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guitarist stories: 9 news summaries

(Newser) - After years of sibling rivalry that often escalated into brawls, guitarist Noel Gallagher quit the band Oasis today, the BBC reports, and blamed brother Liam. “It’s with some sadness and great relief to tell you that I quit Oasis tonight,” Noel, who’s 6 years older than... More »

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entertainment • rock stars • guitarist • concert • Oasis • sibling rivalry • brawl • Noel Gallagher • Liam Gallagher • Jay-ZTV

appreciation

 Les Paul's 
 Genius 
 Will Be 
 Missed


Aug 13, 09 3:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Les Paul's death today at age 94 has the accolades pouring in:
  • Lou Carlozo, True/Slant: "The solid-body Les Paul guitar that Lester developed with Gibson in the early 1950s is rock and roll. Like the Fender Stratocaster, its shape is so synonymous with the genre that any
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obituary • guitarist • rock and roll • guitar • Les Paul • Gibson guitar

obituary

 Music Legend  
 Les Paul Dead at 94 

Inventor, guitarist 'changed the course of 20th-century popular music'

Aug 13, 09 1:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Musical innovator and guitar legend Les Paul died today in White Plains, NY. He was 94. A “virtuoso guitarist” himself, in the early 1940s Paul pioneered the “log” guitar, “probably the first solid-body electric guitar," writes Jon Pareles of the New York Times. His popular Gibson... More »

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music • music industry • obituary • innovation • guitarist • guitar • Jay-ZTV • Les Paul • Mary Ford • Gibson guitar

Johnny McCain No Goode for Chuck Berry

Rock 'n' roll legend is rooting for Obama to win the White House 

Jun 10, 08 8:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chuck Berry hopes Barack Obama will rock his way to victory in November—even though it's John McCain who used Berry's classic Johnny B. Goode as a theme song in the early days of the campaign. The McCain camp has since switched to Abba's Take a Chance On Me. Berry,... More »

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John McCain • rock stars • guitarist • rock music • Chuck Berry

 Sibling Rivalry
 Still Driving
 Van Halen 

Eddie and Alex started young, and still finding ways to hold it together on tour

Jun 1, 08 1:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Eddie Van Halen took time out from touring to ruminate on the band and his guitar virtuosity with Rolling Stone. Turns out, the Van Halen brothers actually started out on opposite instruments: “I bought myself a drum kit, and my mom convinced my brother Alex to take flamenco-guitar lessons.... More »

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guitarist • rock and roll • guitar • tour • Van Halen • Eddie Van Halen • rock

Bon Jovi Guitarist
Cops DUI Deal

Richie Sambora dodges jail time for drunk-driving charge

Apr 23, 08 6:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bon Jovi rocker Richie Sambora may have to take extra care next time he gets behind the wheel of a steel horse, but the axman will be staying out of jail after cutting a deal with prosecutors over drunk driving charges, E! Online reports. The guitarist, busted last month for... More »

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rock stars • DUI • Bon Jovi • drunk driving • guitarist • plea bargain • Richie Sambora

Blind Guitarist Healey Dead at 41

Celebrated Canadian musician recalled for versatility

Mar 3, 08 3:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Acclaimed guitarist Jeff Healey died of cancer at 41 yesterday after battling the disease throughout his life, the Globe and Mail reports. Healey, who lost his eyesight as a child to retinoblastoma, a rare form of cancer, sold more than a million albums in the US, racking up hits such... More »

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Canada • obituary • guitarist • guitar • Jeff Healey

Keith Did, In Fact, Snort Dad

But Rolling Stone
can’t get cocaine
satisfaction

Aug 7, 07 5:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Keith Richards says that—reported denials aside—he did indeed snort his father’s ashes. The Rolling Stones sideman revealed in an interview yesterday that media reports had mixed up the story, and that he’d only meant to deny mixing the remains with a popular opiate. “I said... More »

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drugs • Keith Richards • Rolling Stones • cremation • cocaine • guitarist • musician

PhD Will,
PhD Will
Rock You

Queen guitarist, 60, submits astronomy thesis after 36 years

Aug 3, 07 2:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Queen guitarist Brian May dropped his academic pursuits to tour the globe as a young rock star, but after 36 years he has finally handed in his PhD thesis, which he began researching in 1972. The 60-year-old aspiring astrophysicist delivered a 48,000-word study on "zodiacal dust clouds" to... More »

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music • London • Queen • Brian May • guitarist • rock and roll • guitar • thesis • astrophysics • PhD • Imperial College London

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