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Funny/Weird 

25 mind-bending pieces of music trivia you can use to amaze your friends with your brilliance

May 30, 2022May 30, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Billy Idol, Bob Marley, Duran Duran, Leo Fender, Liam Gallagher, Music Trivia

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] For the last number of decades, I’ve made a career out

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Ongoing History of New Music 

The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 941: The story of the electric guitar, part 2

February 4, 2022February 4, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Electric Guitar, Epiphone, Fender, Leo Fender, Les Paul, Rickenbacker, Stratocaster, Telecaster

For centuries, music and nice and clean. While different instruments gave notes different timbres, the frequencies of these notes were

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Music History 

The complete story of how we came to have loud, fuzzy, distorted guitars

June 4, 2018June 3, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Fuzz-Tone, Glenn Snoddy, Guitars, Ike Turner, Leo Fender, Les Paul

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca – AC] When Les Paul and Leo Fender introduced their electric guitars in

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Podcast 

Geeks and Beats Podcast, Episode 146: The History of Fender Guitars

September 27, 2017September 30, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Fender Guitars, Leo Fender, Phyllis Fender, Randall Bell

Okay, we went long this time but that’s because we have a fascinating interview with Phyllis Fender, the widow of

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Each week, the podcast looks at something from the alt-rock universe, from artist profiles to various thematic explorations. Whatever the episode, you’re definitely going to learn something that you might not find anywhere else. Trust us on this.

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