As a sideman, versatile guitarist Val McCallum has the dream gig – he tours the world playing the Jackson Browne songbook. As a sessioneer, he’s laid down tracks for a roll call of A-list stars, and as a solo artist, he’s written critically acclaimed love songs.
He’s spent more than 50 years in the music business and was an important cornerstone of the blues scene that emerged from 1960s Chicago. Bob Hewitt meets Elvin Bishop to talk guitar.
On the 20th anniversary of the passing of one of electric blue's giants, Bob Hewitt looks back on the Irish musician's life and talks to Gallagher's brother Dónal in an exclusive new interview…
For the past three decades, Bob Hewitt has interviewed and photographed some of the world's greatest musicians, as well as producing two films on the history of the Fender guitar. Here, with input from the likes of Billy Gibbons, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Andy Fairweather Low, Bob reflects on the incredible life and legacy of BB King, a musical icon.
