Guitar Tricks Insider February/March Digital Edition | Page 2

6.
Essential Albums
Eddie Van Halen and John Mayall
select albums you should have in
your collection.

Jon Bon Jovi on
the advantages
of composing on
acoustic guitar.

8.
Riffing

24.
Cover Story

Aerosmith gets
excited about Jeff
Beck, and Zakk
Wylde tells us why
he owes his career
to Elton John.

David Gilmour, the man who
had been pink, shares his
influences and thoughts
about style and tone. Listen
as DG talks about the keys
for soloing, and recording
the song “Sorrow.”

10.
Nuggets

32.
Listen Hear

Name that Tune –
8 famous hammer-on
and pull-off riffs.

Listen to Billy Gibbons talk
about playing in a trio, and
the nightly arrival of the
band’s fourth member, Mr.
Time.

14.
Classic Corner

36.
Acoustic
Feature

Don Felder of the Eagles
visits Backtrack to talk about
the development of “Hotel
California.” We also present a
sketch by Roger Waters, which
includes handwritten lyrics to
“Outside The Wall.”

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20.
Sound
Advice

DIGITAL EDITION

Paul Simon talks
S&G, learning
music vocabulary,
Graceland, and
writing that Aretha
hit.

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