by admin | Dec 12, 2015 | Guitar Heroes, Guitar Lessons
Freddie King Freddie King was born Fred King in Gilmer, Texas on the 3rd of September, 1934. Freddie began learning the guitar at the tender age of 6 from his Mother and Uncle. When Freddie was in his teens he and his family relocated from Texas to the South Side of...
by admin | Dec 12, 2015 | Guitar Heroes, Guitar Lessons
Keith Richards https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy_RKazhtkI Keith Richards was born in Dartford, Kent on the 18th of December, 1943. Growing up an only child, Keith’s Grandfather Augustus Theodore Dupree, affectionately known as “Gus” was a jazz guitarist. When...
by admin | Dec 12, 2015 | Guitar Heroes, Guitar Lessons
Pat Hare Pat Hare was born Auburn Hare in Cherry Valley, Arkansas on the 20th of December, 1930. Pat recorded at Sun Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, playing as a sideman for James Cotton, Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Bobby Bland and other blues artists. In 1951...
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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...