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Pissed Airline Passenger Back on YouTube

Glossier United Breaks Guitars: Song 2 is follow-up to viral hit

Aug 19, 09 3:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dave Carroll, who so memorably commemorated his terrible experience with United Airlines in the YouTube sensation United Breaks Guitars is at it again, Consumerist reports. The singer/songwriter/guitar-rights activist has released a more ambitious video cleverly titled United Breaks Guitars: Song 2, with a slightly more conciliatory tone. And don’t... More »

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YouTube • United Airlines • luggage • song • guitar • air travel • Dave Carroll

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

appreciation

 Happy 100th to the 
 Man Who Changed Rock 

Leo Fender, inventor of the Stratocaster, born Aug. 10, 1909

Aug 10, 09 11:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of a man who forever changed rock and roll—even though he couldn’t play the instrument inextricably associated with his name. Leo Fender designed guitars and amplifiers that have endured for decades, including the legendary Fender Stratocaster, played by Jimi Hendrix,... More »

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music • rock and roll • guitar • rock music • amplifiers • bass guitar • Fender Stratocaster • Leo Fender

(Newser) - Robert Burck, the “Naked Cowboy” who strolls New York’s Times Square, is planning a run for mayor there, WABC-TV reports. The guitar slinger in underpants will challenge Mayor Michael Bloomberg by “bringing transparency to a whole new level.” Burck says he’ll also run on his... More »

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New York City • Michael Bloomberg • mayor • guitar • singer • Times Square • Naked Cowboy • political campaign

(Newser) - When United Airlines baggage handlers broke Dave Carroll’s $1,200 guitar, he didn’t get mad—he got famous. Carroll and his band slapped together a $130 YouTube video titled United Breaks Guitars, which became so popular Oprah mentioned it. United eventually relented, donating $3,000 in Carroll’s... More »

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social networking • YouTube • United Airlines • guitar • unsatisfied customers • airlines • social media • Dave Carroll

 Dylan's 
 Favorite 
 Songwriters 

What do Warren Zevon, Jimmy Buffet and Gordon Lightfoot all have in common?

Apr 16, 09 4:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bob Dylan is one of the most widely influential living songwriters—but who has influenced him? Bill Flanagan got Dylan to dish on some of his favorite songwriters for the Huffington Post. The winners? Jimmy Buffett, Gordon Lightfoot, Randy Newman, John Prine, and Guy Clark all got nods. Though Dylan’... More »

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music • Bob Dylan • song • guitar • folk • musician • Randy Newman • Jimmy Buffet • Gordon Lightfoot • John Prine • Guy Clark

(Newser) - Michelle Obama presented her new amie Carla Bruni with a hard-rockin', all-American gift today: a Gibson guitar, People reports. The two first ladies, who first met yesterday, kissed hello and held hands briefly during a tour of a cathedral and museum in Strasbourg. Obama also agreed to help... More »

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Michelle Obama • Europe • Nicolas Sarkozy • guitar • gift • Carla Bruni • Strasbourg • NATO summit • President Obama

GLOSSIES

Van Halen: Roth Reunion Solid, New Music on Way


Feb 8, 09 12:44 PM CST
(Newser) - After grossing $93 million on tour with former frontman David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen tells Rolling Stone he wants the band back together permanently: “Dave was a blast. And next time we go out, we’re going to have some new stuff, too.” He plans a summer... More »

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shoes • guitar • website • Van Halen • Eddie Van Halen • rock music • bands • David Lee Roth • Wolfgang Van Halen

Winehouse's Guitars Stolen
in $21K Home Burglary

British singer's home robbed while she's away in Caribbean

Jan 30, 09 11:26 AM CST
(Newser) - Thieves kicked in a padlocked front door at Amy Winehouse’s London home yesterday while the troubled singer was on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia kicking yet another habit, the Sun reports. Police were called to the address to reports of two men forcing entry, but the bandits made... More »

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rehab • celebrity • Caribbean • guitar • burglary • St. Lucia • Amy Winehouse • Camden Town

 It Might Get Loud Hits 
 Guitar Hero Trifecta 

Jimmy Page, U2's Edge and Jack White get their axe grind on in new documentary

Sep 19, 08 6:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - There's no Behind the Music-style debauchery to be found in It Might Get Loud, Rolling Stone reports. Rather, the documentary more resembles “having three carpenters talk about a radial-arm saw,” quips Jack White, who along with the Edge (of U2) and Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin), form the heart... More »

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film • U2 • rock and roll • guitar • Led Zeppelin • Jimmy Page • documentary film • White Stripes • Jack White • the Edge

 Guitar Whiz Has Underage Blues

Club gigs violate child labor laws, state officials say

Aug 13, 08 1:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - An 8-year-old guitar prodigy's nightclub gigs have put him on the wrong side of the law in Wisconsin. Officials were alerted to Tallan "T-Man" Latz's child-labor-law-breaking performances by an anonymous email—perhaps from a jealous older musician—and barred him from clubs, reports the AP. But Latz, who has... More »

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music • Wisconsin • guitar • child prodigies • blues • Tallan "T-Man" Latz

M&M's Maker Countersues Naked Cowboy

NYC tourist fave can't own topless look, company says

Jul 11, 08 7:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - The maker of M&M's isn’t sitting still while the Naked Cowboy tries to serenade his way into its corporate pocketbook, the New York Post reports. Yesterday Mars Inc. fired a copyright-infringement suit at the musical cowpoke, a fixture at Times Square who had sued Mars, saying the company... More »

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Mars • guitar • trademarks • Robert Burck • M&Ms • Naked Cowboy • underpants

 Rolling Stone's
 Top Guitar Classics 

The greatest riffs, from Bill Haley to Metallica

Jun 1, 08 6:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - There are those tunes driven by the rhythm section, but nothing lights a fire in the blood quite like the power of the perfect guitar riff. Thus, Rolling Stone suggests its favorite guitar anthems, hitting all stops between BB King and King Crimson. The top five:
  1. Johnny B. Goode:
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music • Rolling Stones • Rolling Stone • Jimi Hendrix • Nirvana • guitar • Van Halen • Beatles • Led Zeppelin • 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

Smells Like
Teen Nostalgia

As baby boomer baubles grow less desirable, collectors turn to Nirvana, G N' R

May 8, 08 3:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Grunge is passé, but the market for its collectibles isn’t, reports Portfolio. Nostalgia plays a big role in determining what's hot, and prices on items of baby boomer vintage, even from the likes of the Fab Four, are starting to drop. Meanwhile, the demand for Gen X artifacts—... More »

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Christie's • Jimi Hendrix • auction • Nirvana • guitar • memorabilia • Generation X • Eric Clapton

 New Gadget 
 Strikes a Chord 

Tuning electric guitar becomes hands-off job

Apr 7, 08 12:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - One less thing is standing between you and a perfect jam session: tuning your electric guitar. A newly launched battery-powered compact device that mounts on the instrument's body is accurate to within 2% of a note, reports the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. "It's just a dream, being able to pick up... More »

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music • entrepreneurs • guitar • consumer electronics • invention • N-Tune • Zero Crossing

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

Slash Can't
Outplay His
Virtual Self in
'Guitar Hero'

Guns 'N' Roses
legend admits defeat

Jan 3, 08 10:49 AM CST
(Newser) - In order to beat the video game "Guitar Hero III," you have to outplay a virtual version of legendary guitarist Slash. If you can't quite cut it, don't feel so bad—the real Slash can't, either. "I just actually played it for the first time last night,... More »

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music • guitar • Guns N' Roses • Guitar Hero 3 • slash • Velvet Revolver • video games

Plucky Guitar Tunes Itself

Next up: guitar that plays itself

Dec 7, 07 12:35 PM CST
(Newser) - Gibson's new guitar can't quite play itself, but it offers musicians the next best thing—it tunes itself. The legendary guitar maker is introducing a robotic tuner on a high-end version of its classic Les Paul instrument. Start strumming, and the device tunes to one of six presets in 10... More »

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guitar • Guitar Hero • Gibson

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