ADRIAN LEGG
b. 16 May 1948, Hackney, London, England. Although a highly respected guitarist, Legg actually played oboe as a child, both for the school orchestra and the Cheltenham Young People's Orchestra. He left home at the age of 15, and stopped playing oboe. Three or four years later he took up the guitar, joining a country band in Liverpool, and turning professional a year later. After a period of working with Irish and UK country bands, he turned solo during 1973. By 1974, Legg had won both the composition and performance categories in the folk guitar competition run by Guitar magazine. From 1978, he stopped all performing, moving instead, in 1979, into the musical instrument industry, working in research, development and repairs. He also held instrument clinics and demonstrations. Legg resumed his playing during 1982, having produced the book, Customising Your Electric Guitar, the previous year. After recording Technopicker, he left the musical instrument industry. He then followed up with Fretmelt and Lost For Words, again for Making Waves, who, unfortunately, were soon to go out of business. Guitar For Mortals, released on Relativity Records, was recorded in May 1991 in Los Angeles, and produced by Bobby Cochran. Legg also recorded a teaching video, Beyond Acoustic Guitar, for Arlen Roth's Hot Licks series, which was released in the autumn of 1991.
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Albums
- (2004) Inheritance
- (2003) Guitar Bones
Top Tracks
- Ghosts in the Hills
- Jam Tomorrow
- Jam Today
- Old Friends
- La Giga Anziana (The Elderly Jig)
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