Music titan Quincy Jones vouches for investor Paul Allen's skills on guitar

The Microsoft co-founder is well-known for his expertise on the strings.

By ET Bureau | Updated: Feb 15, 2018, 09.30 AM IST

Paul Allen’s tuning with Bill Gates may have gone off-key at times. Not so with his guitars. Allen is well-known for his skills on the strings. And most recently, music industry titan Quincy Jones vouched for the Microsoft cofounder’s ability.

“You know who sings and plays just like (Jimi) Hendrix? Paul Allen,” Jones says in an interview with a culture website.

“Yeah, man. I went on a trip on his yacht, and he had David Crosby, Joe Walsh, Sean Lennon — all those crazy (bleep). Then on the last two days, Stevie Wonder came on with his band and made Paul come up and play with him — he’s good, man.”

Allen received his first electric guitar at 16, and, inspired by Hendrix, achieved a degree of expertise on the instrument.

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen rolls out the world's largest plane, and it can launch rockets into space

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Support structures were removed from the plane during the past few weeks, allowing it to rest on its 28 wheels for the first time.

The Stratolaunch aircraft weighed in at 500,000 pounds (226,796 kilograms), according to the company. To draw a parallel, the world’s largest airliner, the double-decker Airbus A380 designed to carry around 550 passengers weighs 610,000 pounds (276,691 kilograms).
Image: Stratolaunch Systems Corporation