Guitars – Page 5

How Paul McCartney’s Lost Bass Guitar Was Found Five Decades Later

The Höfner violin bass that accompanied the Beatles to fame went missing more than 50 years ago. Two journalists and a Höfner expert were determined to find it.

By Isabella Kwai

Collins Kids (Music Group) Collins, Larry (1944-2024) Collins, Lorrie (1942-2018) Country Music Deaths (Obituaries) Guitars Pop and Rock Music

Larry Collins, Rockabilly Guitar Prodigy, Is Dead at 79

He and his sister became child stars in the 1950s by making exuberantly unhinged music. “I had so much energy,” he once said, “they didn’t know what to do with me.”

By Bill Friskics-Warren

Biographical Information Guitars Jackson, Cordell (1923-2004 ) Memphis (Tenn) Moon Records Pop and Rock Music Women and Girls

Overlooked No More: Cordell Jackson, Elder Stateswoman of Rock ’n’ Roll

A pioneering record-label owner and engineer, she played guitar in a raw and unapologetically abrasive way. “Whatever song it was,” she said, “I always creamed it.”

By Howard Fishman

Documentary Films and Programs Dowd, Peter Michael Guitars Led Zeppelin Mr. Jimmy (Movie) Page, Jimmy Pop and Rock Music Sakurai, Akio

‘Mr. Jimmy’ Review: Trying for That Perfect Page Re-Creation

Akio Sakurai is obsessed with sounding exactly like the Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page. This documentary plumbs the depths of his devotion.

By Glenn Kenny