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Bert Weedon, guitar teacher to a generation, dies at 91

4749 days ago

Guardian Music — Eric Clapton and Paul McCartney were among the stars who learned their skills using musician's Play in a Day books Bert Weedon, the English guitarist credited with inspiring millions to pick up and get to grips with the instrument using his Play in a... more info

Bert Weedon

4749 days ago

Guardian Music — Influential musician who inspired millions of budding guitarists to 'play in a day'The manual Play in a Day was the bible for generations of budding guitarists in the 1950s and 1960s. Its author was Bert Weedon, an unassuming dance-band musician whos... more info

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Eric Clapton - Bert Weedon Has Died

4749 days ago

ContactMusic — Bert Weedon has died The 91-year-old guitarist - whose popular tutorial manual Play In A Day taught the likes of Eric Clapton Sir Paul McCartney and Brian May how to play - passed away at his home in Beaconsfield this morning 20 04 12 in South... more info

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Bert Weedon Dies: Guitarist Who Inspired Eric Clapton

4749 days ago

ContactMusic — BERT WEEDON has died aged 91 the UK Press Association reports The influential guitarist who created the enduringly-popular Play in a day series of guitar tutorials passed away at his home in Beaconsfield Buckinghamshire He had been ill for a while... more info

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Inspirational guitarist Bert Weedon dies aged 91

4749 days ago

Gigwise — Legendary musician who inspired The Beatles, Eric Clapton passes away more info

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John Lennon - Guitar Pioneer Bert Weedon Dies

4749 days ago

ContactMusic — Pioneering guitarist Bert Weedon who was credited as a major influence on a generation of rockers including John Lennon Eric Clapton and Brian May has died at the age of 91 Weedon was the first British guitarist to have a hit on the U K singles chart... more info

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Levon Helm

4750 days ago

Guardian Music — Drummer with the Band whose career stretched in many other directions has died of cancer aged 71A shorthand way of describing Levon Helm, who has died of cancer aged 71, would be as the drummer with the Band. This would have made him eminent enough, ... more info

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Like the Marshall amp, music performs a kind of alchemy

4757 days ago

Guardian Music — It makes life sound louder, look louder, feel louderEarlier this week, Rolling Stone magazine posted on its website a cover of the Arcade Fire song Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) by the Norwegian singer-songwriter Ane Brun.Covering Arcade Fire is a dau... more info

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Readers recommend: songs about chocolate – results

4757 days ago

Guardian Music — An RR a day helps you work, rest and playChocolate makes for a rich metaphor. It's sweet, it melts, it's velvety and smooth – it's the most sexual of sweet stuffs. Its colour, too, lends it resonance – though only in the hands of black artists. S... more info

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Jim Marshall: 'They call me the Father of Loud'

4759 days ago

Guardian Music — Shortly before his death last week, Jim Marshall, creator of the famous amplifier, gave his last interview to Alfred Hickling. He talked about his debt to Hendrix and Spinal Tap – and his final invention, the one-watt ampAt the Marshall amplifier f... more info

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Bert Weedon, guitar teacher to a generation, dies at 91

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Eric Clapton - Bert Weedon Has Died

Bert Weedon Dies: Guitarist Who Inspired Eric Clapton

Inspirational guitarist Bert Weedon dies aged 91

John Lennon - Guitar Pioneer Bert Weedon Dies

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Like the Marshall amp, music performs a kind of alchemy

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