The guitarist John Mayer claims Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton wouldn’t exist without
A pioneering figure…
From The Vault Archives: 11/2025
“There was a lot of nerves”: The only musicians that Joe Walsh was “in awe of”
Never coming close to their songwriting.
The artist Keith Richards says he’s copied the most: “What I wanted to hear”
The career of a copycat.
The one man Willie Nelson called “the greatest musician, singer, writer, and entertainer
Nelson names his favourite.
The album so bad Rush almost quit music for good: “Do we pack it in?”
A turning point for many reasons.
The record John Lennon said The Beatles would never make: “I’d hate an album like that”
Doing it their own way.
The one Tom Petty song he “struggled” to write: “It was fun, but I was always annoyed”
When creativity gets to be like work.
