In 1979, B.B. recruited Parks to contribute guitar to his album Take It Home. King’s rhythm section included members of the ...

It’s easy to be envious of the talents of Eric Clapton, but a session guitarist, famed for his time working with Roger Waters, says the Pink Floyd bass player was “resentful” of Slowhand.

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 ...

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 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 make it in Nashville—even as a background performer—you have to have something special. According to the legendary Merle Haggard, Grady Martin—born on this day (Jan. 17) in 1929—had it without ...

Ralph Grasso walks over to a small black-and-white photo of Frank Sinatra hanging on the wall of his home office. "Who's that?" he asks, pointing to the Chairman of the Board. "Now, who is that?" he ...

In this recent piece, Sonny Stuart winter sat down to chat with Marcus Gooda about how he successfully become session musician and how successfully network and find opportunities for session work.