actually is, for ...

This video is a part of Complex's WZRD Week. When the worlds of hip-hop and rock meet, the results have historically been pretty uneven. For every "Walk This Way" success there is a "Funky Man" to ...

Jason Stollsteimer is a patient man. Patient enough to let various unwholesome music-business narratives play themselves out in the five years since his band, the Von Bondies, rode the Zeitgeist to ...

Samuel L Jackson has become obsessed with guitars since starring in his latest film Black Snake Moan. The actor took lessons from The Late Show's Felicia Collins after signing up for the movie, which ...