Happy 70th Birthday Angus Young!

Celebrating the legendary guitarist and co-founder of AC/DC… Thank You Angus!

Angus McKinnon Young was born on March 31, 1955 in Glasgow, Scotland

Angus! Angus! Angus!

Young live with AC/DC in 1982 at the Manchester Apollo.

Source: Wikipedia.org; Harry (Howard) Potts

 

“Later that Winter (1993), I again had the urge to learn how to play the guitar. Being that I didn’t have an electric guitar, I reached for the only axe in my shed, my student-size acoustic guitar; the little instrument that brought with it memories of my past “performance” in ‘82. Coincidentally, since those early days of MTV, there was a certain video, a concert video that captured my attention. The video began with a shirtless guitarist under the spotlight, rhythmically marching in place while playing one of the most haunting, bad a$$ opening riffs in Rock history; Angus Young and AC/DC performing ‘For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)’. In retrospect, perhaps it was fitting that this was the first riff that I learned how to play on the guitar. I initially could only play it using the B string and the high E string. Something didn’t sound quite right though and unfortunately, I didn’t have sheet music or guitar tab for reference, nor did I have a copy of the music video. Eventually, my friend and I figured it out; I needed to also include some notes on the G string. After a few more tries, I had it down.”

- Woodard, Anthony. “For Those About to Rock…”. Feb. 16, 2023

…And that ladies and gentlemen is how you end a show!

My first guitar.

Photo Credit: Anthony Woodard

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