1991 Andy Aledort - guitar music transcriber - interview

...Aledort began lifting the notes of his favorites like Johnny Winter and Jimi Hendrix off the records, so he could play the music he enjoyed. When he began teaching classes, he "realized that I had to force everyone to learn to read. I wouldn't let them off the hook. I told them, You learned how to talk didn't you? You had to learn the alphabet didn't you? Well this is easier, now you only have to learn up to G."

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