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Al DiMeola, RARE Reveals: "God passed me the football and I didn't drop it..."

Rich Eckhardt: Toby Keith, "Be more open to people…"

Aben Eubanks: Kelly Clarkson "I got serious around age 7..."

Jeff Babko: "There's no option of sucking at this..."

Val McCallum, Jackson Browne: "So Gregg Allman & I are peeing at the urinal…"

Carl Verheyen: Supertramp "Your one goal is to make music sound different..."

Bjorn Englen: Yngwie Malmsteen, Tony MacAlpine, Uli-Jon Roth, "Nothing was going to stop me..."

Randy Cooke: "Enjoy things you're doing and people you're with..."

Russell Ferrante, Yellowjackets: "It was magical!..."

June Millington, Fanny: "Tomorrow is another day..."

Richard Fortus, Guns N' Roses "It's a conversation in public for others to witness..."

Joe Pisapia: Guster, kd lang "Just let go and leave tons of space..."

JJ Farris, Slammin' Gladys, The Tories: "Mom, I'm going to California..."

Page Hamilton, Helmet, David Bowie: "Never allow yourself to go on autopilot…"

Jason Loughlin "I went to Les Paul's house when I was a kid…"

Jeremy Stacey, King Crimson: "Fighting the fear only makes it worse..."

Al Berry: Overcoming Sexual Abuse & Trauma, then doing the work to Succeed in Music & Life

Rob Harris, Jamiroquai: "I no longer needed permission to do things…"

Aaron McLain, Air Supply, Marc Anthony, Jennifer Lopez: "You can't give up…"

Lyle Workman: Uncommon Measures "You can do better than you think…"

Victor Indrizzo: Getting sober, and why he "Had to just keep going…"

Chris "Critter" Eldridge: Punch Brothers, Julian Lage, "Ah Via Musicom was a life-altering moment…"

Anson Funderburgh "When I'm soloing, I think about absolutely nothing…"

Grasshopper (Sean Mackowiak), Mercury Rev: "There was lots of Catholicism, and lots of eating…"

Simon Kirke, Free & Bad Co: "We get high, catch a 6-ft shark & then put it in the bathtub"

Kelly Keagy, Night Ranger: Hitting rock bottom, getting sober & bouncing back to Living!

Randy Jackson from Zebra: Dealing with depression, the serendipity of Zebra getting signed

Niklas Kallgren / Dango from Truckfighters: NEW Enigma Experience

Al Lubrano, Best-Selling Author of Limbo: Blue-Collar Roots, White-Collar Dreams

John Knowles, Chet Atkins first CGP "When you jump & land, you don't break, you bounce…"

Bill Hinds: "You're never as good (or as bad) as you think you are…"

Cenk Erdogan: "Suddenly I'm in the movie I've been watching my whole life..."

Martin Miller: "I ate the biggest humble pie ever that day..."

Jimmy James: Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio & True Loves "The dirt keeps the funk…!"

Denny Freeman, Bob Dylan, Vietnam, Stevie Ray Vaughan: Most Emotional Interview I've Done

Mike Munford: "There were rays of hope..." (First banjo player on ELG!)

Peter Stroud Interview: "I asked God but I never got an answer to that question…"

Martin Barre Interview, Jethro Tull: "I slept on the floor, but I never felt hungry. Music gave me everything I wanted..."

Doug Jackson Interview, Ambrosia: "Don't waste time…"

Frank Solivan Interview: "We're the gateway drug to bluegrass…"

Sara Niemietz: "Music is my first love…"

Rob Garland: "Don't be impressed, be inspired..."

Adam Zimmon: Ziggy Marley, Vida Blue, "How do I answer that when I have so much self-loathing?..."

John Jackson: Bob Dylan, Shelby Lynn, Lucinda Williams

Jimmy Haslip: Yellowjackets, Jing Chi "It was an incredibly difficult time for me..."

Christine Ohlman - Rebel Montez, SNL House Band

Tomo Fujita

David Levita: Alanis Morissette, Tim McGraw, 00's others

Will Ray, Hellecasters: "When I came back from Vietnam, I knew I'd never do anything I didn't want to do, ever again..."

Corey Congilio: "I was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at age 6..."

John Ashton, The Psychedelic Furs

Anto Drennan: Genesis, Moving Hearts, The Corrs

Derek Frank, Gwen Stefani, Shania Twain "I learned to enjoy songwriting again…"

Dave Roe: Johnny Cash, Dan Auerbach, Jerry Reed

Jonathan Maron, NYC Groove Collective "I'm NOT a very good liar…"

RARE: Rodney Mills, Engineered 50 Gold & Platinum Classic Rock LPs - STORIES FOREVER!

Robben Ford: "That experience taught me how to be a musician..."

Luther Dickinson, North Mississippi Allstars, Black Crowes

Paul Jackson, Blackberry Smoke

Seth Taylor: Mountain Heart, Wonderful Nobodies

RARE: Mike Wanchic, John Mellencamp: "I learned how to play from all those junkies"

Ricky Hirsch, Wet Willie, Joan Armatrading, Cher, Gregg Allman - "JOAN TAUGHT ME SOO MUCH..."

Gordon Kennedy, wrote "Change The World" and LOADS of other top hits

Ian Moore: "It was so ferocious, feral, and visceral..."

Liberty DeVitto, Billy Joel

Smokey Hormel: Beck, The Blasters, Johnny Cash, Tom Waits "Smokey, I'm going to relax you..."

Robbie Wyckoff, Roger Waters, Pablo Cruise: "I learned… dreams come true, if you don't give up..."

Bryan Sutton: "I wanted to make a career in music. There was never a Plan B..."

Tommy Talton, Cowboy: "I'm more comfortable with myself than ever…"

Gail Ann Dorsey, David Bowie (21 years), Lenny Kravitz ( yrs)

Cory Wong, Vulfpeck: Deals w a life-threatening medical condition at age 16

Aaron Marshall, Intervals: "You have to eat above your weight to move forward..."

Ron van Herpen, Astrosoniq

Noah Levy: "I put my whole being into that band..."

Joe Barresi: "Learn as much as you can, and then forget it all..."

Nir Felder

Greg Martin: "I got the call to join Skynyrd, but it wasn't the right thing…"

Michal Kulbaka, Samarkind

Mike Krompass: "What makes me happy…? Sex!"

Casey James: "It's the most confident I've ever been as a musician..."

Kirk Fletcher: "It's nice and clean, but really, you still need some funk..."

Chris Luquette: "I had ONE great garage band moment..."

Billy Vera: "I got shit to do…"

Seth Walker: "It was just another step towards finding my true nature..."

Jeff Carlisi, .38 Special: "Ronnie Van Zandt's mom made the best ham sandwiches, ever..."

Steve Wariner

Greg Jennings, Restless Heart: "If I'm faced with a challenge, I won't quit..."

George Bernhardt: Rick Springfield, The Mustard Seeds

Peter Parcek, "I realized quitting was not for me..."

Ryan Newell, Sister Hazel: "If I want to have a great day, I can make that happen..."

Thomas Juneor Andersson, Kamchatka

Jace Everett, True Blood: "I want to do Bad Things with you"

Gary Hoey

Glenn Worf: Mark Knopfler, Brent Mason, Buddy Guy

RARE, Richard Bennett: Mark Knopfler (26 years), Neil Diamond (17 years)

Andreas Kisser, Sepultura

Matt & Gregg Bissonette: The Reddcoats (New LP) & Winnie the Pooh

James Valentine, Maroon 5, "Music is not a competition..."

Mike Shimshack: 45 major label cuts / 25 Million Units sold

Michael Andrews / Elgin Park: The Greyboy Allstars