John Forbing is a master ..
Brian Lemert has signature guitars named after him and he's never recorded. John Scott records in LA, John Scheafer was the leader of Iced Earth, which was a very successful Euro Metal band. All John's students.
Do you think the best guitarist come from big cities or something? Surrey is very big, right? As is Avalon Mississippi.
Forbing's band in the 80's went national and they recorded two discs. They also toured the nation as a front band for many famous acts. LaBov and Beyond.. they were like Loverboy.. LOL. which I tease him about to this day.
Robert Johnson's story wasn't made up, he did sell his soul.. in a way, by taking lessons, in Little Rock Arkansas, where he found he had perfect pitch. Son House and Willie Brown made up the story, or stole it from Tommy Johnson, as it was the only way they could explain Robert's miraculous improvement. This is easily seen by Robert's use of barre chords, while most black guitarists used thumb over grips. He had formal classical training, which black people just didn't get at that time. The devil in this case is white man.. though his teacher was part black he too had formal classical training..
They were very superstitious. anything odd was the Devil's work. And when Robert could steal their licks by ear instead of sight, that was to them unnatural. Hence he sold his soul.
This post was edited on 10/10 1:50 PM by The_Merry_Prankster