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| Born | December 28, 1953 Los Angeles, CA, United States |
John Heussenstamm (born December 28, 1953) is an American guitarist and music educator. He was the original lead guitarist in the Surf Punks,[1] toured with the Deniece Williams Band in 1977,[2] and was a band member of Innocent Bystanders. He is the author of Guitar Workout, a book published by Hal Leonard Corporation in 2010.[3] He is featured as an author and guitarist in The Gold Mine Series, as a coauthor with Chad Johnson in 100 Blues Lessons and with Paul Silbergleit in 100 Jazz Lessons.[4] Heussenstamm was also a featured guitar instructor in three DVDs published by Hal Leonard: 200 Blues Licks, 200 Jazz Licks and 200 Country Licks.[5] His YouTube channel has received over 10 million total hits and has over 15,000 subscribers since 2008.[6] As of February 2015, Heussenstamm resides in Laguna Beach, California.[7]
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- ^ "John Heussenstamm, Instructor Bio". GuitarInstructor.com.
- ^ "Guitar Workout". Hal Leonard Corporation: The World's Largest Music Print Publisher.
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- ^ "Popular Uploads". YouTube: JohnHGuitar.
- ^ Wheeler, William (February 9, 2006). "Laguna's quintessential guitar man". Orange County Register.