Junior Barnard
| Junior Barnard | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Lester Robert Barnard |
| Born |
December 17, 1920 Coweta, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Died |
April 15, 1951 (aged 30) Fresno County, California |
| Genres | Western swing, jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Guitar |
| Associated acts | Bob Wills |
Junior Barnard (born Lester Robert Barnard, December 17, 1920 in Coweta, Oklahoma – April 15, 1951 in Fresno County, California) was a pioneering American electric guitarist. He is best known for his work with Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys. He is among the first electric guitarists to create a guitar effect that anticipated the fuzz tone. The strength of his picking induced some slight "overdrive" in the low-power amplifiers typical of the times. Barnard was killed in an automobile accident when he was thirty-years-old.[1]
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