guitar
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The Life You Give: Eddie van Halen *1955
Eddie Van Halen belongs in a rarefied group of musicians who changed the very notion of the possibilities of their chosen instrument. In Van Halen’s case, he was a guitarist of superlative imagination and skill, innovating and introducing a number of techniques that would soon become part of the arsenal of many guitarists, including finger-tapping,…
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The Life You Give: Jimi Hendrix *Nov 27 1942
Though his active career as a featured artist lasted a mere four years, Hendrix altered the course of popular music and became one of the most successful and influential musicians of his era. An instrumentalist who radically redefined the expressive potential and sonic palette of the electric guitar, he was the composer of a classic…
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Happy Birthday, John Lee Hooker! 1917
In celebration of his birthday, we will be listening to his guitar — August 22, at 5pm EST, on Clubhouse https://www.clubhouse.com/event/m7rwgKeN
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In an unbearable lightness, and bearable heaviness of a legitimate painless suffering which suddenly surfaces.
Suddenly I experienced a level of painless suffering I never knew before. Since a very early age, the furnishing in my home included at least a piano. I played with it regularly — physically and mentally. But the portable simplicity of a guitar always attracted me. As a left handed person, however, my exploration possibilities…
Sila Blume 