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Talking Heads – David Byrne

“David Byrne’s Lead work is an undefinable beast,” says former Talking Heads co-guitarist Adrien Belew. “He is a highly underrated, inventive player, especially with his rhythm work. I like the way he wrestles with new things with a childlike enthusiasm. Lots of times he looked to me like a big wide-eyed kid — sort of, […]

David Byrne

Photo Credit: Nancy Ellison DAVID BYRNE ® © 1989 Warner Bros. Records/Permission to reproduce limited to editorial uses in newspapers and other regularly published periodicals and television news programming.

David Byrne

David Byrne Luke Bop© 1997 Warner Bros. Records Incl/Permission to reproduce limited to editorial uses in newspapers and other regularly published periodicals and television news programming.

David Byrne

DAVID BYRNE Photo Credit: Eric Weintz ©1994 Luaka Bop/ Permissiomo reproduce limited to editorial uses in newspapers and other regularly published periodicals and television news programming. Warner Bros. SIRE

Talking Heads – Equipment Check

David Byrne Travels with a total of four guitars: two sunburst Stratocasters, a Roland GR-300 Guitar Synthesizer, and a Martin D-35 acoustic. Talking Heads guitar technician Jeff Shaw says, “I’m not quite sure if the Strats are ’62s or ’63s, but he has two of them exactly alike. They look very similar – beat up […]