Guitar Shorty has passed at the age of 83

[The Polack MSgt]

Vicious electric blues player and a blues and rock guitar influence from way back - He was Jimi Hendrix's Brother-in-law and taught him how to use the Wah Wah Pedal.

I've posted his music here a couple times before, his tone was fat and his timing impeccable.

RIP David William Kearney. You were one of the originals

Here's a 45 from 1957and he was rocking that guitar way back then too

[dchill]

1. Good stuff!

[AZSkiffyGeek]

2. He used to play in Phoenix a lot when I was a music writer for the AZ Republic

Like to the point if we had a news hole the odds were that Shorty was playing and we could plug a quick story in. Him or Louisiana Red. It became a running joke. Never knew the Hendrix connection.