LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JULY 19, 2019…HAPPY 72ND BIRTHDAY TO QUEEN GUITARIST BRIAN MAY. MAY IS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF QUEEN, WORLD RENOWNED GUITARIST, AND ONE HELL OF A SONG WRITER. BRIAN HAS COMPOSED 22 QUEEN TOP 20 HITS. HIS SONGS INCLUDE ‘WE WILL ROCK YOU’ ‘I WANT IT ALL’ ‘FLASH’ ‘HAMMER TO FALL’ ‘FAT BOTTOM GIRLS’ AND ‘TIE YOUR MOTHER DOWN’
AS A MEMBER OF QUEEN, BRIAN MAY BECAME KNOWN AS A VIRTUOSO MUSICIAN, IDENTIFIED BY HIS UNIQUE GUITAR SOUND. BRIAN MAY’S GUITAR IS KNOWN AS THE “RED SPECIAL.” THE GUITAR WAS ACTUALLY MADE BY HIS FATHER (WHO WAS AN ENGINEER). THE BODY WAS MADE FROM AN OLD MANTLEPIECE AND THE WHAMMY BAR WAS MADE FROM AN OLD BICYCLE KICKSTAND. THE MIX OF MATERILAS ARE SO UNIQUE IT’S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR OTHERS TO DUPLICATE HIS SOUND.
MAYY WAS RANKED AS #26 ON ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE’S LIST OF THE “100 GREATEST GUITARISTS OF ALL-TIME.”. GUITAR WORLD HAS HIM RANKED AS HIGH AS SECOND IN A READER’S POLL.
HE HAS ALSO BEEN INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AS A MEMBER OF QUEEN, AND RECEIVED A GRAMMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.
AND HE CAN SHRED ON THE GUITAR. HERE’S BRIAN MAY AT HIS BEST
photo thanks-superstar photographer Jim Sheehan https://www.facebook.com/jimmyosheehan/
