by admin | Dec 12, 2015 | Guitar Heroes, Guitar Lessons
Pete Townshend Pete Townshend was born Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend in Chiswick, London, on the 19th of May 1945. Pete came from a musical family, his Mother was an orchestral singer and his Father was a professional saxophonist with “The Squadronaires” a dance...
by admin | Dec 12, 2015 | Guitar Heroes, Guitar Lessons
Elmore James Elmore James was born Elmore Brooks in Richland, Holmes County, Mississippi on the 27th of January, 1918. Elmore learned the basics of blues and slide guitar plying at the age of 12 on a single string instrument strung against a shack wall called a...
by admin | Dec 12, 2015 | Guitar Heroes, Guitar Lessons
David Gilmour David Gilmour was born David Jon Gilmour in Cambridge, on the 6th of March, 1946. David’s parents always encouraged his interest in music, in 1954 David bought “Rock Around the Clock” by Bill Hayley, he also cites Elvis Presley’s iconic track...
by admin | Dec 12, 2015 | Guitar Heroes, Guitar Lessons
T-Bone Walker T-Bone walker was born Aaron Thibeaux Walker in Linden, Texas, on the 28th of May, 1910. T-Bone was of African American and Cherokee descent and his parents where both musicians. At a young age his stepfather taught him to play the guitar, ukulele,...
by admin | Dec 12, 2015 | Guitar Heroes, Guitar Lessons
Ritchie Blackmore Ritchie Blackmore was born Richard Hugh Blackmore in weston-super-Mare, Somerset, on the 14th of April 1945. At the age of 11 Ritchie received his first guitar, he took classical guitar lessons for 12 months at the insistence of his Father who...
by admin | Dec 12, 2015 | Guitar Heroes, Guitar Lessons
Buddy Guy Buddy Guy was born George Guy in Letsworth, Louisiana, on the 30th of July, 1936. Like so many other blues greats, Buddy learned the basics of guitar playing from a home made 2 strings diddley bow, he later graduated to an acoustic guitar his Father bought...