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Paul Fitzgerald
May 304 min read
Acoustic Guitar Gods - John Martyn, 11 September 1948 - 29 January 2009
Ain't No Saint was the title of the four-CD restrospective of John Martyn's career, released to mark his 60th birthday in 2008. The name...
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Paul Fitzgerald
May 124 min read
Acoustic Guitar Gods - The Everly Brothers
The Everly Brothers were not only among the most important and best early rock & roll stars, but also among the most influential rockers...
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Paul Fitzgerald
Mar 97 min read
Acoustic Guitar Gods - Andres Segovia, 21 February 1893 - 2 June 1987
The virtuoso classical guitarist Andrés Torres Segovia was born in the town of Linares, situated in one of Spain's autonomous regions,...
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Paul Fitzgerald
Feb 95 min read
Acoustic Guitar Gods - Davey Graham, 26 November 1940 - 15 December 2008
Davey Graham (Davy Graham), whom in 2008 died aged 68 of lung cancer, was the undisputed guitar hero of the British folk-blues clubs in...
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Paul Fitzgerald
Dec 28, 20238 min read
Acoustic Guitar Gods - David Crosby, 14 August 1941 - 18 January 2023
By all accounts, including his own, David Crosby could be a tricky and difficult character. His career was regularly punctuated by angry...
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Paul Fitzgerald
Dec 13, 20234 min read
Acoustic Guitar Gods - John Renbourn, 8 August 1944 - 26 March 2015
John Renbourn, who died aged 70, was one half of the powerful guitar duo of Pentangle, the innovative jazz-folk band of the 1960s and...
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Paul Fitzgerald
Dec 9, 20235 min read
Acoustic Guitar Gods - Bert (Herbert) Jansch, 3 November 1943 - 5 October 2011
Of all the guitarists to emerge from the early days of the British folk music revival, it was Bert Jansch, who died aged 67, who had the...
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