We’re talking cobra blue basses with just the right amount of rumble. Purple pedals that help your amp produce silk sonics (no, not the Bruno Mars version). And tie-dye red-and-white straps that ...

The Dallas-born guitar virtuoso Stevie Ray Vaughan showed the world what the electric guitar can do. Part of an elite group of players (along with others like Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, and maybe a ...

Among musical styles, few are as laden with convention and cliché as the blues. Every aspect, from the chord progression to the lyrics, is intentionally derivative. That's why you know blues when you ...