Everyone Loves Guitar

Pete played with and produced Dwight Yoakam from 1984-2002, on loads of platinum records & sold-out tours. Pete's also produced or played on records with Roy Orbison, The Meat Puppets, Tanya Tucker, Jackson Browne, Buck Owens, Steve Forbert,, Lucinda Williams & others. He's also written and produced TV & movie soundtracks and released 8 solo LPs Pete has a unique level of confidence when he plays...

Originally from a small mining town in the north of England, Matt moved to London to go to music college and hasn't left since. He's spent the last 20 years as a session and touring player with artists like Alison Moyet, James Morrison, Cee Lo Green and now as a full time member of The Temperance Movement, where he also co-writes songs. Really candid and fun call, Matt talks about "just making it"...

Rob takes us behind the scenes of the making of his new singles. Rob talks about his production process - which was different for different songs. How he came up with some of the solos and guitar parts, and an unusual way of forming the basis of a song - using the solo from another song. Short and sweet: Subscribe https://www.everyonelovesguitar.com/subscribe/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Ev...

Co-lead guitarist, vocalist and co-songwriter for Marshall Tucker Band, Chris has been around the Macon music scene for years. Chris talks about balancing personal and professional life, learning quickly that there's no upside in getting involved with drugs in the music business, the right way to play music, his granddad, lessons learned, best advice ever received: Subscribe https://www.everyonelo...

Ken is the co-founder, vocalist, guitarist, bassist and co-songwriter of the alt band Failure. Ken talks candidly about why Failure broke up and how they wound up getting back together. They weren't sure if there would be an interest in the band coming back together, but when they booked a show at the El Rey theater and it sold out in minutes… they knew they were on to something How he won the MTV...

Jai didn't start playing until he was 16, and on top of that he was dyslexic. Yet, just two years later he was well-known in the music scene throughout Mumbai, and was off to LA to study at Musician's Institute. Today, he is an in-demand session player who plays on many top Bollywood and other popular recordings, and has literally done tours all over the world Jai talks about the many differences...

Winner of 6 consecutive Downbeat Magazine international critic's polls, Mimi's played all over the world as a solo artist & as a band leader. Mimi shares some AMAZING stories about her life, including kicking cancer's ass, trusting people, why she hated being a session player, why she moved cross country from NYC to San Francisco, dealing with sexism and hard times as a young musician, Steve Vai a...

A child prodigy on piano, Matt is a multi-instrumentalist whose parents were  professional classical musicians. He's played with Lisa Loeb, Rod Stewart, Miley Cyrus, Gwen Stefani, Rosanne Cash, and various shows on Broadway. He's currently out with Matchbox Twenty and is also the MD for Rob Thomas' solo project Matt explains how he got the gigs with Rod Stewart, Matchbox Twenty & Sting… what he's...

This is an emotional episode. Doug has been the recording and touring lead guitarist for Edgar Winter for 15 years. During this time he's traveled all over the world, playing with legends of music like Rick Derringer, Pat Travers, Kim Simmonds, and others The story how Doug got the gig with Edgar Winter is NOTHING shy of amazing - shows you how something far greater than us, is running the show. H...

Founding member of underground Swiss band Monkey3, Boris has played on all 8 Lps & 1 EP. Boris talks about the difference between Switzerland and the US, both musically and culturally… how the band comes up with some of their longer songs… underground music scene in Europe, Marshall Plexi's & Gibson LP's, saying what you think, & more: Subscribe https://www.everyonelovesguitar.com/subscribe/ Faceb...

Jason has been Alanis Morrisette's guitar player for 17 years. Along the way, he's also played with Sarah McLachlan,Natasha Bedengfield, a slew of other artists, along with several projects of his own, including Letters and Radio and Desktop Rulers Great stories about getting the gig with Alanis, self-improvement, some cool gear talk, being willing to look at yourself, broken (and renewed) relatio...

INTENSE: Justin is the founder of, guitar player and writer for Crippled Black Phoenix, one of the most intense rock bands around. CBP hahas released 13 intense albums. Justin started playing drums at 12 and was gigging in the UK hardcore and punk scene at 16. Then, after roughly 16 years of gigging all over the world, he abruptly left the music business. At this point, he picked up the guitar and...

DEEP DIVE on this one! Quist has not only toured the world for the last decade, as both a side man for Bryan Ferry, Jamie Cullum, Alison Moyet, Valerie June, Danay Suarez & others, & as an artist himself. He also runs the largest jam track channel on YouTube, which has over 75 million views. Quist talks about moving from Copenhagen, first to London and then to America… marching to the beat of your...

Pentagram's longest tenured guitar player and founder of Death Row (Pentagram predecessor), Victor dives deep in this amazingly cool interview. Some wild stories here including the one about the first guitar Victor was given, by a friend of his father, who was shot later on that same night - yikes! Victor talks about the pre-Pentagram days, struggles he had moving things forward - musically and pe...

One of the most interesting cats around, Ronny has more credits than a bank note. He's played with Janet Jackson, Meshell N'degeocello, Alica Keys, Mary J. Blige, Roy Ayers, Labelle, Bernie Worrell, George Clinton, Anne Murray, Flava Flav, Nona Hendryx. James Blood Ulmer, The Chambers Brothers, Tony Williams Life Time, Todd Rundgren, Wilson Pickett & hundreds of other artists, and is currently a m...

Bennett spent 3 years touring with Lera Lynn and then move to Nashville where he was recruited to join the bad "of Montreal." He was a full band member and played on 3 albums… then left to tour with Maren Morris, where he remains today, as her lead guitarist Bennett talks about why he chose to leave some acts, why he moved to Nashville, touring the world, the lack of job security in the music busi...

Charlie Gilbert is a sideman and solo artist who's played with folks like David Hungate, Carmine Appice, Tony Franklin… who's had 2 co-writes on songs featured in the NFL… and who's getting ready to release his second solo record soon Charlie opens up about insecurity, the difficulty of the music business, important lessons he learned from his parents, getting his solo records financed, having one...

Stevie D is one of the top drummers in rock, playing for icons like David Gilmour, Joe Walsh, Don Felder, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Loggins & Messina, Chris Robinson and more Steve opens up about how he got the gigs with Gilmour, Walsh and CSN… playing with Gilmour, David Crosby & David Bowie… playing virtually non-stop when his career first started, important mentors in his life, playing Echoes with...

One of the greatest tones in all of guitar world, Greg Martin has been the lead guitarist for the Kentucky Headhunters for close to 40 years. Greg talks about the Headhunters new live album, which was recorded over in the UK. This was also the Headhunters' first trip across the pond, and Greg explains why and how this trip finally happened. Also, some old stories about Itchy Brother, the group the...

A musician in the New York City area for over 30 years, Ben's performed with Jack McDuff, Marc Johnson, Lee Konitz, Billy Childs, Andrew Cyrille, George Garzone, Paul Motian, Maria Schneider, Marshall Crenshaw & others. He also played all the non-David Bowie guitar parts on "Blackstar" Ben talks about his amazing experience working with Bowie, and how he got the gig, creating a new "genre" of musi...

One of the WARMEST people & most candid interviews you'll ever listen to. Michael Hill grew up in the South Bronx and had an idyllic childhood, being exposed to all kinds of love and music. Bruce Iglauer from Alligator personally came to sign Michael to Alligator for his first record. 6 records and hundreds of performances in 29 countries later, Michael left the music business. Michael explains wh...

Lisa grew up in a troubled and stressful environment, but through persistence and belief in herself, has managed to perform all over the country, co-write a hit song, and create and sell one of the top-rated TV shows in the Philadelphia area Lisa talks about driving 12,000 miles in 8 weeks on her first national tour (opening for Blues Traveler)... interesting stories about some of the cool guests...

Steve Fekete is a multi-instrumentalist & producer, currently playing guitars & keyboards for the band America. He's also played with Gwen Stefani, Avril Lavigne, Vertical Horizon, Five for Fighting, Don Felder, Cassadee Pope, Marc Broussard, David Archuleta, Julianne Hough & Rita Wilson. He was also a house band member for the Bonnie Hunt Show on NBC, and is the resident guitarist for Soundcheck...

Guitarist and main songwriter for FireHouse, Bill's released 16 Gold & Platinum records, 7 million sales & loads of top Billboard hits. Bill shares some great stories about the early days of FireHouse, including some of their early struggles and dues they had to pay - both before and long after they became successful Career highs and lows, touring and developing markets in SE Asia, playing AC/DC s...

One of the most well-traveled fingerstyle acoustic guitarists, Peppino has played with Tommy Emmanuel, Leo Kottke, Sergio Assad, Larry Carlton, Eric Johnson, and more. Originally from Sicily, he also co-wrote a #1 song in Italy Peppino talks about what made him move to America… some tough times he had when he first got here, including all the different kinds of non-music jobs he held, just to make...