Al Bruno Obituary

January 22, 1937 - August 21, 2015 Al, beloved husband of Suellen, was born in northern Canada, son of the late Phil & Rose-Anne. Al was one of eight siblings.He had five children. He was an accomplished guitar player. He was the recipient of ten ACM lead guitar awards & two ACM band awards. He played lead guitar for Conway Twitty in 1958. Later, he went to work for Dick Clark in Philadelphia & then in Los Angeles as Dick's musical director for "Caravan of Stars". In 1979 he taught at GIT in Hollywood. He played in local clubs from 1965 until 2003 when he moved to Las Vegas. He released his first CD "Bear Country" in 2007. If you wish to read more about Al's career, visit his website, BrunoBearMusic.com. Donations may be made to, GIT Scholarships,musiciansfoundation.org/donations.aspx. Select Guitar & Al Bruno. Services will be held in Canada at a later date. There will also be a "jam" of musician friends here in California in November, 2015.

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Published by Los Angeles Times from Aug. 27 to Aug. 29, 2015.

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September 8, 2015

My sincere condolences. Thank Rolly for giving me a heads up! I lost track of the whole bunch years ago but I still remember being kids on Berkeley Street and going to school with the whole bunch. Phil, as deaf as he was, spent hours teaching Albert the guitar and we could see how anxious he wanted to learn. I was the sidekick to the "French Trio", my parents refused to let me part of the group and I always wished that I could participate. If I remember correctly, after the promotions of Fred Roden and Dan Bass, Al wanted to go with Johnny Cash but family came first at that time. Eventually he did follow his heart and soared in the music community forever. He was THE natural musician. I huge lost to all who loved music. Noel A. Sabourin

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