Jimi Hendrix is renowned for playing a Stratocaster, but little do people know, the first he used was Keith Richards.

From Cream to The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix loved everything from rock n roll to pop, folk and the blues. The counterculture icon wove these inspirations together.

The vinyls keep spinnin' on the record player, yet the collection remains incomplete. Stored in either crates or bookshelves, we unsheath our favorite phonographs, CDs, or pocket screens to play music.

His famed "Oxblood" Les Paul, featured on the cover of his 'Blow by Blow' album, is the record-breaking star of the show

When Chicago founder Terry Kath accidentally killed himself, the world was robbed of one of its greatest guitarists

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CHICAGO (CBS) -- An era is coming to an end in River North, as the Chicago outpost of the Hard Rock Café is soon to close after 39 years in business.

Find out why it was a great day for Guns N' Roses in 1989 and which iconic music show began on this day in 1990.

Marshall Group sells a majority stake in the guitar amp and headphones maker to Hong Kong venture capital firm HongShan Capital Group for $1.1 billion

The author's account of her husband's sudden death (and what comes after) is a new classic in the literature of widowhood

Graham Bond was an excellent musician and one that we don't speak about enough. His highs are outweighed by his lows, as hsi final years were complex.

The former Beatle gave Guitar Player insights into "Taxman" and "Blackbird," as well as John Lennon's previously unknown fingerpicking skills