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00000179-cdc6-d978-adfd-cfc6d7950000KMUW brings you a month of Guitar Moments as we celebrate the centennial birthday of guitar innovator Les Paul.We'll be posting several "moments" featuring local guitarists each week throughout the month of June.

Clif Major: Rockin’ Daddy

Jedd Beaudoin

In Wichita rock circles it might be said that all roads lead to Clif Major. Beginning with The Outcasts in the 1960s and through to later years with his live music venue Rockin’ Daddy’s, Major imbued many players with a sense of pride in their scene and, as owner of the music store C Major, put the first guitar in the hands of more than one local musician. Major died in 2014 at the age of 65 but his music remains with recordings such as this one from The Del-Rays.

The guitar in its many forms and styles is featured throughout June across our music programs. For more information about the shows and their features and to listen to KMUW music shows anytime online, visit our website at kmuw.org.

Jedd Beaudoin is host/producer of the nationally syndicated program Strange Currency. He has also served as an arts reporter, a producer of A Musical Life and a founding member of the KMUW Movie Club. As a music journalist, his work has appeared in Pop Matters, Vox, No Depression and Keyboard Magazine.