Leo Fender's Teelcaster: The Original Twang (2010)
2h 39min
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- Synopsis:
U.K. film producer Bob Hewitt DVD release of Leo Fenders Telecaster: The Original Twang, documents the 60-year history of Fender's first successful electric guitar model. Hewitt, a former Guitarist magazine contributor, and director Michael Bayley Hughes continue the collaboration that created acclaimed 2007 documentary Strat Masters, assembling a stellar cast of Telecaster players and experts and filming on both sides of the Atlantic. The film presents an all-encompassing look at the guitar that has endured relatively unchanged for six decades, from inauspicious late-1940s beginnings amid the orange groves of Fullerton, Calif. , to worldwide reverence as an indispensible stage and studio mainstay. The film¿s interview subjects are certainly qualified to comment. Hewitt and Hughes trained their cameras on a galaxy of Telecaster stars, including Keith Richards, James Burton, Albert Lee, Jeff Beck, Steve Cropper, Redd Volkaert, G.E. Smith, Jerry Donahue, Wilko Johnson, Buddy Whittington, Richie Kotzen, Greg Koch, John 5 and others. The film includes the last interview given by Knack leader Doug Fieger, who lost his battle with cancer in February 2010, shortly after his interview segment was filmed. - Studio:
- Quantum Leap
- Genres:
- Documentary, Special Interest