Bonnie Raitt became Guitar Player's first female cover star. "I hate to be called a blues singer or a folkie," she said.

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The legendary Robert Johnson, a blues icon, whose life story of struggle and talent, particularly the myth of a deal with the ...

Elizabeth “Libba” Cotten was a self-taught musician who played the guitar upside down because she was left-handed. She ...

Guitar Player cover story went onsale just as the band themselves came to an end. Founding members Robbie Robertson and ...