Bert Weedon (1920-2012)

[ayrshireman]

Influential guitarist Bert Weedon dies

BBC News

(excerpt)

'Influential guitarist Bert Weedon, best known for creating the popular tutorial manual Play In A Day, has died aged 91.

Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney and Brian May are among the stars who learned to play guitar from his books.

Born in east London, in May 1920, he had been ill for some time and died at his home in Beaconsfield, his friend John Adrian said.
He was awarded an OBE in the 2001 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to music.

Queen guitarist Brian May said: "He will be so sadly missed by all his friends because he is one of the most generous and giving people I have ever met in my life. He was always teaching people, privately and publicly. You know, he didn't have any secrets from anyone and he was so supportive to us all."

He added: "There's not a guitarist in Britain from my generation who doesn't owe him a great debt of gratitude."'

http://www.bbc.co.uk...t-arts-17781762

[ayrshireman]

Re: Bert Weedon (1920-2012)

‘Herbert Maurice William ‘Bert’ Weedon, OBE (10 May 1920 – 20 April 2012) was an English guitarist and composer whose style of guitar playing was popular and influential during the 1950s and 1960s. He was the first British guitarist to have a hit record in the UK Singles Chart, in 1959, and his best-selling tutorial guides, Play in a Day, were a major influence on many leading musicians.[1]’

http://en.wikipedia....iki/Bert_Weedon

http://www.guardian..../20/bert-weedon

http://www.telegraph...generation.html



http://www.bertweedon.com/index.shtml

[ayrshireman]

Re: Bert Weedon (1920-2012)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVMpT...layer_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NCKe...layer_embedded

[BillySmartsC]

Re: Bert Weedon (1920-2012)

RIP Bert.

[shilton dipper]

Re: Bert Weedon (1920-2012)

yes RIP Bert........I'm sure there are so many that have been inspired by this man's talent............me included

[darren]

Re: Bert Weedon (1920-2012)

very sad to hear this indeed.

R I P Bert.
but he sure seems to have been a giant in the industrty.
must be honest this is the first ive heard of him.

[sixtyten]

Re: Bert Weedon (1920-2012)

Legend! saw him at Croydon Fairfield Halls in the mid 70's at the Basil Brush Christmas show

Sure, he was cheesy, but a huge influence
I had a bash at "Play in a day" a few years after I'd already been playing, and found it no use & rather anachronistic, but it must have worked, judging by the people who used it back in the day and found fame.

R.I.P Bert