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imagine… · S14E2 — The Story of the Guitar: Episode 2: Out of the Frying Pan
Season 14 episodes
1. The Story of the Guitar: Episode 1: In the BeginningOct 5, 20082. The Story of the Guitar: Episode 2: Out of the Frying PanOct 12, 20083. Dangerous Liaison: When Akram met JulietteOct 14, 20084. The Story of the Guitar: Episode 3: This Time it's PersonalOct 19, 20085. A Love StoryOct 21, 20086. Jay-Z: He Came, He Saw, He ConqueredOct 28, 20087. Let There Be LightNov 11, 20088. How an Orchestra Saved Venezuela's ChildrenNov 18, 20089. Richard Serra: Man of SteelNov 25, 200810. Heavy Metal in BaghdadDec 2, 2008
Synopsis
Alan Yentob presents a three-part series examining how the guitar became the world's favourite musical instrument. As the guitar turns electric, music is changed for ever. The world's first electric guitar had nothing to do with jazz or blues, but Hawaiian-style music and was known as the 'frying pan'. Yentob continues his investigation from the blues of the Mississippi to the guitar wars of the 1950s, when the Fender Stratocaster and the Gibson Les Paul were battling for supremacy.
