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Jan 30, 2020

TIL In 1980, jazz prodigy Pat Martino had to learn to play the guitar once again after an aneurysm caused him amnesia and he couldn't remember anything from his life until that point. He wouldn't even recognise his own image while looking at his old album covers.

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Jan 15, 2020

TIL the Nokia ringtone is taken from a classical guitar piece called 'Gran Val' by Francisco Tarrega

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Jan 06, 2020

TIL that Tony Iommi, of Black Sabbath, accidentally cut off the tips of two fingers on his right hand on his last day of work in a sheet metal factory. He was depressed, until his factory manager told him about Django Reinhardt- a guitarist who had also lost some fingers. It inspired him to play.

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Apr 19, 2019

TIL that the original 'Nokia Tune' was written in 1902 by Spanish classical guitarist Francisco Tárrega in 1902, and here it is.

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