Queen's Brian May To Receive Award

03/08/2011
. (hennemusic) Queen's Brian May has been announced as the 2011 recipient of the Eddy Christiani Award.

Named after famed Dutch guitarist Eddy Christiani, the honor is awarded to a guitarist who has earned his merit in the international pop circuit and who has, just like Christiani, given an invaluable contribution to the development of the electric guitar.

Previous honorees include Leendert Haaksma (2006), Dany Lademacher (2007), Adrian Vandenberg (2008), Jan Akkerman (2009) and Steve Lukather (2010). more on this story

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