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God rest his soul, he was an ole fella back in the 60's when I was young. Everybody thought that all you had to do to play the guitar was buy one of Bert Weedon's books and you were away in a hack, oh the innocence of us all, my fingers were blistered trying to get the hang of the chords, in the end I chucked the book in the fire and packed it in. He was a great musician and had he been younger in the 60's he would have made the big time, in my opinion that is, but I prefered the sound of Duane Eddie, even though I read somewhere that Eddie was thrown out of music school as a youth.
Duane Eddie was a favourite from my era as well Jemflux. I loved the rich sound of his "boozy" guitar - if you know what I mean, although I don't think he had the technical finesse that Bert Weedon had. Ah! happy days. Like a lot of young folks we had a group in the 60's and played the clubs, pubs and seaside resorts - my first husband was lead singer. Never reached any heights of fame or riches, but oh boy didn't we have a good time.
I also learned to play guitar (very badly) until my finger ends bled like raw hamburger meat. Still can't play very well, but how hard I tried.
My late partner's brother John was/is a brilliant guitarist and I've always respected anyone who can play good an instrument, as part of their soul belongs to it. He used to play the Shadows lead guitar tunes with the most excellence.