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New Article: Toni Iommi by Fran
The man himself, Fran, wrote a new article for our wiki! The subject, this time, is Black Sabbath guitarist Toni Iommi. Tony Iommi was born on February 19th in Birmingham, England. He started playing guitar as a teenager, going through several rock/blues bands before he decided to start his own band "Earth" along three guys he knew from school: bassist Terry "Geezer" Butler, drummer Bill Ward, and singer John Ozzy Osbourne.
One sad event was to take place early on Tony's life though, one that almost deprived the world from one of the best known guitarists: working in a metal factory, a machine sliced off the tips of his right hand, and being Tony left handed he thought he would never be able to play again. But he didn't quit, and started playing with some soft plastic tip extensions attached to the end of his fingers.
New Article: Django Reinhardt by SJ
Jean "Django" Reinhardt was born in Belgium on 23 January 1910 and died in France on 16 May 1953.
One of the first prominent European jazz musicians, Reinhardt remains one of the most renowned jazz guitarists due to his innovative and distinctive playing. With violinist Stéphane Grappelli he cofounded the Quintette du Hot Club de France, More...
New Article: Peter Green by Sensible Jones (SJ) once again!
Peter Allen Greenbaum (aka Peter Green) born:- 29th October 1946 in Bethnal Green, London, UK.
Founder member of Fleetwood Mac and a prominent figure in the British Blues Movement of the 60's.
BB King once said of Peter:- "He has the sweetest tone I ever heard; he was the only one who gave me the cold sweats."
This is SJ's first article with his new Wiki Badge!More...
New Article: Shawn Lane by Sensible Jones... Again!
Shawn Lane was born in Memphis, Tennessee. At the age of eight he accompanied his sisters on the piano, but did not play guitar seriously until he was ten. Lane progressed very rapidly on the guitar, and he found it to be his natural instrument. At thirteen, he began to practice heavily, developing his technical abilities. Word began to spread around Memphis about a talented young guitar player More...
New Article: Vernon Reid by Sensible Jones
Vernon Reid born August 22, 1958.
Vernon is an English guitarist, songwriter, composer and bandleader. Best known as the founder and primary songwriter of the heavy metal band Living Colour. Reid was named #66 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.More...
New Article, again from Sensible Jones, this time: Female guitarist Jennifer Batte
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The 80’s was the time of the male dominated ‘Shred’ genre of Guitar Playing, but with one notable exception………The fleet-fingered and digitally dexterous Jennifer!!!
Jennifer was born in Upstate New York. She got her first Guitar at age 8, having been inspired by her sister who already owned one. Other big influences from around that time were The Beatles and The Monkees More...
