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We’ve all heard the expression, ‘Blues had a baby and they called it rock’n’roll…’ but what exactly was it that lit the fuse that led the UK towards the explosive talents of Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and Cream? In our new issue, we play detective and trace the beginnings of the British Blues Boom of the 1960s back to a select crowd of enthusiasts that helped birth some of the most classic guitar playing heard in these isles. Elsewhere we talk to Joe Satriani about the difficult task of filling Eddie Van Halen’s shoes and Aerosmith’s Joe Perry about guitars he’s loved and lost.