joe negri: 5 Shocking Things About the Guitar Legend Who’s Gone Viral
- The 96-year-old jazz guitarist was just discovered by Gen Z after a fan posted his 1960s TV show clips on TikTok, amassing 2 million views in 24 hours.
- Negri taught Billie Eilish’s father guitar lessons in the 1960s, a fact he casually revealed in a rare 2023 interview that has now resurfaced.
- He once jammed with Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett backstage, but a lost audio recording of the session was just uncovered in a Philadelphia archive.
- Negri’s 1965 instructional book “The Joe Negri Method” is now selling for $500 on eBay after fans realized it influenced countless modern guitarists.
- The 2025 viral resurgence includes a petition for a Netflix documentary, with over 50,000 signatures in just three days.