Dutch Air Guitar Championships

Take a look at the Apple Corps Website, where footage is played referring to the origins of probably one of the Beatles best songs, ‘A Day In the Life’ and see Paul McCartney play some left handed air guitar (really, no bass!). The footage referred to is the last on the page. Click to HERE (And there and everywhere) to see it.

Aan de steeds langer wordende lijst met bekende luchtgitaristen kan weer een aantal bekende namen worden toegevoegd. onze nationale country trots Ilse de Lange was enige tijd geleden headbangend en luchtgitaar spelend te zine in het glazen huis. Martin Brozius speelde ten tijde van Ren je Rot even kort op de luchtgitaar, de nieuwste clip van Neil Young biedt ook enig vermaak in deze en het leukste filmpje is te vinden op Youtube waarop Natalia Imbruglia met een pantomime speler haar bekendste lied zing: Torn: (more…)

This must be a high score for this website: within a timeframe of one week, I found evidence of three famous musicians playing air guitar. Billy Idol was strumming the virtual instrument on may occasions during his excellent performance at the Paradiso in Amsterdam (read the review). Friends told me Erykah Badu couldn’t leave the air guitar alone during her gig at the same venue last week. And finally, what can one say when one sees the cover of the new album of Gilbert O’Sullivan, the singer-songwriter who had several chart topping hits in the seventies and seems to be on his way back to the top, playing Glastonbury and The Carre in Amsterdam this year, after living in obsurity for many years.

In this category, please read the articles on Beyonce, Harry Potter, Joe Cocker and/or reverend Morton, the guitar playing Bishop!

Incredible footage! Bishop Paul S. Morton sings his soulful song ‘Let It Rain’, and during the guitar solo he shows what guitar music can do to a believing man: he starts playing air guitar! Although not everything can be seen, air guitaring specialist are convinced Bishop Morton is a true air guitar fan. . And even if you don’t like air guitar playing, you should really see this incredible footage of a man that has incresed his ministry from 600 to 20.000 believers, using music and belief as his only tools. Click to proceed to hyperlink:

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Ian Gillan, singer of classic rock band Deep Purple, can often be seen air guitaring during one of the gigs of the still very active band. And quite rightly so, since the band offers multiple chances to perfect ones air technique, as Pelvis Fenderbender, world # 3 in 2005, tells us: ‘In my compulsory round during the World Championships I had to play the second solo of ‘Smoke on the Water’, from the ‘Made in Japan’ album. No sweat! Who doesn’t know this classic riffing by Ritchie Blackmore?’ Other favorites of air guitar players around the globe are ‘Woman from Tokyo’, ‘Fireball’ and ‘Black Night’ . By the way, most air keyboard players prefer ‘Child in Time’.

Watch Beyonce Knowles of Destiny’s Child, and solo career fame, play some air guitar on her new hit single Green Light. Including some judgement remarks by Dutch Air Guitar player, air judge and # 3 at the World Championships 2005, Pelvis Fenderbender. (more…)

Check out actor Danny DeVito (of War of the Roses and Taxi fame) play a tune (Play with me) by Extreme from their Pornografitti II album. Not that bad, Danny! If you like to see more famous air guitarist, please check out the ‘Famous Air Guitarist’ section…including Harry Potter!

Tonight, an impressive documentary about the Russian master violinplayer Maxim Vengerov was shown on the Dutch television program ‘Het uur van de wolf’. It showed the enthusiasm of a young but already world famous violin player for his work, his musicianship as well his search for new ways during his one year long sabbatical. One of the new challenges he tried to explore was to work on a new composition by the Isrealian composer Joesoenov, including a tango sequence. The tango sequence was introduced by the master himself by playing air violin! Read more about the Maxim Vengerov, air violin and the documentary by clicking on ‘Lees de rest van dit item’.
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Daniel Radcliffe, de jonge acteur die de titelrol speelt in de Harry Potter films, speelt op het eind van dit interview air guitar (nummer is van ‘The Darkness’: I Believe In A Thing Called Love). Kijk vanaf minuut 4.20.

Young Daniel Radcliffe, Harry Potter in the movies of the same name, plays air guitar in this video. Can he play air guitar and remain ‘his cool’? Watch the video from 4.20 onwards.

The start of it all: Joe Cocker plays Air Guitar at Woodstock 1969. � A great performance, absolutely unforgettable, most notably for any air guitar playing wizzards around the globe.