Lenny Breau

Jazz guitarist, born August 5, 1941, Auburn, Maine, died August 12, 1984, Los Angeles, California. Moved with his family to Winnipeg, Manitoba, when a child. Son of country artists Hal Lone Pine and Betty Cody, he found early inspiration in musicians like Merle Travis and Chet Atkins on traditional fingerpicking style, and later from Bill Evans when it came to harmonics and approach. Breau developed a unique playing…