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For the first half of The Shadow's tenure in the pulps, his past and identity are ambiguous, supposedly an intentional decision on Gibson's part.

The opposing Fellows, led by Edmunds, appealed to the first set of statutes, claiming the Crown as Visitor, making Gibson's decisions invalid ; Provost Carter, supported by Bishop Gibson, appealed to the second set, claiming the Bishop of Lincoln as Visitor.

" Writer Colin Escott proclaims Jim Reeves ' " Four Walls ", recorded February 1957, to be the " first ' Nashville sound ' record ", and Chet Atkins, the RCA-based producer and guitarist most often credited with being the sound's primary artistic brainchild, pointed to his production of Don Gibson's " Oh Lonesome Me " late that same year.

Although Gibson's men repulsed the first Parliamentarian attack, the Parliamentarian cavalry commanded by Sir Thomas Fairfax's brother William outflanked the Royalist right wing and forced it to retreat.

Formation No. 1 arrived over the Möhne lake and Gibson's aircraft ( G for George ) made the first run, followed by Hopgood ( M for Mother ).

Pattern Recognition is Gibson's eighth novel and his first one to be set in the contemporary world.

Althea Gibson's 1956 Wimbledon Ladies Double trophy, the first for an African American

Built directly over a filled-in canal basin of Gibson's Arm it was the first structure in an area ( now occupied by Centenary Square and the International Convention Centre and Symphony Hall ) purchased by the council for the creation of a grand civic scheme to include new council offices, mayor's residence, public library and concert hall.

Even with Gibson's 18 wins and the extra motivation of teammate Stan Musial's impending retirement, the Cardinals finished six games out of first place.

Gibson's closest friend on the Cardinals was first baseman Bill White, who was later traded to the Philadelphia Phillies.

Torre termed Gibson's position " attitude coach ," the first such title in Major League history.

Gibson's " own " ES-150 was first announced in December 1936.

The paper is one of the world's oldest continuously-published English-language newspapers, first published on 27 January 1783 as the Glasgow Advertiser, from Duncan's Land, Gibson's Wynd, Glasgow.

The Sprawl trilogy ( also known as the Neuromancer, Cyberspace, or Matrix trilogy ) is William Gibson's first set of novels, composed of Neuromancer ( 1984 ), Count Zero ( 1986 ), and Mona Lisa Overdrive ( 1988 ).

Gibson's first name comes from the 5th-century Irish saint, Mel, founder of the diocese of Ardagh ( which contains most of his mother's native county ), while his second name, Colmcille, also linked to an Irish saint, is the name of the parish in County Longford where Anne Reilly was born and raised.

Canova introduced him into the Academy supported by Austria, and, as is natural with a mind like Gibson's, the first sense of his deficiencies in common matters of practice was depressing to him.

The short story first appeared in Omni magazine in May 1981, and was subsequently included in 1986's Burning Chrome, a collection of Gibson's short fiction.

The Matrix is first introduced in the 1976 serial The Deadly Assassin, twenty-three years before the release of the film The Matrix, six years before William Gibson's 1982 " Burning Chrome " and years before the advent of virtual reality in the 1980s.

Many features of biopunk fiction have their roots in William Gibson's Neuromancer, one of the first cyberpunk novels.

Virtual Light is the first book in William Gibson's Bridge trilogy.

With Weaver's departure, Furler played drums, while Gibson's departure meant Hartman would be Petra's full-time guitarist for the first time since 1994.

Gibson's ES-150 guitar is generally recognized as the world's first commercially successful Spanish-style electric guitar.

Kirk Gibson's walk-off homer in Game 1 marked the first time that a World Series game ended with a come-from-behind home run, and it is considered the greatest home run hit in Dodgers ' history.

Gibson's production company, Icon Productions had difficulty raising enough money even if he were to star in the film.

The movie rights for the book were bought by Mel Gibson's Icon Productions in 1998, but production has not begun.

Gibson's gamble paved the way for Downey's comeback and Downey returned to mainstream films in the mid-2000s with Gothika, for which producer Joel Silver withheld 40 percent of his salary until after production wrapped as insurance against his addictive behavior.

Adding to his pitching performances was Gibson's offensive production, with his 20 RBIs outmatching the combined RBI output of entire pitching staffs on other National League teams.

The movie rights for the book were purchased by Paramount Pictures and was in development by Mel Gibson's production company, Icon.

Meanwhile, a local bookstore manager heard Gibson's Warner Brothers / Solar / Constellation release, " Standing on the One ", on a secular radio station and realized that beneath the slick and savvy production was a ' powerful message about Jesus '.

In addition to his numerous inventions, he also is responsible for increasing Gibson's production from 5, 000 guitars a year to more than 100, 000.

Although none of Loar's original electric instruments appear to have been preserved, Walter A Fuller, who joined Gibson in 1933 and later became Gibson's chief electronic engineer, found some of Loar's original devices when he first set up his R & D lab in the mid-1930s.

When, in the early sixties, Cliff Richard's backing band " The Shadows " became hit-makers in their own right playing superb instrumentals, their then-innovative and unique sound was due not only to the talent of lead guitar player Hank Marvin but also to his choice of Fender guitars, a custom made bassoon designed by Orville Gibson's maternal grandfather, and a Morley echo unit ; although mention of it is missing from his Wikipedia entry, along with any reference to his use of a Dallas Arbiter electric kazoo on the landmark Shadows recording " Nirvam ".

This period became known as Gibson's golden age of electric guitars.

A less-expensive version of the Gibson Les Paul guitar is also manufactured for Gibson's lower-priced Epiphone brand.

* The Epiphone Sheraton, a guitar manufactured by Gibson's Epiphone division

* G-200: Designed by George Fullerton, this is the only G & L guitar to feature a 24-3 / 4 " scale neck ( as on most of Gibson's guitars ).

The 1100 is considered by many enthusiasts to be among the finest guitar pickups ever produced, others being the Charlie Christian model and the P-90, both produced by Gibson, as well as Gibson's legendary patent applied for ( PAF ) double coil " humbucker " pickup, originally developed by Seth Lover.

Beginning in 1982, the pickups were changed to the " Dirty finger " pickups that were available on just a select few models in the early 1980s including the Explorer, ES-347, ES-335S and the Flying V. The V2 with case retailed for $ 1199 in 1979, Gibson's 3rd most expensive guitar.

In addition to playing musical instruments, such as guitar, drums and keyboard, Gibson's soulful voice has been compared to Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson and Donny Hathaway.

It was Gibson's attempt to break into the single coil pickup, bolt-on neck guitar market dominated by Fender.