the influence british music, john lennon, paul mccartney, pete townshend.had never met clear of competence that had not learned from bert weedon. his book has sold millions and is still published today. it made the claim that people could learn to play the guitar in a day and it becomes the best selling guitar tudor ever. >> i don't know what it is about the guitar. the cello is great, the heart is great. but the guitar is number 1 with me. >> the deejay says that it is hard to overestimate his importance. >> he inspired a generation after generation of guitar players. even kids these days say, oh, you are plain that. he inspired some of the people. he was a fantastic man. >> he will be remembered as someone who help people develop it lifelong relationship with guitar. >> bert weedon. thank you very much for your company. you're watching "bbc news." >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, union bank, and shell. >> this i

so did eric clapton, of van halen, as for pete townshend, he is to destroy his onstage. >> he was very clever. the clock on the front of the speakers. he never damaged the speaker. they would put new speaker frames on them. >> jim marshall put the power into the of four. his first amp was designed in 1962 to produce a dear dear son. -- dirtier sound. the secret, old fashioned fells made in russia. -- valves made in russia. you'll find marshall amps wherever rock music is played. he said he never met a death guitarist. they are still popular with the latest generation of musicians. >> everyone who has picked up an electric guitar has plugged into a marshall and. it is the sound of rock. it has been synonymous. it can get very busy as well. i am a blues guitar player. >> he helped shape rock music and give millions to charity. tonight, his colleagues said he had gone to a better place which had just gotten a whole lot louder. >> you have been watching newsday from the bbc here from london and singapore. stay with us. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was mad

worm and one of the iconic songs is "my generation "and in "my generation" there is a line that pete townshend put that says, i hope i die before i get old. ♪ hope i die before i get old a few years ago the rapper will.i.am. was definitely not a baby boomer, for commercial, rewrote the words. he didn't say, "hope i die before i get old." he said, i don't want to die. i want to get old. so i don't think there's a generational divide on this. i think we all care about having a decent life when we can no longer work, and we can have it if we as individuals save more. if business continues to provide both plans and funding, and we in the government continue to provide support, standards and a safety net for those in need. thank you. >>> thank you, josh. we'll open it up for questions. let's start with questions in the room. >>> and, also if i could ask you to identify yourself, your name and news organization if you would, please. >> yes. i'm robert england with hr executive magazine. what exactly is pbgc doing to promote pension plans of any, of, of course, you would be promoting mostly, i would