Articles by Jonathan Graham

About Jonathan Graham (246 Articles)

Editor in chief of Thinking About Guitar — Former Editor in chief of Guitar Interactive (2017 - 2025), Jonathan has written online articles for Guitar World, Guitar Player and Guitar Aficionado over the last decade. He has interviewed hundreds of music's finest, including Slash, Joe Satriani, Kirk Hammett and Steve Vai, to name a few. Jonathan's not a bad player either, occasionally doing gear reviews, session work and online lessons for Lick Library.

Brian May “Bohemian Rhapsody” Guitar Solo Demo— Video

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Brian May demonstrating up-close, a section of the guitar solo from the legendary Queen track “Bohemian Rhapsody”. The clip is from the his 1983 Star Licks ...

The First Fender Stratocaster — Video

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George Gruhn from vintage guitar specialists, Gruhn Guitars, talks about the very first Stratocaster hand made by Leo Fender. The first known Strat with a serial, ...

Stevie Ray Vaughan’s MTV Unplugged Full Performance from 1990 — Video

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From January 1990, here is Stevie Ray Vaughan’s full performance for MTV Unplugged. Playing solo on a Guild 12-string acoustic Stevie played “Rude ...

Steve Vai Presents the Ibanez JEM 777 in 1987

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Steve Vai presents the Ibanez Jem 777 in the 1987 edition Ibanez guitar catalog. The JEM 777 variants are the oldest variants among all JEM models.[5] Currently no 777 model ...

Joe Satriani Performs “The Extremist” on Letterman, From 1992 — Video

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Joe Satriani on Letterman performing his track “The Extremist”, from his fourth studio album of the same name, back in the early 1990s. Look out for Dave ...

Jimmy Page & Led Zeppelin Perform “How Many More Times” in 1969 — Video

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Jimmy Page and his 1959 “Dragon” Tele, performing “How Many More Times” in Denmark with the mighty Led Zeppelin. From March 1969, just two ...

Eric Clapton Performs “Layla” with Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page in 1983 — Video

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Filmed during the A.R.M.S. Charity Concert, that took place at the Royal Albert Hall, London in September 1983, Eric Clapton leads a star-studded performance of ...