Read more guitar stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/7935/guitar.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:47:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/67310/pissed-airline-passenger-back-on-youtube.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDave Carroll, who so memorably commemorated his terrible experience with United Airlines in the YouTube sensation United Breaks Guitars is at it again, Consumerist reports. The singer/songwriter/guitar-rights activist has released a more ambitious video cleverly titled United Breaks Guitars: Song 2 , with a slightly more conciliatory tone. And don’t worry,...http://www.newser.com/story/67310/pissed-airline-passenger-back-on-youtube.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 19 Aug 2009 15:09:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66854/les-pauls-genius-will-be-missed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLes Paul's death today at age 94 has the accolades pouring in: Lou Carlozo, True/Slant: "The solid-body Les Paul guitar that Lester developed with Gibson in the early 1950s is rock and roll. Like the Fender Stratocaster, its shape is so synonymous with the genre that any musician can recognize...http://www.newser.com/story/66854/les-pauls-genius-will-be-missed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 13 Aug 2009 15:57:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66844/music-legend-les-paul-dead-at-94.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMusical innovator and guitar legend Les Paul died today in White Plains, NY. He was 94. A “virtuoso guitarist” himself, in the early 1940s Paul pioneered the “log” guitar, “probably the first solid-body electric guitar," writes Jon Pareles of the New York Times . His popular Gibson Les Paul guitar and...http://www.newser.com/story/66844/music-legend-les-paul-dead-at-94.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 13 Aug 2009 13:05:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66513/happy-100th-to-the-man-who-changed-rock.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagToday is the 100th anniversary of the birth of a man who forever changed rock and roll—even though he couldn’t play the instrument inextricably associated with his name. Leo Fender designed guitars and amplifiers that have endured for decades, including the legendary Fender Stratocaster, played by Jimi Hendrix, Eric...http://www.newser.com/story/66513/happy-100th-to-the-man-who-changed-rock.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 10 Aug 2009 11:41:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65045/nycs-naked-cowboy-to-run-for-mayor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRobert Burck, the “Naked Cowboy” who strolls New York’s Times Square, is planning a run for mayor there, WABC-TV reports. The guitar slinger in underpants will challenge Mayor Michael Bloomberg by “bringing transparency to a whole new level.” Burck says he’ll also run on his ideas about taxes, tourism, gay...http://www.newser.com/story/65045/nycs-naked-cowboy-to-run-for-mayor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 22 Jul 2009 14:33:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64328/singers-complaint-vs-united-proves-power-of-youtube.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen United Airlines baggage handlers broke Dave Carroll’s $1,200 guitar, he didn’t get mad—he got famous. Carroll and his band slapped together a $130 YouTube video titled United Breaks Guitars , which became so popular Oprah mentioned it. United eventually relented, donating $3,000 in Carroll’s name to charity,...http://www.newser.com/story/64328/singers-complaint-vs-united-proves-power-of-youtube.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 14 Jul 2009 13:55:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56339/dylans-favorite-songwriters.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBob Dylan is one of the most widely influential living songwriters—but who has influenced him? Bill Flanagan got Dylan to dish on some of his favorite songwriters for the Huffington Post. The winners? Jimmy Buffett, Gordon Lightfoot, Randy Newman, John Prine, and Guy Clark all got nods. Though Dylan’s...http://www.newser.com/story/56339/dylans-favorite-songwriters.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 16 Apr 2009 16:20:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55320/michelle-gives-carla-a-guitar.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMichelle Obama presented her new amie Carla Bruni with a hard-rockin', all-American gift today: a Gibson guitar, People reports. The two first ladies, who first met yesterday, kissed hello and held hands briefly during a tour of a cathedral and museum in Strasbourg. Obama also agreed to help the model-turned-singer...http://www.newser.com/story/55320/michelle-gives-carla-a-guitar.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 04 Apr 2009 15:34:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/50020/van-halen-roth-reunion-solid-new-music-on-way.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter grossing $93 million on tour with former frontman David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen tells Rolling Stone he wants the band back together permanently: “Dave was a blast. And next time we go out, we’re going to have some new stuff, too.” He plans a summer get-together with Roth,...http://www.newser.com/story/50020/van-halen-roth-reunion-solid-new-music-on-way.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 08 Feb 2009 12:44:52 CST