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Robin Charles George Sidebotham (8 April 1956 – 26 April 2024) was a British rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer. [1] He achieved success during 1985 with the song "Heartline", which peaked at #68 in the UK Singles Chart and #92 in the US Hot 100 (#40 in the Mainstream Rock chart).
Smith was born January 27, 1952, in Scranton, Pennsylvania, as George Edward Haddad. [4] His father was Lebanese and his mother was from Ohio. [5] His last name, Haddad, is Arabic for blacksmith. [6] Growing up in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, Smith started playing guitar at the age of 4. In 1959, at the age of 7, he was given a C. F. Martin guitar.
George William Fullerton (March 7, 1923 – July 4, 2009) was a longtime associate of Leo Fender and, along with Fender and Dale Hyatt, a co-founder of G&L Musical Instruments. He is credited with design contributions that led to the manufacture of the first mass-produced solid-body electric guitar.
A guitar bought by George Harrison for about £58 has sold at auction for more than £1 million. The Futurama electric guitar was bought by The Beatles star when he was a 16-year-old apprentice ...
Gary Tyrone England (born December 5, 1963 [1]) is an American country music singer and guitarist. Initially a member of Garth Brooks ' band, England began his solo career in 1995, recording a self-titled debut album on RCA Nashville .
Boy George was born George Alan O'Dowd at Barnehurst Hospital, Kent, England, on 14 June 1961 and raised in Eltham, [5] the second of five children born to builder Jerry O'Dowd (born Jeremiah; 1934–2004) and Dinah O'Dowd (born Christina Glynn; 1939–2023 [6] [7]).
Slide guitarists are musicians who are well-known for playing guitar with a "slide", a smooth, hard object, held in the fretting hand and placed against the strings to control the pitch. [1] Beginning with guitarists in the American South and Hawaii in early 20th century, [ 2 ] slide guitar styles have developed in a variety of musical settings ...
George Vjestica is a British guitarist [4] [5] and songwriter. He leads the group Bandante. [ 6 ] Vjestica is also known for working with Australian singer Nick Cave [ 7 ] [ 8 ] and with Warren Ellis [ 9 ] on film soundtracks, The Proposition and Lawless .