Voted #31 on Rolling Stones magazine's 2004 list of the top 100
greastest guitarists of all time.
He was the son of Sophia "Fern" (Danksewicz) and James A. Monsour. His parents were born in Massachusetts, both of them to emigrant parents. His father's family was Lebanese/Syrian and his mother's Polish/Belarusian.
Worked at Hughes Aircraft doing metallurgy.
Once refused delivery of a box of cables from Guam.