In this edition of Bought & Sold, Guitarist has the pleasure of Kenny Wayne Shepherd’s company, and there are few bigger electric guitar aficionados in the world. We often associate him with the Strat ...

Willie Lee “Guitar” Johnson, 71, a Chicago blues musician, played guitar with Howlin’ Wolf from the late 1940s until their famous last gig together at Theresa’s in 1959. His playing helped transform ...

“The Red Rooster” is track nine on disc one. Listen to it first, because it’s the key to this re-issue. On it, Howlin’ Wolf schools Eric Clapton on how to play the blues. As in, “No man, do it this ...