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John Aldridge

John Aldridge has become one of the leading experts on the history of drums, percussion companies, and their products. As a publisher and...

Van Alexander

Van Alexander co-wrote “A-Tisket, A-Tasket” with Ella Fitzgerald while both worked in the Chick Webb Orchestra back in 1938. The success...

R. C. Allen

R. C. Allen is a guitar luthier that uses the style of his many friends of the era in the early 1950s in Southern California when guitar innovators...

Eleanor Anderson

Eleanor Anderson and her son Kurt Anderson are co-managers of Woodbury Press, the music company formed by Eleanor’s late husband, Leroy...

Ian Anderson

Ian Anderson grew up in England during the 1960s and had a long list of guitar heroes who inspired him to play music. However, he found the power of...

Kurt Anderson

Kurt Anderson took over the music publishing company formed by his parents and more importantly kept the flame of his father’s extraordinary...

Muriel Anderson

Muriel Anderson sure puts her heart and soul into her music as both a performer and songwriter. Over the years the music products industry has been...

Scott Anderson

Scott Anderson was among the renowned sales representatives at Wurlitzer during the iconic company’s heyday. When Wurlitzer...

Whispering Bill Anderson

Whispering Bill Anderson began his music career as a songwriter penning the 1958 hit “City Lights” for Ray Price. Within a few years...

Hans-Jorg Andre

Hans-Jorg Andre’s great great grandfather formed Musikhaus Andre Musikverlag Johann Andre in 1774. The company was the first to bring...

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