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One of the early electric guitarists, Ware played on clarinetist/saxophonist Sidney Bechet's first (belated) recordings as leader in November 1938 for the Vocalion label. Soon after, Bechet teamed Ware with fellow guitarist Jimmy Shirley, making the group perhaps the first to include two electric guitars. Ware attended Tuskegee Institute in his youth, where he learned to ...more


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