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: a flat-bodied stringed instrument with a long fretted neck and usually six strings played with a pick or with the fingers
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The guitar great’s solo catalog collected 586,000 streams and nearly 800 songs sold over that period, gains of 2,940% and 5,140%, respectively.
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Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 22 Oct. 2025
Jeremy Allen White has spoken about his initial hesitation to take the role given his lack of experience singing and playing guitar.
—Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
Reid had come to Music City like so many guitar-picking hopefuls.
—Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Oct. 2025
White was tasked with learning to play guitar and sing like Springsteen in a period of just seven months.
—Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
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Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 22 Oct. 2025
Jeremy Allen White has spoken about his initial hesitation to take the role given his lack of experience singing and playing guitar.
—Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
Reid had come to Music City like so many guitar-picking hopefuls.
—Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Oct. 2025
White was tasked with learning to play guitar and sing like Springsteen in a period of just seven months.
—Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
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“Guitar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guitar. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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