Guitarist behind the 'wacka wacka' sound on Isaac Hayes's Theme from ShaftThe film Shaft was notable for inaugurating the blaxploitation genre in Hollywood, winning an Os...
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Carrie listens to Thelonius Monk, while Treme is also filled with jazz, proving a powerful soundtrack can enhance any TV plotThe squeaks and squalls of jazz are an essent...
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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 inspir...
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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 195...
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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...
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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...
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Legendary musician who inspired The Beatles, Eric Clapton passes away
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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. ...
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British artist Sir Peter Blake has recreated the iconic album sleeve for The Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band on his 80th birthday."It's a cross I bear, it's...
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It's easy now to see that when rock and disco clashed, disco won. But records like this suggest we should have realised a whole lot earlier It happened earlier this month...
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Motor-mad rocker Eric Clapton has spent a staggering $4.8 million on a custom-made Ferrari to add to his collection. The British guitarist, a renowned car collector, tea...
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The maker of the legendary Fender guitar, plucked (and in some cases destroyed) by the likes of Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton, has filed formal plans to raise up to $200m...
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