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Youngguitarist makes a

late afternoon weighUifUngses– sion at the col– lege. The 20-yep.r old started play– ing guitar in sev– enth grade, at his father's urg– ing, then took lessons from Carson, the Joc.al guitar guru. "He taught me chords and everything... ! just worked my way up," Vance t-ecalls. Eventually, it clicked.

By Bill Graham APpeal Managing Editor

It's a cold January night at ECCC, and the Collegians, the col– lege's rock group, are playingto a packed HuffAuditorium. Early in the set, as the band is in full swing, guitarist Jordan Vance steps from the shadows for a solo. His hands run up and down the neck of his white Fender Stratocaster, skipping strings, until he tries a trick. Hitting the low E string, he grabs the neck from behind, and bends the note, grimacing. It's a bold move, one usually reserved for the pros, but the young guitarist makes it work, as the solo culminates in a duel with bandleader Tom Carson.

Jordan Vance "Once I final- ly started learning the chords, and I got to where I could switch between them pretty quick, I realized I was a quick learner." Jordan rites blues king Stevie Ray

''I've never reached the point where I thought Iwas good," Vance says later, during a breal. between an organic chemistry lab and

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