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Out of the Frying Pan

As the guitar turns electric, music is changed for ever. The world’s first electric guitar had nothing to do with jazz or blues, but Hawaiian-style music and was known as the ‘frying pan’. Yentob continues his investigation from the blues of the Mississippi to the guitar wars of the 1950s, when the Fender Stratocaster and the Gibson Les Paul were battling for supremacy.

English
  • Originally Aired October 12, 2008
  • Runtime 60 minutes
  • Network BBC One
  • Created December 2, 2017 by
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Name Type Role
Alan Yentob Writer
Roger Parsons Director