Allan Reuss

Allan Reuss has to be one of the most prolific recording guitarists in the history of music; the records he is credited with playing on could easily bury a Marshall stack, a desirable thing to do even if accumulating a Reuss collection wasn't literally a side benefit. A native New Yorker, Reuss got started early as a professional musician. At the age of 12 he did his first gig after taking only one banjo lesson and for a total of $12 in pay. The year was 1927 and Reuss would continue to play banjo rather than guitar up until the end of the decade, eventually drawing much more ...