Robert Ward 1938 - 2008

Soul guitarist whose comeback album brought him acclaimThe tremolo guitar of the US musician Robert Ward, who has died aged 70 after several years of ill health, stands among the most distinctive instrumental sounds of 1960s soul music. In 1990, having abandoned music completely, he staged a comeback that won him considerable international acclaim.Ward was born in rural Georgia. At the age of 10 he began teaching himself the guitar, emulating what he heard on 78s of Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Mud...

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