Ron Hall

Lenny Breau and Ron Halldorson

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
January 8, 2018

Few guitarists are as admired by fans and musicians alike as Lenny Breau. He played a 12-string electric guitar with a natural swing and elegance. treating the instrument like a piano. He'd play single-note melody lines while accompanying himself with chords, much the way a jazz pianist performs on the keyboard. Except with Breau, what you heard sounded like two guitarists playing a duet. Born in Maine, Breau's family moved to New Brunswick in Canada in the late 1940s. His ...
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