"love that song very much today,"" Kravitz said in an interview for VivaMusic.com in 2000. The line is based on a Yogiism, or quotation from Yogi Berra: ""It ain't over 'til it's over."" It was Kravitz's first top 10 hit on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 of his career, and his highest peak in the chart. British singer Mutya Buena's 2007 song ""Real Girl"" contains a sample from ""It Ain't Over 'til It's Over"". ""It Ain't Over 'til It's Over"" is Kravitz's most successful single on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart to date, peaking at number two behind Bryan Adams'"
"a prototype to Hank Marvin of The Shadows, who used it on a number of songs for the soundtrack of the 1964 Cliff Richard movie ""Wonderful Life;"" the Double Six was also used on The Searchers' cover version of De Shannon's ""When You Walk In The Room."" The electric 12-string gained prominence with the introduction in 1964 of the Rickenbacker 360, made famous through George Harrison's use of it on The Beatles' album ""A Hard Day's Night"" and many subsequent recordings. In 1965, inspired by Harrison, Roger McGuinn made the Rickenbacker 12-string central to The Byrds' folk rock sound, further"
"a six-string acoustic with external mics. Mercury also played the original guitar solo on a version which has been lost. American country music singer Dwight Yoakam included a cover of the song on his 1999 album """". Yoakam's version was released as a single. It debuted at number 65 on the US ""Billboard"" ""Hot Country Singles & Tracks"" chart for the week of 1 May 1999, and peaked at number 12 on the US country singles charts that year. It was also used in a television commercial for clothing retailer Gap at the time of the album's release. The music"
"guitar or, more commonly, both a six-string and a twelve-string. In the mid-1960s, one of the first players to use this type of guitar was Paul Revere & the Raiders' guitarist Drake Levin. Another early user was John McLaughlin. The double-neck guitar was popularized by Jimmy Page, who used a custom-made, cherry-finished Gibson EDS-1275 to perform ""Stairway to Heaven"", ""The Song Remains the Same"" and ""The Rain Song"", although for the recording of ""Stairway to Heaven"" he used a Fender Telecaster and a Fender XII electric twelve-string. Mike Rutherford of Genesis and Mike + the Mechanics is also famous for"
"and bombs and stuff. But anyway, they did two or three songs that I just went 'Wow, these songs are great.' So I went and bought their record. I was a hippie once upon a time. I had [long hair] – it was 1969, 1970, you know, barefoot with a guitar. You people that are old enough probably remember but you young people don't remember, but people used to have parties and you would pass the guitar around and all the guys would play a song. So whenever the guitar came my way I always played 'Early Bird Cafe' and"
"1966–67"". Lavezzoli recognises Harrison as ""the man most responsible for this phenomenon"". In June 1966 Harrison met Shankar at the home of Mrs Angadi of the Asian Music Circle, asked to be his student, and was accepted. Before this meeting, Harrison had recorded his ""Revolver"" track ""Love You To"", contributing a sitar part that Lavezzoli describes as an ""astonishing improvement"" over ""Norwegian Wood"" and ""the most accomplished performance on sitar by any rock musician"". On 6 July, Harrison travelled to India to buy a sitar from Rikhi Ram & Sons in New Delhi. In September, following the Beatles' final tour,"
"020). His solo guitar and vocal albums include ""Plays Robert and Robert"" (recorded 1982, Evidence), ""Delta Crossroads"" (recorded 2000, Telarc) and ""The Legend Live"" (recorded 2003, M.C.). A duet session with the pianist Otis Spann in 1960 resulted in ""Otis Spann Is the Blues"" and ""Walking the Blues"", released by Candid. At the age of sixty, in 1975, he discovered the 12-string guitar and preferentially played it almost exclusively for the latter third of his life. His most famous 12-string was a blue instrument custom designed and made by the Japanese luthiers Moony Omote and Age Sumi. It was acquired"
"6 hit in 1964 by the American country singer Jim Reeves and a favorite of Meher Baba, according to Townshend's notes on the album's back cover. The songs were recorded at Townshend's home studio, which was among the most advanced home studios in England at the time. Townshend does not appear on the Nicholls track, but does play guitar on the Lane track; he plays all other instruments on the remainder of the album. One dollar from each sale of the 1972 album went to charities. Original UK copies were on Track Records, reissued by Polydor Records after Track ceased"
"string tuning, such as: and so on. For many years, the seven-string guitar was far more popular in Russia than the regular six-string Spanish guitar; the latter was a rarity in Russia before the revolution of 1917. The Russian guitar gained significant popularity in the latter half of the 19th century with the increasing popularity of guitar oriented ""city romance"" songs. The six-string first came to serious prominence in the Russian classical guitar world when Andrés Segovia toured Soviet Russia in 1926. Possibly looking for something new and exciting to give life to their repressed craft, many Russian classical guitarists"
"largest musical instrument stores in the country, and the manager assured me that no such instrument existed. On another occasion a maker of fine 12-string lutes (nylon strings) pictured for me a nightmare of explosive force required to hold twelve steel strings in proper tension. He envisioned bits of guitar and guitarist flying asunder. I have combed New York City pawnshops and music stores and have received a variety of comments ranging' from 'Sorry, we're out of them now. Won't a six-string guitar do? to 'Have you got rocks in your head, buddy?' In fact, it took me about a"
"1963. In 1967 he purchased a seven-string by José Rubio. The first seven-string electric guitars were built in the ""hollowbody"" or ""semi-hollow"" archtop styles, where the guitar has a central resonating chamber, or a central block with resonant chambers on the sides. This gave the guitar the dark woodiness, breath, and richness that is associated with traditional ""jazz"" tone, but also made prone to feedback at high volumes, making it problematic for rock guitar playing. In the early thirties the National String Instrument Corporation offered seven-string versions of their solid-body lap-steel guitars. A solid body seven-string electric guitar was conceived"
"the greater difficulty of picking or executing string ""bends"" on its double-strung courses. In the later 20th century, however, a number of players devoted themselves to producing solo performances on the 12-string guitar. Electric 12-strings became a staple in pop and rock music in the 1960s. Early use of the instrument was pioneered by the guitarists of The Wrecking Crew; in 1963, Carol Kaye used a converted Guild six-string on The Crystals' hit ""And Then He Kissed Me,"" and on Jackie De Shannon's song ""When You Walk In The Room,"" Glen Campbell played a well-known guitar figure, composed by De"
"his life. On August 21, 1965, during a Beatles concert tour, Randy Resnick of B-Sharp, a Minnesota music store, presented Harrison with a second model 360/12 FG ""New Style"" 12-string electric guitar, distinguishable from Harrison's first 12-string by its rounded cutaways and edges. A television documentary produced by KSTP TV in Minneapolis documents the event. Harrison used this guitar on the song ""If I Needed Someone"" and during the Beatles' 1966 tours. This 12-string's whereabouts are unknown, as it was stolen at some point after the band ceased touring. After the Beatles 1965 summer tour, Paul McCartney frequently used a"
"were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Eric Haydock Eric Haydock (born Eric John Haddock; 3 February 1943, Stockport, Cheshire) is a British musician, best known as the original bass guitarist of The Hollies from December 1962 until July 1966. He was one of the first British musicians to play a Fender Bass VI, a six-string bass. Although considered a great bass guitarist, he was replaced in 1966 by Bernie Calvert, after disputes related to the conduct of the band's managers. On 15 March 2010 Haydock , along with Calvert and the other fellow Hollies members Allan"
"eight, in 1983. Initially, he says that he began playing ""because his dad forced him... and, of course, I wanted to be like KISS."" He got his first acoustic guitar a year later, but did not get an electric guitar until nearly four years later. After finally convincing his parents to let him purchase his first electric guitar (a white Leadstar), he took a few guitar lessons and learned some basic chords, but believed that if he wanted to learn rock'n'roll, it would be something he would have to teach himself. Around that same time, Viljanen began playing in local"
"5-string tuned EADGC called the Bass V during the CBS period in the mid-1960s. The Bass V did not sell well, and after it was discontinued, Fender did not offer another 5-string bass guitar until the 1980s. Artists known for using the Precision Bass include James Jamerson, Donald ""Duck"" Dunn, Pino Palladino, Steve Harris, Mike Dirnt, Tony Franklin, Duff McKagan, Matt Freeman, Nate Mendel, John Entwistle, Micki Steele, Mark Hoppus, Pete Wentz, Sting, John Lodge, Dee Dee Ramone, Roger Waters, , Dallon Weekes, Dusty Hill, Geezer Butler, Robert Trujillo, Jason Newsted, Tom Hamilton, John Paul Jones, Frank Bello, Jeff Ament,"
"number 4 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart in 1959. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. Subsequently, he signed with the Imperial record label, and pounded out two more Top 40 hits, ""Let There Be Drums"", which went to number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100, and ""Drums Are My Beat"". In December 1961, the British music magazine, ""NME"", reported that ""Let There Be Drums"" had gone Top 10 in both the United Kingdom and United States. All three were instrumentals (a feat rarely repeated). Guitar playing on these hits was by co-writer Richard"
"6, 1962 and became a hit, reaching No. 3 on both the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart. The personnel on the original Brian Hyland recording included Mundell Lowe, Al Caiola on guitar, Gary Geld on piano, George Duvivier on bass, Blackie Shackner on harmonica and Gary Chester on drums and Sticks Evans and Al Rogers on percussion. When re-released in 1975, Hyland's recording charted in the UK at No. 7. Hyland also recorded a version in German. Gary Lewis & the Playboys covered the song in 1968 on the album ""Gary Lewis Now!"". Their cover version of"
"combination of the American situation, Cliff Richard's runaway success (""Living Doll"" had by now sold over a million copies in Britain alone) and a bit of nudging from Norrie Paramor, we set about finding a permanent name, which arrived out of the blue one summer's day in July 1959 (maybe the 19th). When Hank Marvin and Jet Harris took off on their scooters up to the Six Bells pub at Ruislip, Jet hit upon a name straight away. 'What about the Shadows?' The lad was a genius! So we became the Shadows for the first time on Cliff's sixth single"
"as well on as other recordings. Pizzarelli has also appeared on three albums of his daughter-in-law (John's wife), Jessica Molaskey. Pizzarelli's first guitar was an archtop Gibson, an expensive instrument at the time. He plays a ""Benedetto Bucky Pizzarelli Signature"" seven-string guitar made by Robert Benedetto, who also makes guitars for Howard Alden and Frank Vignola. He learned to play the seven-string from George Van Eps. The extra string on Pizzarelli's guitar provides him with a bass line during performances. Pizzarelli also plays a custom seven-string American archtop guitar made by luthier Dale Unger, who also makes custom guitars for"
"and 6-string Guitar. The Dopera Bantars, though extremely rare were used by a few influential artists of the 1960s, including Bob Dylan. As illustrated with the Bantar, John removed the ""Y"" from the Dopyera name, when labeling his new instruments, as he reasoned that ""Dopera"" was easier for the public to understand and pronounce. A patent for an electric violin is also noted. The Dopyera brothers later moved to Chicago, where they made millions of dollars with the Valco music company and other business interests. John elected to stay in Los Angeles and continue making instruments. He was never rich,"
"album in 1968. Johnny Winter also used one briefly (strung as a regular six-string) during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Also in the 1980s, Bryan Adams' hit ""Summer of '69"" was built around a Fender Electric XII riff. Pye Hastings used one during the early days of Caravan, notably on their album ""For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night"" in 1973. Gustavo Cerati of Soda Stereo played and recorded with a Fender XII between 1988 and 1990, notably seen in the videos of ""En la ciudad de la furia"" and ""de Música ligera"". Chad Taylor of Live prominently"
"harmony and rhythm parts, rather than for guitar solos. They are relatively common in folk rock music. Lead Belly is the folk artist most identified with the twelve-string guitar, usually acoustic with a pickup. George Harrison of the Beatles and Roger McGuinn of the Byrds brought the electric twelve-string to notability in rock and roll. During the Beatles' first trip to the United States, in February 1964, Harrison received a new 360/12 model guitar from the Rickenbacker company, a twelve-string electric made to look onstage like a six-string. He began using the 360 in the studio on Lennon's ""You Can't"
"showers at the Los Angeles Tennis Club. He was strongly influenced by the music of Carl Perkins and once said he tried to emulate the sound and the tone of the guitar break in Perkins's March 1956 Top Ten hit ""Blue Suede Shoes."" At age sixteen, he wanted to impress his girlfriend of two years, Diana Osborn(e), who was an Elvis Presley fan and, although he had no record contract at the time, told her that he, too, was going to make a record. With his father's help, he secured a one-record deal with Verve Records, an important jazz label"
"Mairants ""Zenith"" guitar. He had originally been given a trumpet for his 14th birthday in 1956 but he learned he could not possibly sing playing a trumpet so he swapped it for a Framus ""Zenith"" model 17. He used it to compose some of his first songs with it including ""When I'm Sixty-Four"". It still hangs in his studio. The company included a musical kindergarten in the Bubenreuth factory. Supported by a young teacher, Gertrud Fischer and a book that used little, colored ""note men"" that helped children start learning musical notation at the age of three. Visitors to the"
"of Stuart Mossman Stuart Mossman Stuart Mossman (May 13, 1942 – March 2, 1999) was an American guitar maker, entertainer and entrepreneur who built 6,000 guitars from 1968 to 1984 that were played by several professional guitarists, including John Denver, Eric Clapton, Albert Lee, Doc Watson, Hank Snow, Cat Stevens and Merle Travis. Mossman's work is seen as the foundation for today's generations of Luthiers who build guitars from fine tone woods. Mossman was born in Hinsdale, Illinois, on May 13, 1942. He began making nylon-string guitars in 1961 and spent several years designing 40 to 50 prototypes in his"
"album sold moderately well and reached No. 57 on the ""Billboard"" 200 chart. In August 1966 the single written by Arthur Lee ""7 and 7 Is"", notable for the exceptional guitar work of Johnny Echols and proto-punk styled drumming by Pfisterer, became their highest-charting single at No. 33 in the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. Two more members were added around this time, Tjay Cantrelli (real name John Barbieri) on woodwinds and Michael Stuart on drums. Pfisterer, never a confident drummer, switched to harpsichord. Their musical reputation largely rests on the next two albums, ""Da Capo"" and ""Forever Changes"". ""Da Capo"", released"
"Eric Haydock Eric Haydock (born Eric John Haddock; 3 February 1943, Stockport, Cheshire) is a British musician, best known as the original bass guitarist of The Hollies from December 1962 until July 1966. He was one of the first British musicians to play a Fender Bass VI, a six-string bass. Although considered a great bass guitarist, he was replaced in 1966 by Bernie Calvert, after disputes related to the conduct of the band's managers. On 15 March 2010 Haydock , along with Calvert and the other fellow Hollies members Allan Clarke, Graham Nash, Tony Hicks, Bobby Elliott, and Terry Sylvester"
"by guitarist Lenny Breau and built by luthier Kirk Sand, debuting at the 1983 NAMM convention featuring a high A-string (rather than the low A-string of Eps). In 1987, Fender signed an agreement with Alex Gregory to produce a Stratocaster-style guitar that featured a high A-string. A small number of prototypes were made. However the unit was never put into production. The first mass-produced seven-string was the Ibanez UV7 as a signature model for Steve Vai. It was also used by John Petrucci, Reb Beach and Korn amongst others. Vai was drawn to the idea for much of the same"
"bard, retained his monogamous relationship with the seven string up to his death in 1980. Pioneering bard Bulat Okudjava switched to the six string in the early 90's, but continued tuning it in open G (skipping the middle D). Thanks to the ""bard boom"" and cheap factory production, a Russian guitar could be bought new for as little as 12 rubles in the 1970s. Soviet factories continued to manufacture the seven string exclusively for quite a long time before making a gradual switchover to accommodate the demand for six string guitars in the mid to late 1970s. Prior to that,"
"30 October, 1971, Stewart said, ""I bought a ukulele when I was in Pasadena. I would listen to Sons of the Pioneers records. Tex Ritter really turned me on to music. 'I Love My Rooster' was Top Ten as far as I was concerned."" Stewart's first venture into popular music was with a high school garage band known as Johnny Stewart and the Furies. Influenced by the reigning icons of the day, Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly, the Furies toured southern California colleges and coffee houses, releasing one single, ""Rockin' Anna,"" which was a minor, regional hit. Following the breakup"
"the 6-string guitar but picked up the 12-string guitar after moving to Atlanta, Georgia, in 1923 or 1924. He became one of the prominent performers of the newly developing Atlanta blues style. In Atlanta, Hicks worked at various jobs, playing music on the side. While working at Tidwells' Barbecue in a north Atlanta suburb, he came to the attention of Columbia Records talent scout Dan Hornsby. Hornsby recorded him and used Hicks's job to publicize his records, having Hicks pose in chef's whites and hat for publicity photos and dubbing him ""Barbecue Bob"". Before his death in 1931, he married"
"in 1982 to play an extended engagement at the Café Carlyle with jazz pianist/songwriter Joe Bushkin. Soon afterwards, he was discovered by Joe Williams and Woody Herman. In 1983 he was already collaborating with Dick Hyman, when he appeared with him and a host of other musicians at Eubie Blake's one-hundredth birthday concert. Alden formed the Alden-Barrett Quintet in 1985 with Dan Barrett, which played in the swing idiom, as he has done for most of his career. He also began partnerships with Ruby Braff, Kenny Davern and Jack Lesberg. He joined George Van Eps, innovator of the seven-string guitar,"