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50's Guitar Pioneers - who is left

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guitars4youguitars4you Frets: 15430
edited January 2017 in Guitar tFB Trader
 Tommy Allsup - guitarist on the fateful tour with Buddy Holly has passed away. Tommy was the creator of memorable guitar parts for BH-namely Heartbeat and Its So Easy.  http://www.itv.com/news/2017-01-13/tommy-allsup-guitarist-who-avoided-buddy-holly-plane-crash-dies-at-85/

So apart from Chuck Berry, are any of the guitar playing pioneers from the 50's still alive
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  • NiteflyNitefly Frets: 5069
    All on the toss of a coin...  RIP indeed.
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  • Jimbro66Jimbro66 Frets: 2481
    A fine guitarist indeed. He was still performing and touring into his eighties and made very good use of the fifty eight years that the flip of a coin won him. Another sad loss to our musical heritage. RIP.
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  • guitars4youguitars4you Frets: 15430
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    James Burton is still around
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  • RocknRollDaveRocknRollDave Frets: 6946
    edited January 2017
    Arguably the most influential British guitarist of the era:

    Hank Marvin

    EDIT: Only just active in the 50's, I admit....

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  • guitars4youguitars4you Frets: 15430
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    RocknRollDave said:
    Arguably the most influential British guitarist of the era:

    Hank Marvin

    EDIT: Only just active in the 50's, I admit....
    totally correct and I was blinkered and thinking USA at the time
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  • richhrichh Frets: 460
    Duane Eddy?  Though I don't know if he is still playing.
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  • Jimbro66Jimbro66 Frets: 2481
    richh said:
    Duane Eddy?  Though I don't know if he is still playing.

    Very much so.

    Another great rock & roll guitarist/singer from the fifties who is still regularly gigging at 80 years old is Charlie Gracie. Still playing that big three-pickup Guild that looked so cool. Great guitar playing. One of the best.

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  • Philly_QPhilly_Q Frets: 25105
    Best known for his work in the early '60s really, but I think he started out at the tail end of the '50s and I wanted to mention him... Dick Dale.
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  • guitars4youguitars4you Frets: 15430
    edited January 2017 tFB Trader
    Philly_Q said:
    Best known for his work in the early '60s really, but I think he started out at the tail end of the '50s and I wanted to mention him... Dick Dale.
    I was just thinking D Dale as you listed him
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  • ColsCols Frets: 7727
    Me too.  A quick google brought up a Wiki preview claiming he died in 2014.

    As Granny Weatherwax says, "I aten't dead yet".
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  • usedtobeusedtobe Frets: 3842
    Joe brown 
     so if you fancy a reissue of a guitar they never made in a colour they never used then it probably isn't too overpriced.

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  • richhrichh Frets: 460
    Chuck Berry as well I think?
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  • jamesoliver1234jamesoliver1234 Frets: 1269
    Chuck Berry...Dick Dale...James Burton...Hank Marvin.....buddy guy......duane eddy....glen campbell....
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  • FretwiredFretwired Frets: 24602
    Bob Wood who is coming up for 83 ..




    Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 74491
    jamesoliver1234 said:

    ....glen campbell....
    Sadly he's likely not to be much longer :(.

    I also wondered if Ritchie Blackmore could just sneak in, but he didn't start playing professionally until 1960.

    "Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski

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  • scrumhalfscrumhalf Frets: 11680
    Buddy Guy.
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  • LewyLewy Frets: 4507
    edited January 2017
    scrumhalf said:
    Buddy Guy.
    [pedant]I thought about putting him but concluded he didn't do anything pioneering until the 60s [pedant]
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  • RabsRabs Frets: 2648
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    Keef  will outlive us all    :)

    http://i1173.photobucket.com/albums/r588/Rabs2010/u56om_zpsinuefsuz.jpg

    http://www.rabswoodguitars.co.uk/

    https://www.facebook.com/RabsWoodGuitars/

    My Youtube page

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  • PlectrumPlectrum Frets: 494
    Rabs said:

    Keef  will outlive us all    :)


    Are you sure about that? Some people on the Internet have it that he may have died long ago but hasn't realised it yet :)
    One day I'm going to make a guitar out of butter to experience just how well it actually plays.
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  • Strat54Strat54 Frets: 2527
    This gent is still with us at 92. One of the most prolific players of his time. If you're over 40 then you will have hummed long to his guitar parts whilst watching TV....

    https://www.vintageguitar.com/2810/bob-bain/
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