The Full Wiki



More info on Brian Haner

Brian Haner: Wikis
  

Note: Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the Wikipedia article! This article doesn't yet, but we're working on it! See more info or our list of citable articles.

Encyclopedia

Updated live from Wikipedia, last check: May 30, 2012 11:14 UTC (46 seconds ago)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Brian Haner Sr.
Birth name Brian Haner, Sr.
Also known as Guitar Guy, Papa Gates
Born April 7, 1958 (1958-04-07) (age 51)
California, United States
Genres Comedy
Occupations Musician, Songwriter, Guitarist, Stand-up, Singer
Instruments Guitar
Years active 1981–Present
Labels Polydor Records, Indie
Associated acts Jeff Dunham, Frank Zappa, Rose Royce, Tower of Power, Avenged Sevenfold, The Brian West Band, Sam the Sham and The Pharaohs

Brian Haner, Sr. (born April 7, 1958), also known as Guitar Guy is an American musician. He is a guitarist, songwriter, singer and a stand-up comedian. He married in 1980, and his first son, Brian Haner Jr, better known as Synyster Gates, is the lead guitarist for the metal band Avenged Sevenfold[1].

Haner is currently touring with fellow stand-up comedian Jeff Dunham.

Contents

Early life

Haner got his first guitar when he was only 5 years old after he saw The Beatles perform on The Ed Sullivan Show. He joined his first band, "The Plastic Mind", when he was ten years old[2].

Professional life

A year before finishing high school, Haner got a summer job touring with Sam the Sham and Pharaohs, best known for their hit songs Woolly Bully and Little Red Riding Hood. During the school year, Haner played in night clubs in the LA area. The following year, he applied for a job on tour with Frank Zappa; although Haner didn't make it past the audition, Zappa later called on him for session work.

After working for several years as a session musician, especially with Motown star Norman Whitfield, Haner signed his first record deal with Polydor under the name of Brian West. They produced his first album "Don't Stop Now". Throughout the 1980s, Haner recorded and toured mainly in Europe. In the early 90s, his composition work extended to scoring television shows and films. From 1998 to 2003, Haner produced his second wife's hypnosis show as well as performing in night clubs; in 2003, he signed with a Nashville music publisher and released two CDs called "My Old Guitar" and "Carney Man". He also developed up a busy program of stand-up comedy and performing his own mainly comic songs.

In 2005, Haner's first novel "Carney Man" was published. After a year spent mostly in Vegas opening for Bobby Slayton, Haner started touring and television specials as "Guitar Guy" with Jeff Dunham. His most recent CD is "Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas", featuring Dunham's puppets singing Haner's original songs.[3]

References

  1. ^ http://www.dipity.com/timeline/Brian_Haner dipity timeline
  2. ^ http://www.symfonee.com/Improv/ontario/comedians/Bio.aspx?Uid=433c7493-6494-4b5b-8c9d-5f26c0bf3b02 Ontario Improv bio
  3. ^ http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2010/02/brian_guitar_guy_haner_has_all.html MLive

External links


<!-- Deleted image removed:
Brian Haner
-->
Brian Haner Sr. is a singer/comedian and guitarist, and the father of Synyster Gates, the lead guitarist of Avenged Sevenfold. He is a writer, performer and studio guitarist from Los Angeles, California and is currently performing at comedy clubs across the country.

Biography


Brian Haner Sr. (born April 7, 1958), has done studio work for the past twenty years and played for some of the
biggest names in the business, such as Frank Zappa, Tower Of Power, and Rose Royce. He is also the father of Synyster Gates and plays the acoustic guitar for his son's band, Avenged Sevenfold, on songs such as "Sidewinder" and "Bat Country" on their album City of Evil. As a musician, he has contributed to the scores of Payback, Extreme Justice and The Granny.
He has also composed music for television shows such as Eerie, Indiana and TV 101.

He recently recorded a CD of comedy songs and is currently performing his musical/standup act at comedy clubs across the country.<ref> BIO<!-- Bot generated title --></ref>
<br><br>He has also recently written a book entitled 'Carney Man: The Novel'.

He has gotten a major boost over the internet, especially on Youtube, where he appeared at The Improv with Jeff Dunham and Achmed the Dead Terrorist. During the taping, Achmed keeps referring to Haner as Guitar Guy.

External links

  • Brian Haner's official website
  • Brian Haner's Myspace Page


    • References


    <references/>










    Got something to say? Make a comment.
    Your name
    Your email address
    Message
    Please enter the solution to case below
    12+8=