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“Neil Young played Helpless, and by the time he finished, we were asking him if we could join his band”

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David Crosby, born on August 14, 1941, is a renowned guitarist. He is a founding member of the iconic American rock band Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, known for his distinctive musical style and heartfelt singing voice. more

“... by then I was getting a little work, doing some playing and getting paid for it, not very much, but enough for me to feel justified in buying a real instrument. I bought a Gretsch with a De-Armond pickup on it and a second-hand Gibson amplifier; it looked like the one Charlie Christian used. I guess it was the same, although there were several models coming out at that time - this would be in I939.”

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Author:Tal Farlow

“Back in the day in my teens I was listening to Joe Pass and Wes Montgomery a lot; before that I was listening to what I would call now the more 'simple' jazz players (but still very valid), like Barney Kessell or Johnny Smith; I learnt a lot of voicings from Johnny Smith records. Now, I listen to the old blues players; that's what you'd hear in my house if there was music on. It would be Albert Collins or Albert King.”

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Author:Larry Carlton

“Michael Bloomfield was the antithesis of a collector ... he didn't care how old a guitar was; all he wanted was something that sounded good when played it ... and he cared nothing about the collectibility of an instrument ... his philosophy was "A good player can make any guitar sound good" ... to Michael, a guitar was just a tool.”

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Author:Nick Gravenites

“... all of the great sounds that James Burton and Jimmy Bryant were getting, came out of Telecasters”

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Author:Albert Lee

“Playing live is about going for it .. it's about bringing it ... you should see a bunch of people trying out stuff, actually performing, instead of learning the record and recreating it note for note. I can't play the show the same way every night .. I really need to be in a creative environment, every night or I'll go nuts ... my manager accuses me of singing just long enough to get me to my next guitar solo - which is true.”

“You never knew what was going to happen in concert. It was a really exciting prospect to go onstage, and you can hear that in the live recordings ... wherever we were and whatever year it was, we always went onstage determined to do our best.”

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Author:Jimmy Page

“Lenny Breau played more great stuff at one time than anybody on the planet... with feeling and tone. He was the best that ever lived, bar none.”

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Author:Danny Gatton

“Barney Kessel is incredible. He's just amazing . . . . Nobody can play guitar like that”

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Author:John Lennon

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