Guitarist Bert Weedon, who played with stars including Frank Sinatra and inspired millions to pick up the instrument with his 'Play In A Day' books, has died at the age of 91. FAMILY, friends and ...

Bert Weedon, a British guitarist whose popular "Play in a Day" instructional manual introduced a generation of rock and roll stars to the power of the guitar, died Friday at his home in Beaconsfield, ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Bert Weedon, whose "Play in a Day" guitar guide set some of the biggest names in rock and roll on the road to greatness, has died. He was 91. The man who also inspired millions of ...

Hear and now: Bert Weedon gave teenage aspirants a ready-to-go guide to rock and roll Credit: Photo: Getty Images I never used Bert Weedon’s Play In A Day book, which perhaps explains why it took me ...

Bert Weedon, the guitarist who inspired millions of young Britons to pick up the instrument, died yesterday at the age of 91. A huge influence on some of the biggest names in rock music, he also ...

Bert Weedon was a legendary British guitar player who influenced a generation of budding rock stars with his popular “Play in a Day” instructional book. Eric Clapton, Brian May, Pete Townshend, Paul ...

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Bert Weedon, who has died aged 91, has been described as the man who taught the world to play the guitar. And certainly, if Lonnie Donegan's skiffle records inspired legions of hopefuls to pick up the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Bert Weedon, the man who taught a generation of schoolboys to strum the guitar, died at his home on Friday at ...

Influential guitarist Bert Weedon, best known for creating the popular tutorial manual Play In A Day, has died aged 91. Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney and Brian May are among the stars who learned to ...

An unassuming musician of the old school, Weedon played the guitar with great technical accomplishment but — in the view of some — with all the individuality of a speak-your-weight machine.