“Torpedo,” by the Kenny Vaughan Trio, 2014. Mr. Vaughan recently recorded a version with Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives. 21st Century Western Surf Rock.
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Virtuoso electric guitarist Lonnie Mack died last Thursday at the age of 74. In 1963 he recorded the groundbreaking electric guitar instrumentals “Memphis,” “Wham!”, “Chicken Pickin,” and “Suzie Q” and is considered the father of the “Blues Rock” genre.
“Beat It,” written by Michael Jackson, performed by Spain’s Miguel Rivera. Video by Federico Ryll.
“The thing that makes Rivera’s cover great is that he manages to use a rapid-fire combination of drumming, slapping, tapping, plucking, and strumming to play all the song elements at the same time: vocal melody, lead riff, and drum and bass lines.”
— Timothy McGrath, Global Post
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Influential singer and guitarist Riley B. King died yesterday at the age of 89. He popularized electric Blues guitar and the Urban Blues musical style, performing under the name he adopted as a disc-jockey on WDIA radio in Memphis, B.B. King.
“The Fender Stratocaster turned 60 last year. When it came out of the factory in 1954, it didn’t sound — or look — like any other guitar. Leo Fender’s small company was looking to improve the Telecaster, its groundbreaking solid-body electric, first introduced three years earlier. But far more than a tweak here or there, Fender created an entirely new instrument that’s become almost synonymous with the phrase ‘electric guitar.'”
“Weapon Of Choice: Why The Stratocaster Survives,” Robert Goldstein, NPR News
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Blues guitarist, singer, and producer Johnny Winter (John Dawson Winter III) died Wednesday while on tour in Europe.
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“The Lion in Johnny Winter: A Tribute to the Guitar Icon,” David Marchese, Rolling Stone
“Texas guitar great Johnny Winter dies,” Andrew Dansby, Houston Chronicle
“Johnny Winter, Virtuosic Blues Guitarist, Dies at 70,” Ben Sisario, New York Times
“Blues Guitarist Johnny Winter Dies At 70,” Bill Chappell, NPR
“Johnny Winter remembered: Blues guitarist struck a chord with rock fans,” Jim Farber, New York Daily News
Musician and songwriter Arthur Smith died on April third. He composed or collaborated on hundreds of songs but is best known for two, “Guitar Boogie” and “Feuding Banjos.”
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“Arthur Smith, guitarist who wrote ‘Guitar Boogie’ and ‘Duelin’ Banjos,’ dies at 93,” Terence McArdle, Washington Post
“Remembering the late great Arthur ‘Guitar Boogie’ Smith,” David Menconi, Charlotte News & Observer
To generations of American musicians “Sevastapol” hasn’t referred to a place in Crimea but to a guitar tuning, also called “Open D” (DADF#AD low to high). Liverpool-born Henry Worrall was teaching guitar at the Ohio Female College in 1855 when he wrote and published a piece commemorating the Siege of Sevastapol in the Crimean War. “Sebastopol: A descriptive fantaisie for the guitar,” specified Open D, and the sprightly march helped spread the tuning.
James Marshall Hendrix, November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970.
“Golden rose, the color of the dream I had
Not too long ago
Misty blue and lilac too
Never to grow old.”
More:
“Jimi Hendrix at 70: Rock Stars Remember the Late Guitar Legend,” ABC News
“Happy 70th Birthday, Jimi Hendrix: Seattle’s EMP Museum Celebrates Guitar Hero,” Huffington Post
Official website: jimihendrix.com
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The Fender company makes electric guitars that have become American icons. The firm is “being buffeted by powerful forces on Wall Street,” writes Janet Morrissey:
“A private investment firm, Weston Presidio, controls nearly half of the company and has been looking for an exit. It pushed to take Fender public in March, to howls in the guitar-o-sphere that Fender was selling out. But, to Fender’s embarrassment, investors balked. They were worried about the lofty price and, even more, about how Fender can keep growing.
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