Birthday Blips: George Harrison

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Although often referred to as the quiet Beatle, his lead guitar work and songwriting did the talking for him from almost the very beginning of the band's formation.

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Birthday Blips: Jonny Lang

Gather round and let me tell you the legend of a man they call Peetie Wheatstraw.

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Birthday Blips: Eddie Van Halen

Eddie Van Halen has a ton of style (and twenty tons of technical ability) over substance.

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Birthday Blips: Django Reinhardt

I discovered Django Reinhardt where I discovered so many other great jazz and blues musicians, deep in the vaults of my college's radio station's music collection.

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How To Shop At The Guitar Store

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"Widdly widdly wahh! widdly widdly Wow Wah!" These are the sounds that greeted me as I came in the door during my last trip to one of those big guitar chain stores. The wailing guitar I heard on this particular excursion was broadcasted from an amp turned up just a little too loud and originated from the deft fingers of the store's assistant manager. Is it just me, or are these musician's superstores some of the most intimidating, uncomfortable places to shop? From the inflated prices to the fake, pretentious employees, large chain guitar stores are becoming too much to handle unless the consumer adopts the proper strategy.

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