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Hamer Guitars (/ ˈ h eɪ m ər / HAY-mər) was an American electric guitar manufacturer founded in 1973, in Wilmette, Illinois, by vintage guitar shop owners Paul Hamer and Jol Dantzig. The company's early instruments featured guitar designs based on the Gibson Explorer (The Standard) and Gibson Flying V (Vector), before adding more ...
Tim McCoy was born in Saginaw, Michigan, on April 10, 1891.His father was an Irish Union Civil War veteran and Police Chief. [1] While attending St. Ignatius College (now Loyola University) McCoy saw a Wild West show that influenced him to purchase a one-way ticket west.
James Clarence Wakely (February 16, 1914 – September 23, 1982) [1] was an American actor, songwriter, country music vocalist, and one of the last singing cowboys.During the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, he released records, appeared in several B-Western movies with most of the major studios, appeared on radio and television and even had his own series of comic books.
Dawn at Socorro is a 1954 American Western film directed by George Sherman and starring Rory Calhoun and Piper Laurie. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures . The film is set mostly in Lordsburg, New Mexico , and the spoken introduction says the story is based on an actual shootout in the town in 1871.
Joe Strummer (1952–2002) of the Clash was "the most visible Tele player" in late 1970s punk, using his famous stickered instrument throughout his career, up until his death. His black Tele was a 1966 Sunburst that he painted when he started to play with the Clash, he also used a White Fender Esquire in the late 70s [98]
Jones is a self-taught guitar player, primarily playing Gibson Les Paul electric guitars in his early years. He had allegedly only been playing for three months before his first Sex Pistols gig, and has said that practising under the influence of black beauties helped him focus well on learning the instrument.
Directed by his mentor and longtime collaborator, Don Siegel, this was the actor’s first non-western leading role. Eastwood plays an Arizona deputy sheriff who’s sent to New York City to bring ...
Herb Jeffries (born Umberto Alexander Valentino; September 24, 1913 – May 25, 2014) was an American actor of film and television and popular music and jazz singer-songwriter, known for his baritone voice.