“Nothing was planned. It was all a first take.” The “accidental” 1976 smash hit created by a virtuoso rock group and the most recorded guitarist in history

Louie Shelton and the founding members of Toto didn’t think the song had “a chance in hell” of succeeding. A DJ proved them wrong

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Paul McCartney impressed by Paul Mescal’s left-handed guitar skills ahead of biopic - Pearl & Dean Cinemas

Paul McCartney impressed by Paul Mescal’s left-handed guitar skills ahead of biopic  Pearl & Dean Cinemas

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“The stickers became part of the guitar. He couldn't take any off.” Alvin Lee's daughter tells how Gibson accidentally preserved his Woodstock ES-335 forever

After sending his legendary “Big Red” ES-335 in for a neck repair, the Ten Years After guitarist got back a very different instrument

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“The man shaving my balls didn’t tell me.” Robert Fripp says he’s still baffled by his bizarre hospital mystery

The guitarist notes that he’s in the best shape he’s been in for decades following a heart attack last year —though one part of his treatment still makes no sense.

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“You left your wax cylinders at home?” Jack White welcomes Stephen Colbert back to public-access TV

Less than 24 hours after ‘The Late Show’ ended, White joined Colbert on Michigan's ‘Only in Monroe’ for a bizarre hour of music, Bigfoot talk and set-smashing

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“He was shaking the last time I saw him. He had the same thing that killed Lowell George.” Roger McGuinn and Keith Richards on the country-rock pioneer who laid a path for the ’70s California sound and died at 26

Despite his tumultuous lifestyle, Gram Parsons delivered transcendent music with the Byrds, the Flying Burrito Brothers and his own Fallen Angels

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“We smoked a lot of pot together, so that was really helpful.” How Neil Diamond, a bag of weed and a twice-rejected song turned a pair of struggling young guitarists into global stars

As the Bellamy Brothers reveal, they were hurting for a hit when they befriended Diamond’s band. The rest is history

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