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Þorsteinn Magnússon (Stanya), is a male guitarist (not female as the name “Stanya” might suggest) “par excellence” (as many artists have said), and has been one of the the most popular guitar sessionist for many years here in Iceland. Influenced by such guitarists as Hendrix, Clapton, Jeff Beck, Larry Carlton, Eric Johnson, Satriani, Zappa and McLaughlin. He was born on the 3rd of october 1955 in Akranes , a small town not very far from Reykjavík, Iceland. The first band he formed was “The Monsters” and he was ten years old at that time. (A year before he´d seen a guitar for the first time and it was love at first sight!) Moving to Reykjavík when thirteen he was lucky to be heard playing his guitar by a person who knew some musicians and bingo! There was no return! Þorsteinn was swept into the music world of Iceland, making a good name for himself, working day and night thereafter in bands, studios, sessions and whatever called for a professional guitarist. As t...