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"He said, 'Put this in your mouth.' Smelled terrible. But I did it, and then I used it on Rocky Mountain Way”: Joe Walsh on the best guitar solo he ever recorded (and how it ...

How a fateful night at a Nashville party give Walsh the sound he was looking, and an all-new sound for rock guitar ...
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“When I brought up the talk box, everybody in the band laughed at me”: How Bon Jovi created their signature rock anthem

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Bon Jovi on the Slippery When Wet tour (from left): David Bryan, Tico Torres, Jon Bon Jovi, ...
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Talk Box Inventor Bob Heil Dead at 83

Revered music industry technician Bob Heil, best known for inventing the Talk Box effect unit, has died at the age of 83. According to the Belleville News-Democrat, Heil passed away after a cancer ...
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Private family service set for rock ‘n roll sound pioneer, Bob Heil of Belleville

A private family service will be held in memory of Bob Heil, a metro-east native known for revolutionizing the sound systems used by rock bands in the 1970s and creating a high-powered “talk box” used ...