Frank Vignola

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Born on Long Island on December 30, 1965, Frank Vignola was raised in the New York area. He started playing the guitar at the age of six and grew up admiring a variety of guitarists ranging from Django and Les Paul to rock icons like Frank Zappa and Eddie Van Halen.
As a young adult, Vignola studied at the Cultural Arts Center of Long Island and soon recorded and toured with stars like Madonna, Leon Redbone and Ringo Starr .
In 1988 he formed own group, which was a tribute to Django Reinhardt's Hot Club of France.

In recent years, Vignola has recorded two important collaborative CD's, "Just Between Frets" with Tommy Emmanuel on Solid Air Records and "Frank-N-Dawg, Melody Monsters" with mandolinist David Grisman on Acoustic Disc Records.
Frank Vignola has written 18 guitar instruction books for Mel Bay Publications and has recorded 6 Educational DVD's.

Official website: www.frankvignola.com

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