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Laughton was born in Oklahoma. His parents were both involved with the harp: his mother as a teacher and his father, Charles T. Laughton, as a harp builder. As a young child, he played with his family's orchestra, touring Cuba and Panama. [1] He joined the Oklahoma City Symphony in 1937, hired through the WPA at the minimum age of 15. [2]
Thomas Edward Percy Hull (born 20 April 1982), known professionally as Kid Harpoon, is a British songwriter, record producer, and musician.In 2023, he won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year and the Brit Award for Songwriter of the Year for his work on Harry's House by Harry Styles.
[3] [5] She usually plays a nylon string guitar and a Doolin custom 21-string harp guitar which has both nylon and steel strings. [3] Anderson has released more than a dozen solo albums, instructional CDs, and DVDs through TrueFire and Homespun, and songbooks published by Hal Leonard, Mel Bay, and Zen-On Japan. Her compositions include ...
Doan's latest video project is a 90-minute documentary that he wrote and starred in titled In Search of the Harp Guitar. John hosted an International Harp Guitar Festival at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon. [9] Doan was recently awarded "World's Leading Harp Guitarist" by the Brand Laureate Awards.
Andy McKee (born April 4, 1979, in Topeka, Kansas) is an American fingerstyle guitar player who has released six studio albums, three extended plays, and one live album to date. A number of YouTube videos featuring McKee's highly-technical guitar performances have achieved viral fame, garnering hundreds of million of views collectively.
Yasmin Williams (born May 31, 1997) is an American composer and solo performing finger-style guitarist [1] [2] [3] from northern Virginia. She plays several instruments such as the kalimba , harp-guitar , and guitar with the strings facing up while on her lap.
He played guitar and was a master of the blues harmonica, known in blues circles as a "harp". His most successful and influential recordings included " I'm a King Bee " (1957), " Rainin' in My Heart " (1961), and " Baby Scratch My Back " (1966), which reached number one on Billboard 's R&B chart and number 16 on its broader Hot 100 singles chart.
[5] [6] [7] In October 2013, Henson-Conant performed and represented the United States at the 7th annual World Harp Festival, in Asunción, Paraguay. As you know, a lot of my music is compositional, and there's a lot of arpeggiated guitar parts. They work really well on the harp, especially since it's an electric harp and you can process it.