The Story of the Guitar

[Wayne]

Part 1/3. 10.20 tonight on BBC1.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00dyhyt

http://www.bbc.co.uk/musictv/guitars/

They'd better mention Django Reinhardt.

[Rob McCow]

Django WHO?

Nah, I know who he is. He does get mentioned quite often in 'Best Guitarist Ever' lists

Should be interesting though. I don't think there's been any great guitarists, as in guitar heroes, since the mid 90's.

[Wayne]

Should be interesting though. I don't think there's been any great guitarists, as in guitar heroes, since the mid 90's.

Go back at least another decade.
Yay for Django! It was a good first installment. I enjoyed the historical stuff with the lutes & everything. And finishing with the beginnings of the electric guitar was a logical place to pause before the next installment, which i'm guessing might start in the 1940's when Charlie Christian was the first person to bring the amplified guitar to the limelight in the jazz world.
I expect it will then go on to cover Rock & Roll, & Hank/The Shads etc... I think the next programme will be really good if it covers the 50's, 60's, 70's. Should be some top names in there from Hank through to Hendrix in the 60's, & the great rock guitarists of the 70's. Yay for Jimmy Page!
I expect all the crap stuff from the 80's onwards will be in the last show. I mean, the friggin 'edge' for chrisakes!

[Dave Tudor]

Ack! I missed this! Didn't realise it was a three-part series, either! Bugger.

[Wayne]

Repeat is on: 10 Oct 2008 23:00 BBC Four

[Pip Madeley]

I mean, the friggin 'edge' for chrisakes!

Have you seen this, Wayne?

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=8EDuK46ZqFM

[Wayne]

Ta Pip! He's really clever isn't he, Bill Bailey. Much better guitarist than The edge as well. Infact, almost everyone is.

[Wayne]

Part 2 tonight at 10.20, guitar fans. :wayne

[Wayne]

Loads of great stuff tonight. :wayne
Hawaiian guitar, some great country picking, Blues & slide guitar, Jazz, Rock & Roll.
Highlights for me: Charlie Christian, Les Paul, T-Bone Walker, Scotty Moore, The Shads, & a taste of things to come with Hendrix.

[Dave Tudor]

I've still not watched the first one, after taping it!

I've got a lot of catching up to do...

[Wayne]

You missed Dave Gilmour playing his 1954 Strat this week. I think he's on this Sunday as well.

[Wayne]

FWIW, a heads up for the final part tonight. Though it looks like i'm the only one watching it.
(Well, on this board anyway)