We are near the end of our series on the History of Guitar in America, winding up at the year 1962.

Now we have reached a point where we see outside influences from non-American sources providing a strong influence on the future of guitar’s development in America, as well as the rest of the world.

Thus, this show covers three distinct influences from outside the United States, along with examples of American contemporaries who were also leaving their mark.

Featured tracks include:

Apache – The Shadows

Kon-Tiki – The Shadows

Walk Don’t Run – The Ventures

Perfidia – The Ventures

Diamond Head – The Ventures

Hawaii Five-O – The Ventures

Angi – Davey Graham

She Moved Through the Fair – Davey Graham

Jack and Jill Shuffle – Theophilus Beckford w/ Ernest Ranglin

My Boy Lollipop – Mille Small w/ Ernest Ranglin

Soul De Ern – Ernest Ranglin

Rivers of Babylon – The Melodians w/ Ernest Ranglin