Junior Barnard

Junior Barnard
Birth name Lester Robert Barnard
Born (1920-12-17)December 17, 1920
Coweta, Oklahoma
Died April 15, 1951(1951-04-15) (aged 30)
Fresno County, California
Instruments Electric guitar
Associated acts Bob Wills, Texas Playboys

Junior Barnard (born Lester Robert Barnard; December 17, 1920 in Coweta, Oklahoma April 15, 1951 in Fresno County, California) was a pioneering American electric guitarist. He is best known for his work with Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys. He is among the first electric guitarists to create a guitar effect that anticipated the later "fuzz tone (the strength of his picking induced some slight "overdrive" in the low-power amplifiers typical of the times).

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