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“You seem like a mild-mannered guy. I'm sorry, I didn't think, ‘Oh, here comes a rock god’”: 64-year-old grandpa shredder goes viral (again) after his Van Halen-influenced Britain’s Got Talent audition resurfaces

The unassuming guitarist could well be the OG veteran talent show shredder, and won over the audience with his two-hand tapping licks during a dazzling audition in 2022

Guitar World · Aug 22, 2024

“I’m guessing he wasn’t in, otherwise he would have quite obviously invited us in for a jam”: America’s Got Talent star Old Grey Guitarist plays Whole Lotta Love… outside Jimmy Page’s house

John Wines took a brief break while on a popular Rock N Roll taxi tour in London to pay tribute to the Led Zeppelin legend

Guitar World · Jul 25, 2024

“It was like watching Old Man Halen”: John Wines returns to America’s Got Talent – and his new routine is even more electrifying

Having nailed his internet-breaking audition, the 59-year-old guitar teacher (aka Old Grey Guitarist) returned with yet more Eddie Van Halen-flavored fretboard pyrotechnics to smash the show's qualifier round – despite Simon Cowell's misgivings

Guitar World · Aug 24, 2023

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This unassuming guitar teacher’s epic America’s Got Talent audition went viral. Here’s how he landed – and nailed – the gig of a lifetime

John Wines, aka Old Grey Guitarist, has over 1m followers on TikTok and blew audiences away with his Brian May and Eddie Van Halen-channeling audition. He tells us how he put together the perfect rock-guitar showcase, and the secret to bossing the electric guitar’s greatest solos on social media

Guitar World · Jun 29, 2023

Guitar teacher John Wines on his show-stealing America's Got Talent audition: "I knew it would go a bit crazy but I didn't think it would get this mad!"

Interview: What it feels like to play guitar for an audience of 50 million people (including Simon Cowell)

MusicRadar · Jun 22, 2023

Lotto player won $500,000 jackpot but lottery refused to pay out saying it's a MISPRINT

A lottery player in New Mexico says he got the shock of a lifetime when his scratch-off showed that he won the $500,000 jackpot, but when he tried to collect his winnings the lottery company told him it was a misprint

Daily Mirror · Jun 15, 2023

Unassuming guitar teacher goes viral after channeling Brian May and Eddie Van Halen in epic America's Got Talent audition

Under the handle @oldgreyguitarist, John Wines has amassed 1.3 million followers on TikTok

Guitar World · Jun 15, 2023

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See British guitar teacher and YouTuber Old Grey Guitarist audition for America's Got Talent

John Wines is a school guitar teacher and classic rock solo master on TikTok – now he's aced his AGT audition

MusicRadar · Jun 14, 2023

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