Alexander “Bottleneck” Wilson sits in his wheelchair in the Courtland Health Care Center, trying to tune his guitar to the open G tuning that he prefers. On this day the 76-year-old has received some ...

The sound of the bottleneck slide guitar is steeped in, yet often saddled by, Delta blues. While its jarring howl is instinctively rural, Sonny Landreth, who brings his trio to the Town Ballroom on ...

In American music, slide guitar (also known as bottleneck guitar) is a technique employed primarily by blues guitarists. It involves the use of a smooth cylinder that can fit over a player's finger, ...