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INFLUENCES ON A YOUNG LAD.... This lot occupied my teenage life.... |
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 BERT WEEDON & DUANE EDDY.... The guys who influenced a generation of budding Guitarists in the late fifties... I wasn,t into Bert,s music{a bit old fashioned to a young lad} but his book and his TV programmes on Guitar tuition were a must.... Duane,s records {Shazam,Peter Gunn, Pepe,Because They,re Young} where a revelation because of His low end twang... |
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 THE SHADOWS... Guitar tone supreme.Rhythm Guitar to perfection... No need to list the music here, suffice it to say that hundreds of hours were spent by young trainee Guitarists trying to emulate the sounds and technique of the Shadows.Many a wrist was sprained trying to match the speed of Bruce Welch,s rhythm Guitar on F.B.I... |
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 THE BIBLE ACCORDING TO BERT... The launching of a million Guitarists....Stuff the homework this was my home study... |
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 This record had us glued to radio Luxemburg A beautiful Guitar piece which,thank God,was relatively easy to learn.... |
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 THE MERSEYBEAT MUSIC NEWSPAPER... Liverpool,s music newspaper The explosion of the Mersey sound on the world music scene was,nt a shock to readers of this newspaper.After a Saturday afternoon hanging round Frank Hesseys and Rushworth & Drapers we,d travel back home on the train reading this paper... |
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 THE BEATLES music sheets... When the Merseysound came along it all had to be learned.... |
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 Page of Egmond Guitar Catalogue.... We would spend hours pouring over catalogues like this one... |