For rock guitarist Slash, his first exposure to the blues happened without him even knowing it. But when he was 6, the family moved to the United States, and Slash says his maternal grandmother ...

B.B. King. That is who you can say kicked off a lifelong love of the blues for Slash, best known as the lead guitarist for Gun N’ Roses. It’s a passion that led the Brit-born Rock & Hall of Famer to ...

Slash, photographed at his Encino recording studio, is putting on the blues/rock S.E.R.P.E.N.T. Fest at the Greek Theatre. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) When you’ve reached the pinnacle of ...

Slash has fashioned some of the most memorable guitar riffs and solos in modern rock. But few people would have had him down as a born-again bluesman. For his latest project, the Guns N’ Roses star ...