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“Kenny Burrell is the grand master of jazz guitar.”

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Dizzy Gillespie, born on October 21, 1917, and died on January 6, 1993, was an outstanding jazz band leader. His musical career was full of innovation, profoundly influencing the development of jazz. more

“Most beginners want to learn lead because they think it's cool .. consequently, they never really develop good rhythm skills .. since most of a rock guitarists time is spent playing rhythm, it's important to learn to do it well .. learning lead should come after you can play solid backup and have the sound of the chords in your head”

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Author:Eddie Van Halen

“...the people at large absolutely gave James Brown respect. He was an original like a Rembrandt or a Picasso”

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Author:Aretha Franklin

“My policy is not how fast you play, it's not how much you play but it's what you play and where you play it ... play for the commercial side of the music ... the word I still use today is called "simplicity" .. it is so important that you use simplicity in your playing and in your music.”

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Author:James Burton

“Everyone has their own sound, and if you're heard enough, folks will come to recognize it. Style however, is a different thing. Try to express your own ideas. It's much more difficult to do, but the rewards are there if you're good enough to pull it off.”

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Author:Chet Atkins

“... When I heard "Pride and Joy" by Stevie Ray Vaughn on the radio, I just said "Hallelujah" .. he was just so good and strong and he would not be denied... he single handedly brought guitar and blues oriented music back to the marketplace”

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Author:Richard Betts

“I wanted a Gibson type sound, but with a Strat vibrato ... I bought a body from Charvel for $50.00 and a neck for $80.00 - I slapped it together, put an old Gibson PAF in it and painted it up with the stripes”

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Author:Eddie Van Halen

“There's something about the Strat's shape that is at once masculine and feminine”

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Author:Bonnie Raitt

“I got a standard box. I don't never want nothing special. Then if I drop my box, I can borrow somebody else's.”

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Author:Wes Montgomery

“The idea was I'd never amount to anything in music, The theme there was that I was talented, but I wouldn't work hard enough to do anything with it.”

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Author:Mose Allison

“The only thing constant is change, we keep going through it not only in Las Vegas but in every part of our business and culture”

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Author:Steve Lawrence

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