by spitthedog » Sat Aug 10, 2019 6:19 pm
TheGrimReaper wrote: ↑Sat Aug 10, 2019 2:45 pm
Still probably the greatest influence on the 60s/70s/80s guitarists remains unnamed.
He played alongside as well as backing stars such as Tommy Steele, Marty Wild, Laurie London, Cliff Richard, Adam Faith, Billy Fury, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Rosemary Clooney, Nat King Cole, Judy Garland, Gigli, Paul Robeson and many others.
It's always the quiet ones who have the greatest influence and are easily forgotten.
Is it Val Doonican?
I read that Guitar Slim was using distortion on guitar long before Hendrix.
Interesting short life. Ran away from home, and often came on stage with brightly coloured hair, sat on the shoulders of a large set man whilst playing guitar, followed by a walk into the audience with his 300ft guitar cable entow behind him (something which Albert Collins became known for).
Died of alcoholism related symptoms in his early thirties.
Expat 0.5.
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Still probably the greatest influence on the 60s/70s/80s guitarists remains unnamed.
He played alongside as well as backing stars such as Tommy Steele, Marty Wild, Laurie London, Cliff Richard, Adam Faith, Billy Fury, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Rosemary Clooney, Nat King Cole, Judy Garland, Gigli, Paul Robeson and many others.
It's always the quiet ones who have the greatest influence and are easily forgotten.
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Is it Val Doonican?
I read that Guitar Slim was using distortion on guitar long before Hendrix.
Interesting short life. Ran away from home, and often came on stage with brightly coloured hair, sat on the shoulders of a large set man whilst playing guitar, followed by a walk into the audience with his 300ft guitar cable entow behind him (something which Albert Collins became known for).
Died of alcoholism related symptoms in his early thirties.
Expat 0.5.