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NEWS: Beatles, Queen influence Bert Weedon dies aged 91
The guitarist whose books taught The Beatles, Queen’s Brian May and Robert Smith to play guitar has died aged 91.Bert Weedon, who played with stars including Frank Sinatra, wrote the ‘Play… more →
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First memories of music
wrote 3 weeks ago: I seem to have always been aware of music – it’s been a constant part of my life, and st … more →
Bert Weedon - Beloved By Brits
wrote 10 months ago: American music fans probably paid little notice when British guitarist Bert Weedon died in April at … more →
Whistle Down the Wind
wrote 11 months ago: Kipper was never the same after he bought Bert Weedon’s ‘Play Guitar in a Day’ manual. He strummed a … more →
Bert Weedon - Guitar Boogie man shuffles off
wrote 1 year ago: Bert Weedon, an unlikely looking guitar hero, has died aged 91. Famous for his 1957 “Play in a … more →
Walking the Essex Coast 10
wrote 1 year ago: 20th April2012 Tollesbury Pier, Goldhanger ,Heybridge Basin A quick recap. Three of us are doing a … more →
BLACK SABBATH Bassist Pays Tribute To BERT WEEDON
wrote 1 year ago: Bert Weedon, a British guitarist whose “Play in a Day” guitar guide taught the instrumen … more →
Three very different deaths in music
wrote 1 year ago: The Rule of Three is at work again. The past week has seen the deaths of three giants of the music s … more →
Sunday Swoon. April 22nd
wrote 1 year ago: A book for a book, roses in Trafalgar Square, a letter and The Band…. 1. On Carnaby Street, in … more →
The Fear of Popularity and a Man Who Plays Guitar
wrote 1 year ago: ” Is it an illness? Or is it just a voluntary action of the mind that’s keeping me away … more →
Bert Weedon and Basil Brush Sunderland Empire 1979
wrote 1 year ago: Bert Weedon and Basil Brush in Pantomine Dick Whittington Sunderland Empire 1979 I was sad to hear o … more →
What Chet, Les, Jimi, Django, Stevie Ray, Rory and Buddy said to the new boy in heaven
wrote 1 year ago: The time: 10am BST yesterday, April 20th. The place: Heaven (well, actually in Heaven’s cellar ‘cos … more →
Professor emeritus.
wrote 1 year ago: American radio listeners in the summer of 1959 would have had no way to anticipate that, five years … more →
2012 ➤ How guitar wizard Bert taught two million young Brits to “play in a day”
wrote 1 year ago: ERIC CLAPTON, the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, once said: “I wouldn’t … more →
Bert Weedon, the guitarist who inspired a generation of rock musicians
wrote 1 year ago: By Calvin Palmer Guitarist Bert Weedon, the man who was an inspiration to a generation of rock guita … more →
NEWS: Beatles, Queen influence Bert Weedon dies aged 91
wrote 1 year ago: The guitarist whose books taught The Beatles, Queen’s Brian May and Robert Smith to play guita … more →
RIP Bert Weedon
wrote 1 year ago: In the past few days we’ve lost Dick Clark, Levon Helm, Men at Work’s Greg Ham, and now … more →
Father Of Modern British Guitar Playing Dies - RIP Bert Weedon
wrote 1 year ago: Bert Weedon has died at the age of 91. Weedon is the guy that most British musicians refer to when a … more →
Bert Weedon, Play In A Day Author, Dies Aged 91 RIP - 1920-2012
wrote 1 year ago: The legendary English guitarist and author of the successful Play In A Day guitar tutorial book, Ber … more →
17 Watts? -The Birth of British Rock Guitar - Mo Foster
wrote 1 year ago: 17 Watts? Front The first of a short series (10) of what I consider to be essential rock reads, the … more →
