Alan di Perna

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“We hadn’t really rehearsed. As we were walking to the stage, he said, ‘Hang on, boys!’ And he went in the corner and vomited”: Assembled on 24 hours' notice, this John Lennon-led, motley crew supergroup marked the beginning of the end of the Beatles

1 month ago | guitarworld.com | Jackson Maxwell |Alan di Perna

“‘You’ll have to explain this a little to me. I have no idea what the Plastic Ono Band is. Is that Yoko’s band? Do we have to go naked onstage or what?’”It's September 1969, and bassist Klaus Voormann is on the phone with his friend John Lennon, who'd spontaneously decided to do a set at the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival festival. Just one small problem. He didn't have a band, and the set was due to occur the following day.
“Leo said, ‘Here, try this guitar.’ I grabbed it, turned it around, held it upside-down backwards and started playing ukulele chords. He almost fell off his chair laughing”: How Dick Dale made the Stratocaster the ultimate surf-rock weapon

1 month ago | guitarworld.com | Jackson Maxwell |Alan di Perna

“I don’t know how to play a goddamned scale. I don’t know what a 13th is, or an augmented ninth. I could give a shit. All I do is make the guitar scream with pain or pleasure.”So said the late Dick Dale to Guitar World's Alan di Perna a number of years ago. The late surf guitar king was not a man of technical prowess, but he didn't need to be.

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