Episode 2

There is No Origin Story

In this episode we'll go back in time, into a cave with a Greek God where a mythical stringed instrument was created, to Wisconsin, California, and Mississippi, in search of an origin story for the guitar. The show title might give you a hint of where we'll end up.

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Grant Samuelsen

Grant Samuelsen has led a multi-modal professional life in the worlds of contemporary art and music, business, and academia, and he has degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Carnegie Mellon University. He has published essays, articles and criticism, and he's been a guitar player since he was 13. He's interested in everything, which can be a problem, but the global social and cultural history of the guitar has held his attention for the longest period of time, so now he's doing this podcast. He's originally from the Chicago area and now lives in Madison, Wisconsin with his family, guitars, and a female Staffordshire Terrier named after one of the male members of Black Flag.