Wayne Kramer, late guitarist of rock band MC5, also leaves legacy of bringing music to prisons
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FILE - Guitarist Wayne Kramer, founder of the band the MC5, plays one of the instruments that will be provided to jail inmates as part of the Jail Guitar Doors USA initiative, Monday, Jan. 16, 2012, at Kramer's recording studio in Los Angeles. Kramer, died Feb. 2, 2024, at age 75 of pancreatic cancer. The tributes that poured in following Kramer's death came from musicians praising the MC5 guitarist's contributions to rock music, as well as from prison reform advocates who extolled his legacy of bringing music to incarcerated people. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)Young filmmaker Apprentices Tamajah Fowlkes, left, and Joseph Jimenez, 24, talk about the death of Jail Guitar Doors USA founder Wayne Kramer, pictured of computer screen, as they show a video edit at the Jail Guitar Doors USA recording studio in Los Angeles Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. Its headquarters in Hollywood includes a recording studio and teaches multimedia production to young people recently released from custody. A federally approved apprentice program offers a 2 1/2 year curriculum for audio recording and a shorter one for film editing. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)Francis Forde, facilities manager of Jail Guitar Doors USA, edits a file picture showing guitarist Wayne Kramer delivering guitars to inmates, in Los Angeles Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. Kramer recruited famous friends like Morello, Slash and Perry Farrell to perform concerts at prisons in California and his home state of Michigan, where he would leave behind guitars. Gradually he began spending one-one-one time with inmates, helping them craft their own songs. Jail Guitar Doors USA headquarters in Hollywood includes a recording studio and teaches multimedia production to young people recently released from custody. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)Jason Heath, executive director of Jail Guitar Doors USA, and a close friend of its founder, Wayne Kramer, pauses outside their studio in Los Angeles Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. Kramer, who died Feb. 2, 2024, at age 75 of pancreatic cancer, influenced generations of artists with his screaming guitar chords on hardcore MC5 anthems like 1969's "Kick Out the Jams." Its foundation headquarters in Hollywood includes a recording studio and teaches multimedia production to young people recently released from custody. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)FILE - Guitarist Wayne Kramer of The MC5, right, performs together with Gilby Clarke of Guns N' Roses during the Road Recovery benefit concert, Friday, May 1, 2009, in New York. Kramer died Feb. 2, 2024, at age 75, of pancreatic cancer. The tributes that poured in following Kramer's death came from musicians praising the MC5 guitarist's contributions to rock music, as well as from prison reform advocates who extolled his legacy of bringing music to incarcerated people. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File)FILE - Guitarist Wayne Kramer performs at the after party for the CBGB West Coast Premiere Powered by Ciroc at Hemingway's Lounge, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Kramer died Feb. 2, 2024, at age 75, of pancreatic cancer. The tributes that poured in following Kramer's death came from musicians praising the MC5 guitarist's contributions to rock music, as well as from prison reform advocates who extolled his legacy of bringing music to incarcerated people. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Invision for Ciroc/AP, File)FILE - Guitarist Wayne Kramer plays one of the instruments that will be provided to jail inmates as part of the Jail Guitar Doors USA initiative at his recording studio in Los Angeles, Jan. 16, 2012. Kramer died Feb. 2, 2024, at age 75, of pancreatic cancer. The tributes that poured in following Kramer's death came from musicians praising the MC5 guitarist's contributions to rock music, as well as from prison reform advocates who extolled his legacy of bringing music to incarcerated people. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)The exterior of the Jail Guitar Doors USA headquarters is seen in Los Angeles Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. Jail Guitar Doors USA, an organization dedicated to changing lives through music, has recently expanded its efforts with the launch of a partner nonprofit, the Community Arts Programming and Outreach Center (CAPO). Its headquarters in Hollywood includes a recording studio and teaches multimedia production to young people recently released from custody. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)Jason Heath, executive director of Jail Guitar Doors USA, and a close friend of founder Wayne Kramer, left, and facilities manager Francis Forde show their new coffee shop, "C.A.P.O Cafe," built adjacent to their headquarters in Los Angeles Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. In recent years, Jail Guitar Doors USA headquarters in Hollywood includes a recording studio and teaches multimedia production to young people recently released from custody. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)Professional recording engineer, Mike Fennel, left, teaches student Raashey how to wire recording microphones for a drumming session at the studio in Los Angeles Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. In recent years, Jail Guitar Doors USA spun off a partner nonprofit, the Community Arts Programing and Outreach Center, CAPO. Its headquarters in Hollywood includes a recording studio and teaches multimedia production to young people recently released from custody. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)Young filmmaker apprentice, Joseph Jimenez, 24, works on a video edit for Jail Guitar Doors USA founder Wayne Kramer, pictured of computer screen, at the Jail Guitar Doors USA recording studio in Los Angeles Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. Its headquarters in Hollywood includes a recording studio and teaches multimedia production to young people recently released from custody. A federally approved apprentice program offers a 2 1/2 year curriculum for audio recording and a shorter one for film editing. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)Apprentices, Kenzo Sohoue, far left, and Raashey, second from left, facilities manager Francis Forde center standing, listen to professional recording engineer Mike Fennel, during his drumming recording class in Los Angeles Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. Jail Guitar Doors USA teaches multimedia production to young people recently released from custody. A federally approved apprentice program offers a 2 1/2 year curriculum for audio recording and a shorter one for film editing. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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FILE - Guitarist Wayne Kramer, founder of the band the MC5, plays one of the instruments that will be provided to jail inmates as part of the Jail Guitar Doors USA initiative, Monday, Jan. 16, 2012, at Kramer's recording studio in Los Angeles. Kramer, died Feb. 2, 2024, at age 75 of pancreatic cancer. The tributes that poured in following Kramer's death came from musicians praising the MC5 guitarist's contributions to rock music, as well as from prison reform advocates who extolled his legacy of bringing music to incarcerated people. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
