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Born: December 23, 1949, Covington, KY Period: `70s, `80s, `90s, 2000s
Biography:
Although Adrian Belew has played with some of rock`s biggest names over the years (Frank Zappa, David Bowie, the Talking Heads, King Crimson, etc.), he remains one of the most underrated and woefully overlooked guitarists of recent times. Like all great guitarists, Belew has his own recognizable style/sound (one that admittedly tends to be quirky and off-the-wall at times), and is an incredibly versatile player, as he`s always found a way to make his signature style fit into a wide variety of musical genres: hard rock, funk, new wave, experimental, Beatlesque pop, and more. Born Robert Steven Belew on December 23, 1949, in Covington, KY, Belew`s first instrument of interest was the drums, as he soon kept the backbeat in his high school`s marching band. But not long after his discovery of the Beatles, Belew picked up the guitar, teaching himself how to play and to write original songs.
Spending the remainder of the `60s and early `70s honing his skills, Belew opted to change his first name to Adrian in 1975 (for the simple reason that it was a name he`d always admired), as he joined a Nashville, TN-based cover band, Sweetheart, the same year. The group performed in `40s-era sui ...
