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Slash https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcIM_PL8BAA Slash was born Saul Hudson in Hampstead, London, on the 23rd of July, 1965. His Mother was an African American costume designer who designed onstage outfits for David Bowie, and his father was a white English artist...
by admin | Dec 12, 2015 | Guitar Heroes, Guitar Lessons
Jimmy Page Jimmy Page was born James Patrick Page, Jr. in Heston, Middlesex, on the 9th of January 1944. After moving house in 1952 Jimmy came across his first guitar, Jimmy has been quoted saying that he wasn’t sure whether the guitar had been left in the house...
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B.B. King B.B. King was born Riley B. King on the 16th of September, 1925 on a cotton plantation near Itta Beana, Mississippi. At a young age B.B. King sang in a church gospel choir lead by a minister who played the guitar, this same minister taught B.B. King his...
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Eric Clapton Eric Clapton was born Eric Patrick Clapton in Ripley, Surrey on the 30th of March 1945. The son of 16 year old Patricia Molly Clapton and 25 year old Canadian soldier Edward Walter Fryer, Eric was raised by his Grandparents after his Father shipped off to...
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Albert King Albert King was born Albert King Nelson on a cotton plantation in Indianola, Mississippi on the 25th of April, 1923. One of 13 children, Albert spent his childhood singing with a family gospel group at a church where his father played guitar. Albert began...
by admin | Dec 12, 2015 | Guitar Heroes, Guitar Lessons
Jeff Beck Jeff Beck was born Geoffrey Arnold Beck in Wallington, London Borough of Sutton on the 24th of June 1944. At the age of 10 Jeff learned to sing in a school choir, in his teens Jeff began learning the guitar on one he borrowed from a friend. After falling in...