WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Halloween on Monday, Oct. 31, 1932, is a day that went down in history. Ninety years ago was the first electric guitar public performance ever, and it happened right here in ...

It’s hard to think of popular music without the electric guitar. The instrument became the cornerstone of rock ‘n’ roll, and grew into something far more than just another instrument. The tool behind ...

On July 25, 1965, Bob Dylan took the stage at the Newport Folk Festival and plugged in his electric guitar for what many consider to be the first time. The folk artist turned in his flannel shirt for ...

NEW YORK-- The Fender Stratocaster that Bob Dylan plugged in when he famously went electric at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival sold Friday for nearly $1 million - the highest price ever paid for a ...

While accepting yet another award in 2010, Bruce Springsteen brought his mother Adele up on stage, along with sisters Dora and Eda. As he explained it, “They put the rock ‘n’ roll in me.” ...

The 1965 Telecaster that Bob Dylan used on his first electric tour — and a number of classic albums — is headed to the auction block. "This guitar has been on the front lines of so many phenomenal ...

Prior to the advent of electrical amplification, the role of the guitar in jazz was strictly that of a chorded rhythm instrument, chugging along with the bass and drums and helping to propel whatever ...