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Dan Armstrong

Dan Kent Armstrong (October 7, 1934 – June 8, 2004) was an American guitarist, luthier, and session musician.

Dan Armstrong

Dan Kent Armstrong

(1934-10-07)October 7, 1934

June 8, 2004(2004-06-08) (aged 69)

Los Angeles, California, United States

Chett Lehrer of exclusively from 1980 to 1987

LA's Wasted Youth

of Johnny Winter and The McCoys and Montrose played the Dan Armstrong Bass in 1970.

Randy Jo Hobbs

of The Rolling Stones

Keith Richards

of Steppenwolf

John Kay

of Flamin' Groovies

Cyril Jordan

of The Cramps

Poison Ivy

of Spirit

Randy California

of Love (band)

Arthur Lee

and Sterling Morrison of the Velvet Underground, lead overdubs on the LP 'Loaded'

Lou Reed

David Bowie

Todd Tamanend Clark

of The Steve Miller Band

Steve Miller

of Black Flag (Played a Dan Armstrong almost exclusively during Black Flag)

Greg Ginn

Earl Slick

of Dr. Know

Kyle Toucher

of Foo Fighters

Dave Grohl

of Vex Red

Ant Forbes

of The Beatles (owns the only left-handed Dan Armstrong guitar)

Paul McCartney

of Thin Lizzy

Phil Lynott

of Quiet Riot (owned by Kevin DuBrow)

Randy Rhoads

of Faces and The Rolling Stones

Ronnie Wood

of Faces

Ronnie Lane

of The Melvins

Buzz Osborne

Arlen Roth

of Aerosmith (with an A bass string where the low E string goes with an Open A tuning for sliding which he uses for "Draw the Line")

Joe Perry

of Chic

Nile Rodgers

of Muse, only in the Supermassive Black Hole music video

Matthew Bellamy

of Mountain

Leslie West

of The Rolling Stones

Bill Wyman

Bob Balch and Brad Davis of Fu Manchu

Scott Hill

of Golden Earring

George Kooymans

of Mastodon

Brent Hinds

of The Black Crowes

Rich Robinson

of The Darkness

Justin Hawkins

of Superdrag

John Davis

(guitarist) of Descendents (band) & ALL (band)

Stephen Egerton

and Mike Neider (guitarists) of Bl'ast (band)

Steve "Stevenson" Borek

(Bassist) of The Hives, only in the video "Go Right Ahead Live broadcast from RMV"[3]

Dr. Matt Destruction

of Curved Air

Francis Monkman

of Blackberry Smoke

Charlie Starr

of Queens of the Stone Age

Josh Homme

of Rancid

Lars Frederiksen

of Cinderella

Tom Keifer

of Unwound

Justin Trosper

of The Locust

Justin Pearson

of Lostprophets

Mike Lewis

of Cream

Jack Bruce

of Black Sabbath

Geezer Butler

of Death From Above 1979

Jesse F. Keeler

Olly Smith of

The Vigil

of Red Hot Chili Peppers in Dani California MV

John Frusciante

of Red Hot Chili Peppers

Jack Sherman

of Cinderella

Jeff LaBar

of Love Affair

John Zdravecky

Relationship with Carly Simon[edit]

Armstrong had an affair with Carly Simon until around 1971. He is the subject of the song "Dan My Fling" from her debut album and has been reported by some to be the subject (or one of the subjects) of her 1972 song "You're So Vain".[4] In 2010, in relation to a suggestion that David Geffen was the subject of "You're So Vain",[5] Simon stated that when she released the song she had not yet met Geffen.[6]

Tony Bacon, The Ultimate Guitar Book, New York, , 1997.

Alfred A. Knopf

Tony Bacon, Dave Burrluck, Paul Day, and Michael Wright, Electric Guitars: The Illustrated Encyclopedia, , 2006.

Thunder Bay Press

Gregg Hopkins and Bill Moore, : The Story Behind the Sound, Milwaukee, Hal Leonard, 1999.

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