Bluesman Booker White's legendary Hard Rock guitar emerges at Gardiner Houlgate auction

While Booker White is usually not the first bluesman who comes to mind, the musicians he inspired are instantly recognisable: the likes of Led Zeppelin, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Van Morrison and The Rolling Stones.

The 1933 National Duolian resonator guitar, christened Hard Rock, that he owned and played for over …

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