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D'Angelico Guitars of America is an American musical instrument importer based in Manhattan, New York. [1] [2] The brand was initially founded by master luthier John D'Angelico in 1932, in Manhattan's Little Italy. [1] In 1999, Steve Pisani, John Ferolito Jr., and Brenden Cohen purchased the D'Angelico Guitars trademark.
Some of D'Angelico's employees went on to become craftsmen in their own right. Among them were Jimmy Di Serio, who worked for D'Angelico from 1932 to 1959, and D'Aquisto who would eventually buy the business from the D'Angelico family. D'Angelico and D'Aquisto are generally regarded as the two greatest archtop guitar makers of the 20th century ...
The band's name was chosen after the members agreed it should be an "everyday word"; when reviewing a long list of terms, "health" was the only one not taken. [3] Their earliest work was inspired by experimentation in Los Angeles' underground music scene, with the intention of incorporating it into a more conventional band format. [4]
D'Angelico [55] Premier Bob Weir Bedford [56] Bonnie Raitt: Bonnie Raitt Stratocaster Fender: 1995-2001 First signature model for a female artist. [57] Brandon Niederauer: Deluxe Brandon Niederauer Atlantic D'Angelico: Limited run [58] Brian May: Brian May Guild: 1984-1988 Came in amber finish, black finish, blue finish, green finish, red ...
After several more heart attacks and having also suffered from pneumonia John D'Angelico died on September 1, 1964, at the age of 59. Following D'Angelico's death the last ten of his guitars were finished by D'Aquisto. [1] [2] D'Aquisto bought the business but a poor business decision lost him the right to the D’Angelico name. [3]
At the age of 17, D'Angelo met Afropunk Festival partner Jocelyn Cooper, [12] who signed him to Midnight Songs LLC, [13] her joint venture publishing company administered by Universal Music Publishing Group after hearing a demo of the hip hop group I.D.U. (Intelligent, Deadly but Unique), which D'Angelo produced and rapped in. [14] After signing, Cooper introduced D'Angelo to musicians Raphael ...
Brandon "Taz" Niederauer (born March 16, 2003) is an American guitarist and actor from Dix Hills, New York.He starred in the musical School of Rock on Broadway. Nicknamed 'Taz' by his guitar teacher, William Mignoli, because his frenetic playing reminded Mignoli of the Tazmanian Devil from Looney Tunes cartoons, [1] he has appeared on many television shows including: The Ellen Show, The Late ...
This time serving as the group's touring rhythm guitar player (switching to live lead guitar in 2003). PSI - the sixth studio album was released on May 7, 2002. The band then went to a few more shows until their last show in 2003 when the band went on an "indefinite hiatus".