Townes Van Zandt, Hank Williams Jr., and Stevie Ray Vaughan all made their guitars sing the blues. However, none of their careers would likely have existed without Lightnin’ Hopkins. Today, we’re ...

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B.B. King, the King of the Blues, would have turned 100 on Sept. 16. Most Americans know his name, his primacy among blues legends, and the singular identity of his beloved hollow-body Gibson guitar ...

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Before the 1950s, guitars supported the band. By the end of the decade, they led it. This breakdown covers the rise of electric guitar heroes like Scotty Moore, Johnny “Guitar” Watson, and Chuck Berry ...

Göransson found a 1932 Dobro Cyclops, which became the hero slide guitar for the surreal musical tribute to the blues, which was shot live as a oner IMAX 65mm. “I grew up with blues around me,” ...

Ryan Coogler‘s “Sinners” is much more than a bloody showdown featuring vampires. The supernatural thriller is anchored in music, specifically the blues. In the film, in theaters now, Michael B. Jordan ...

On this day (August 27) in 1990, the music world lost the masterful blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan. Vaughan, who was 35, was killed in a helicopter crash after jamming with Eric Clapton and his ...