“Brian May was a huge inspiration for this project,” Sam told the Bristol Post. “I grew up listening to Queen music, thanks ...
With boundless energy and excellent technique, it’s easy to see why the aspiring guitarist earned a standing ovation ...
But when Queen recorded Don’t Stop Me Now for their 1978 album Jazz, May found himself sidelined by singer Freddie Mercury, who wrote the song and had very definite ideas about how it should sound.
Although the band were told the song had no hope of getting airplay, Capital Radio DJ Kenny Everett, who was a friend of Freddie's stepped in and played it 14 times in one weekend. This started the ...
Brian May has opened up about the iconic guitar solo from Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody, admitting that he still struggles to ...
Since Mercury's passing, May has performed Love of My Life solo (with the help of old footage of the vocalist) with a ...
One of Brian May's most iconic guitar performances almost didn't make it on to one of Queen's most popular tracks.
The youngster's project shares many similarities with May’s Red Special, while it bears the distinctive shape of Randy Rhoads ...
Because of his deep-rooted love for his self-made Red Special guitar, it’s taken Brian May half a century of noise-making to get his first official signature guitar. His Gibson SJ-200 12-string is the ...
A Bristol teenager has built his own guitar in an apparent homage to his hero, Brian May. The young British engineer is 18-year-old Sam Golder who has spent 18 months working on the instrument ...
An 18-year-old student from Bristol has built his own electric guitar from scratch, drawing inspiration from Queen’s iconic ...