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One of the great guitarists to grace the musical arena, Carlos Santana is the leading light of world music, the sorcerer with a guitar. Santana’s music is where passion meets melody, virtuosity meets genius and soul meets song. The wonder of his artistic legacy has managed to transcend geographical and cultural borders, carving out a [...]
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Chuck Berry Biography
Chuck Berry, fountainhead of the rock guitar and first citizen of the hallowed halls of rock and roll music, has been hailed by rock and roll fanatics, guitarists and guitar-lovers of every generation as the ‘Father of Rock and Roll’.
He comes closest to being the one individual that can rightfully be credited with [...]
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There is no doubt in anyone’s mind that Keith Richards, rhythm guitarist for that legendary rock and roll band The Rolling Stones, is enormously talented.
The founding member and corner stone of the band since its inception, Keith will have the audiences shuddering with delight at his on-stage, inspired and quintessential guitar riffs. But in the [...]
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No other musician has earned the right to be venerated as a music God, than the legend himself… Eric Clapton.
The only guitarist to have been universally and unequivocally accepted as the best there ever was, Eric Clapton has established a place for himself in the music world, a place that has been unreachable by [...]
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Les Paul, legendary guitar virtuoso and unparalleled musical visionary, passed away on the night of August 12, 2009 in a New York hospital, plunging the world of music into mourning. He was 94 years of age.
Les Paul, affectionately called Wizard of Waukesha, is indisputably one of the world’s most accomplished, influential and revered guitarists. But [...]
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B.B. King a.k.a Riley B King has been one of the greatest and most influential blues singers and guitarists of the post-war music era. He is the big daddy of the blues, and has been instrumental in bringing this genre into the mainstream music scene from the sidelines.
King has reigned as the King Of The [...]
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Angus Young, legend of hard rock and poster boy of wild onstage antics, is one of the most hardworking, energetic rock guitarists around. The power he packs in that diminutive, five-foot two frame, sets the stage on fire and brings his young audience screaming to its feet.
In the opinion of many critics and contemporaries, [...]
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Once in a lifetime an artist is born, who has the explosive talent capable of transforming the very core of the art that he chooses to practice. For the world of rock, that artist was Jimi Hendrix.
Hailed as the most influential and creative musician of the twentieth century by fans, critics and contemporaries alike, [...]
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If you missed our last post, check out Jimmy Page Part 1
Jimmy Page was singularly responsible for the amazing sound effects created within Led Zeppelin. His guitar of choice was a Gibson Les Paul. (At last count he owned 1500 guitars.) He alternatively made use of fuzz, distortion, pedal steel guitars, slide guitars and acoustic [...]
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Jimmy Page, guitarist, composer, songwriter and producer all rolled into one, is one of the most influential and charismatic musicians in the history of world music.
Jimmy’s music, a marriage of powerful, passionate hard rock with subtle blues and traditional acoustic sounds, has redefined rock vocabulary forever.
The master-mind of the Led Zeppelin juggernaut, his [...]
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