1. Arlen Roth was born on October 30,1952 and is an American guitarist, teacher, and author.
16 Facts About Arlen Roth
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Arlen Roth's father, Al Ross, was a cartoonist for The New Yorker Magazine and many other publications over a 75-year career.
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Arlen Roth lived to the age of 100, and was one of the 4 Roth Brothers: Al Ross, Irving Roir, Ben Roth and Salo, all of whom became cartoonists.
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Al Ross was a great painter and fine artist, and he was the one who encouraged Arlen to become a guitarist when he saw Arlen playing along with the Flamenco records he would play in the Bronx apartment.
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Arlen Roth attended the High School of Music and Art in New York City as an art student from 1966 to 1969.
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Arlen Roth then studied at the Philadelphia College of Art from 1969 to 1971.
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In 1970, Steel put on the first Woodstock Reunion concert to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the festival in Bethel, New York, where Arlen Roth lived every summer since he was born.
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Arlen Roth toured with the Bee Gees in 1974, Simon and Garfunkel in 1983, and Duane Eddy with Huey Lewis and the News.
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Arlen Roth released a Slide Guitar Summit album in 2015 featuring duets with guitarists Cindy Cashdollar, Sonny Landreth, David Lindley, Greg Martin, Lee Roy Parnell, Jack Pearson, Rick Vito, Jimmy Vivino, and Johnny Winter.
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Arlen Roth is a Telecaster enthusiast who wrote the book Masters of the Telecaster detailing the techniques of many famous Telecaster guitarists.
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In 1998, Arlen Roth lost his wife Deborah, and their first child Gillian in a fatal auto accident on the Merritt Parkway in Connecticut.
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Arlen Roth has been recognized as the first to create video music instruction.
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From 2007 to 2012 Arlen Roth hosted a series of daily video lessons at Gibson.
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Arlen Roth has been known as the Master of the Telecaster.
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Arlen Roth has stated that "many of these Hot Licks artists were personal heroes of mine, and it was an honor to work with them".