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Paul Hanson (born January 17, 1957) is an American guitarist. He started playing guitar at the age of 8. He formed bands in his hometown of Seattle, Washington, most notably Krakatoa, Silverload and Max. He is best known for his instructional series of books, CDs and videos. == 1980s == Hanson moved to Los Angeles in 1980 and attended GIT,〔("MI Student & Guest Guitarist" )〕 Musicians Institute in Hollywood, California. After graduating he joined the Brooklyn Brats, a popular band in the Hollywood club circuit. Hanson began working at Musicians Institute and taught a performance class with Tim Bogert the legendary bassist who was also a teacher at MI. In 1984 he created an instructional audio tape series called "Hard Rock Solos for Guitar" on REH Publishing. It was hugely successful and advertised with full page ads in the guitar magazines for years. In 1986 Hanson was asked to tour with Tim Bogert's band The Vanilla Fudge along with Carmine Appice and Mark Stein. During the tour, an album entitled "The Best of Vanilla Fudge Live" was recorded at the Hollywood Palace and released on Rhino Records. Hanson was featured in a guitar instructional video directed by Don Mock called ''Metal and Rock Improvising'' (Video, REH). He then toured as lead guitarist on Andy Taylor's Thunder World tour and appeared on the music video of "Don’t Let me Die Young". On the Japanese leg of the tour, a concert at NHK Hall in Tokyo was recorded and broadcast live in Japan. In Hollywood, Hanson became a notable guitar coach teaching actors, George Clooney, Michael J. Fox,〔''Back To The Future'' DVD Special Features〕 Eric Stoltz, Mitch Pileggi (X-files), María Conchita Alonso and Charlotte Ross. Hanson had a small role as one of the "Pinheads" in the film ''Back to the Future''. In 1987 Hanson signed with MGI records in Germany and recorded his first solo album ''The Visitor''. He also became a clinician for Ampeg, Crate and Westone guitars and toured the USA doing guitar clinics. His neighbor in LA was a retired music fan of Big Band era, and Hanson became fascinated with music from the '30s and '40s and began working on an album of big band music played with heavy metal guitar. Paul Hanson has ever taught guitar for Paul Gilbert 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paul Hanson (guitarist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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