HARMONY GUITARS - WHO plays a vintage Harmony and WHY? - Inspiration comes CHEAP

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Many of the most innovative and influential musicians have chosen Harmony-built guitars (usually under the brand names Harmony, Silvertone, Airline and Holiday).
Why would they play guitars generally considered cheap, student, beginner guitars when they can afford to play ANYTHING they want?
Robert researches the Who’s Who of great artists from the 1950s to today, many with songs inspired by (and careers launched by) their Harmony-built guitars.
Includes historic footage of The Kinks, Pete Townshend (The Who) and Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin).

0:00 Introduction
2:25 The Fifties - Howlin' Wolf, Big Joe Williams, Elmore James, Ritchie Valens, Elvis
2:58 The Sixties - Keith Richards, Brian Jones (Rolling Stones), Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane (Small Faces), Steve Winwood (Spencer Davis Group), Dave Davies (The Kinks), Pete Townshend (The Who), John Sebastian (Lovin' Spoonful)
5:40 The Seveties - J.J. Cale, Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin), The Band, Elvis Costello
7:40 The Eighties - Chris Isaak
7:53 Today - Annie Clark (St. Vincent), Dan Auerbach (Black Keys), Lord Huron, Brittany Howard (Alabama Shakes), Jack White (White Stripes), Jon Foreman( Switchfoot), Billy Joe Armstrong (Green Day), Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins), Hozier
9:52 Buying advice and wrap-up

Here are my favorite sources of info on Harmony guitars:

"Harmony, The People’s Guitar 1945-75” by Ron Rothman:
https://amzn.to/2xeGASn

Unofficial Harmony Database:
http://harmony.demont.net/
NOTE: Since the death of Francois DeMont, this site has been offline. However, you can see the most recent version via the Internet Archive:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200806133357/http://harmony.demont.net/

History of the Harmony company:
ChasingGuitars.com/harmony-hyphen-history

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