Santa Cruz Film Festival 2008

The Godfather of the electric guitar. The Inventor of modern recording. The Architect of Rock & Roll. These are just a few of the superlatives that describe the man who revolutionized music. Strap in for a wild ride with this larger-than-life guitar wizard as we chart his life from his early days in Waukesha, Wisconsin to his heyday as a 1950’s Jazz/Pop Superstar culminating with his dual inventions of multi-track recording and the seminal musical instrument of the 20th century, the Gibson solid-body electric guitar. Still going strong at 90 years old, he brings down the house every week at New York’s Iridium Jazz Club. Featuring interviews with the likes of Jeff Beck, Ron Wood, Eddie Van Halen, BB King, Paul McCartney and Keith Richards, the extraordinary influence of this spry nonagenarian is clearly without comparison in today’s music.