Denny breau biography

It is not an exaggeration to say that Denny was.
Denny is the son of RCA Victor recording artists Hal Lone Pine and Betty Cody, and the younger brother of Lenny Breau who was voted one of the 25 greatest.
Born May 26, 1952 Denny is the son of Harold Breau and Rita Cote, who were known professionally as Hal Lone Pine and Betty Cody.

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Denny Breau – A Musician’s Musician

Denny Breau’s rhythmically flawless and dazzlingly clear style allows him to do amazing and stunning things with a six-string guitar. He first draws in an audience with a finely arranged melody and then slides effortlessly into scorching fingerwork that sets ears aflame. The lighting fast guitar lines that seem almost humanly impossible to accomplish are balanced with those that have a quiet intimacy and wrap tenderly around his carefully crafted songs. He mixes genres with ease — folk, Delta blues, country and jazz — “creating a totally accessible musical mélange that captivates as it entertains,” according to Lucky Clark writing for the Kennebec (Maine) Journal.

Guitarists in the audience often suspect that they have been left in the dust and regularly tell Denny that they might as well hang up their guitars! As Denny greets concert-goers and shakes hands following his performances, guitar players invariably ask how he performs certain techniques and Denny, who has a passion for teaching, is happy to show them. This is espe

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A question music fans frequently ask when they encounter Lenny Breau’s virtuosic fingerstyle jazz guitar playing for the first time is “How is it possible I’ve never heard of this guy?”. It’s a reasonable question considering that we live in a world where even the smallest amount of talent can catapult an unknown to overnight celebrity status. Yet despite possessing musical gifts of such magnitude that Chet Atkins once called him “the greatest guitarist who ever walked the face of the earth”, Lenny Breau spent most of his professional life in relative obscurity.

The dazzling guitar style that so impressed Atkins was a unique synthesis of jazz, flamenco, country, classical and other musical genres that Lenny worked tirelessly to refine throughout his life. Along the way, he created new techniques that baffled and amazed even the most accomplished guitarists of his time. The musical result enthralled listeners as much for its technical complexity as the depth of its emotional expression. His music was captured on a handful of recordings that sold poorly during his lifetime but are

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Lenny Breau

Canadian-American guitarist (1941–1984)

Lenny Breau

Birth name	Leonard Harold Breau
Born	(1941-08-05)August 5, 1941 Auburn, Maine, U.S.
Origin	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Died	August 12, 1984(1984-08-12) (aged 43) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres	Jazz, country
Occupation	Musician
Instrument	Guitar
Years active	1954–1984
Labels	RCA, Sound Hole, Adelphi, Genes, Tudor
Website	lennybreau.com

Musical artist

Leonard Harold Breau (August 5, 1941 – August 12, 1984) was an American-Canadian guitarist. He blended many styles of music, including jazz, country, classical, and flamenco. Inspired by country guitarists like Chet Atkins, Breau used fingerstyle techniques not often used in jazz guitar. By using a seven-string guitar and approaching the guitar like a piano, he opened up possibilities for the instrument.

Biography

Early life

Breau was born August 5, 1941, in Auburn, Maine, and moved with his family to Moncton, New Brunswick in 1948.^[1] His francophone parents, Harold Breau a