Wayne Perkins, a Birmingham, Alabama-born session guitarist who almost joined the Rolling Stones in 1976, has died. He was 74 ...

Jeff ‘Skunk’ Baxter, ex-Steely Dan and Doobie Brothers guitarist, has been talking about his career after those bands, the decades when he worked as a session guitarist for hire.

Granted, times have changed since the session glory days of the ’60s and ’70s, but there is still a wealth of opportunities for the aspiring session guitarist who is willing to put in the work and ...

He almost got picked for the Rolling Stones, helped Bob Marley become a superstar, passed on joining Lynyrd Skynyrd, dated Joni Mitchell, and lived in music mogul David Geffen’s house. What a life ...

Soilwork just announced the permanent addition of session guitarist Simon Johansson to their ranks. The band tragically lost their pervious guitarist, David Andersson, last year at age 47, something ...

Jimmy Page remains one of the most celebrated guitar players ever. He avoided disaster by shunning two terrible names as he formed Led Zeppelin, and he then guided the band to incredible heights in ...

Jimmy Page found fame as Led Zeppelin’s guitarist. The band’s name was something of a joke, but Page avoided disaster when he chose it over two other terrible options. Before that happened, though, ...

To the average music listener, the Beach Boys are known for their sunny pop-rock tunes about surfing, California hot-rod culture and pretty girls in bikinis. Early 1960s cuts like “Fun, Fun Fun,” ...

Steve Cropper, the legendary guitarist who was a session musician with Stax Records in the ’60s, has died. He was 84. The Missouri-born guitarist played on dozens of hit records over the decades, ...

Acclaimed session guitarist Big Jim Sullivan, who played on dozens of hits in the 1960s and 1970s, has died, his wife said Thursday. He was 71. Norma Sullivan said that Sullivan had died at their home ...