A few acoustic songs by Oasis, Neil Young, and others give listeners a peek into what a hit sounds like in its infancy.

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Buddy Guy discovered feedback and distortion one fateful night in Chicago thanks to a passerby's trailing dress.

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As high-earning artists, the Bee Gees chose to spend much of their time out of the UK at the time to avoid paying income tax ...

"It’s too simple to play because it’s based on a five-note scale, and I had come way past that," the guitarist says ...

By the time Cream came together in 1966, they weren’t forming just another British rock group; they were creating a blueprint ...

Eric Clapton took a lot of chances throughout his career post-Cream, but he felt that not every album had the greatest guitar ...

The Wallflowers originated in the city of Los Angeles in 1989 as a roots-rock band when Jakob Dylan, son of Bob Dylan, and ...