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Jeff Beck, a guitar virtuoso who pushed the boundaries of blues, jazz and rock ’n’ roll, influencing generations of shredders along the way and becoming known as the guitar player’s guitar player, has died. He was 78.Beck died Tuesday after “suddenly contracting bacterial meningitis,” his representatives said in a statement released Wednesday.The guitarist first came to prominence as a member of the Yardbirds and then went out on his own in a solo career that incorporated hard rock, jazz, funky blues and even opera. He…

Queen guitarist Brian May was among artists, designers, community leaders and members of England’s women’s soccer team on the U.K.’s New Year’s Honors list. More than 1,100 people were included on the list announced Friday, which was the first to be signed off by King Charles III, the Associated Press reported. The list is an annual tradition in the country, celebrating people’s achievements and service.   May received a knighthood for services to music and his charity work. In response to the…

While travelling through the US in 1994-5, Roy Montgomery recorded two albums, Scenes from the South Island and Temple IV, which would set the tone for three decades of maverick work by the quietly avuncular New Zealand guitarist. “My partner Jo had died in 1992, and I felt I owed it to her to travel and deal with what had happened,” he says, via Zoom from his home in Christchurch. “I sub-let an apartment in New York from a friend with a four-track recorder and lots of effects. It was lonely, like solitary confinement,…

Wilko Johnson, an English rock guitarist who played for the band Dr. Feelgood and influenced a generation of rockers, died this week at 75. Johnson died at his home in England on Monday, according to a statement posted to his social media accounts on behalf of his family.“This is the announcement we never wanted to make, & we do so with a very heavy heart: Wilko Johnson has died,” the statement read. “He passed away at home on Monday 21st November. Thank you for respecting the family’s privacy at this very sad…

Three-quarters of the way through John Lennon’s stirring take on Stand By Me, a guitar sneaks into the mix with a solo so supple and sweet, it feels like a kiss. In Bob Dylan’s Watching the River Flow, it’s a wily slide guitar that seizes center stage with a sound both witty and free, while halfway through Jackson Browne’s Doctor My Eyes, a guitar solo winds up changing the entire trajectory of the song, making it soar from a chugging ballad to a flat-out rocker.In each case, the guitarist responsible for adding those…

Breadcrumb Trail Links Toronto & GTA News Music Crime Gord Lewis was found dead Sunday in a residence at Brockton Apartments Publishing date: Aug 09, 2022  •  14 minutes ago  •  3 minute read  •  15 Comments Teenage Head guitarist Gord Lewis is pictured in July 2005. Photo by Joe Warmington /Toronto Sun Article content Gord Lewis, the lead guitarist of Canadian punk band Teenage Head, has been found murdered in his Hamilton apartment, the Toronto Sun has confirmed.…

The announcement added that all shows as planned beginning July 23 in Paso Robles, CA through the end of 2022 are still confirmed and will be performed as scheduled Picture courtesy/Carlos Santana's Instagram account American veteran guitarist Carlos Santana, who recently passed out on stage during a concert and was rushed to the hospital, has postponed the next six shows of his 'Miraculous Supernatural 2022' tour with Earth,…

‘We kind of romanticise things now,” says Johnny Echols in reply to my question as to how he experienced 1967’s Summer of Love in Los Angeles. “I recall we were scared to death that they were going to need more bodies for the Vietnam war and would pluck us from Hollywood and send us to some godforsaken jungle to die. There was violence and a kind of seething undercurrent of discontent. Now, people look back and romanticise the time as one of hope and love and all that. But it’s not that simple. There was a dark side.” No…

Ricky Gardiner, the guitarist who performed classic riffs for albums including David Bowie’s Low and Iggy Pop’s Lust for Life, has died aged 73.Producer Tony Visconti announced the news on social media, saying Gardiner’s wife had informed him. He described Gardiner, who had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, as a “guitar genius”.Born in Edinburgh in 1948, his first major band was the prog rock group Beggars Opera, who formed in 1969. Beginning with Act One the following year, he recorded six albums with the band,…