Arteconciencias: “I had no idea he was coming. I was like, ‘This is the last song that I wanted to play’”: Joe Satriani recalls his first and only meeting with Eddie Van Halen – a surprise visit when he was tackling a tricky track in the studio

“Eric’s Les Paul gets stolen, and he knows I’ve got the other one. He starts calling me relentlessly. I charged him £200. It’s worth about two million now”: Andy Summers recalls selling Eric Clapton his Gibson Les Paul ‘Burst for a bargain price | “Whenever people visited my house and saw the guitar, their faces would light up”: Guitar gifted to Jason Becker by Eddie Van Halen sells for $110,000 at auction | “Bob Marley didn’t want to hear my jazz-rock… I had to start all over again. I needed to play slower and add more feeling. Once I did, he told me, ‘That’s it, man!’” Al Anderson opens up on his tumultuous time with a reggae icon

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December 22, 2023

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“I had no idea he was coming. I was like, ‘This is the last song that I wanted to play’”: Joe Satriani recalls his first and only meeting with Eddie Van Halen – a surprise visit when he was tackling a tricky track in the studio

Satch was busy piecing together The Extremist and laboring over the jangly, 12-string sounds of a challenging song – then Eddie Van Halen walked in

"Eric's Les Paul gets stolen, and he knows I've got the other one. He starts calling me relentlessly. I charged him £200. It's worth about two million now": Andy Summers recalls selling Eric Clapton his Gibson Les Paul 'Burst for a bargain price

After Slowhand's legendary Beano 'Burst was stolen in '66, Summers reluctantly sold his own Les Paul to the bluesman for a measly £200

"Whenever people visited my house and saw the guitar, their faces would light up": Guitar gifted to Jason Becker by Eddie Van Halen sells for $110,000 at auction

Becker was happy to part ways with the instrument to pay for his ongoing ALS care and hopes it goes to someone who will "love and appreciate it as much as I do"

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"Bob Marley didn't want to hear my jazz-rock… I had to start all over again. I needed to play slower and add more feeling. Once I did, he told me, 'That's it, man!'" Al Anderson opens up on his tumultuous time with a reggae icon

From No Woman, No Cry to Natty Dread and Revolution, every Bob Marley and The Wailers track Al Anderson played on was a hit – but he lived through broken promises, bad vibes from his replacement and sleeping rough on a mosquito-ridden beach to make it

"At four in the morning, I got a call from David Bowie. He said they needed a guitar player for Iggy Pop's album": As right-hand man for everyone from Mark Knopfler to Eric Clapton, 'Session Man' Phil Palmer more than earned his nickname

Armed with a Nocaster given to him by his uncle, the Kinks' Dave Davies, Palmer became a go-to guitarist for some of music's biggest names, landing an official role in Dire Straits – and narrowly missing out on playing Clapton's MTV Unplugged set

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