Have you ever heard of a cigar box guitar? With its origins dating back to Civil War soldiers, these specialty instruments have been around for close to 160 years. In the central Massachusetts town of ...

Correspondent photos / Amanda Davis Al Frano of Boardman makes and sells his cigar box guitars throughout the world. BOARDMAN — By the time Al Frano was 5 years old, he knew he liked working with his ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — The 19th annual ...

WITH THESE UNIQUE INSTRUMENTS. AND OF COURSE, IT’S MADE MASS. THE SOUND THAT COMES OUT OF THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE. IT’S CRAZY. FOR THE UNINITIATED, THE SOUND COMING FROM THIS CIGAR BOX IS MIND BLOWING.

On the January 14, 2018 episode of OffBeat Radio, host Stacey Bridewell discusses this week’s Cigar Box Guitar Festival with its founder Collins Kirby, chats with OffBeat magazine founder Jan Ramsey ...

One of the world's largest cigar box guitar festivals concluded Sunday at the Orion Amphitheater with a performance by Muscle Shoals native Gary Nichols and the legendary FAME Gang. The weekend-long ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) – One annual music festival is returning to Huntsville to raise money for the Microwave Dave Education Foundation. The World’s Longest-Running Cigar Box Guitar Festival will ...

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WITH THESE UNIQUE INSTRUMENTS. AND OF COURSE, IT’S MADE MASS. THE SOUND THAT COMES OUT OF THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE. IT’S CRAZY. FOR THE UNINITIATED, THE SOUND COMING FROM THIS CIGAR BOX IS MIND BLOWING.