The Jail Guitar Doors Drive was designed with Jimi Dunlop, CEO of Jim Dunlop, and Johnny Wator, owner of Daredevil Pedals ...

The MC5 guitarist had worked on its design before his passing last year, and now it serves as an immortalization of his proto ...

MXR has launched a distortion pedal honouring the late MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer. The Jail Guitar Doors Drive was co-designed with Kramer before he died in February 2024, and it is gloriously simple ...

It led to his creation of Jail Guitar Doors USA, an initiative to promote rehabilitation in prisons through the donation of musical instruments and on-site instruction, while lobbying for change ...

American Songwriter may earn a commission when you purchase through our links. With MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer’s passing In February 2024, rock ‘n’ roll lost not only one of its most influential ...

Determined to straighten out his life while maintaining his activism, Kramer co-founded Jail Guitar Doors USA, based on a British charity that provided inmates with musical instruments.

While he was incarcerated in Kentucky, The Clash wrote a song about Kramer and a few other musicians in their B-side single " Jail Guitar Doors." Kramer is mentioned in the first verse. Then the D.E.A ...

A statement was posted to his official Instagram and the profile of the nonprofit that he founded, Jail Guitar Doors USA, on Friday. “Wayne Kramer passed away today peacefully from pancreatic ...

Kramer died at Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles from pancreatic cancer, Jason Heath, an executive director of the artist’s nonprofit Jail Guitar Doors, told Billboard. On Rolling Stone’s ...