Lita Ford

Lita Ford (born Lita Rossana Ford), born September 19, 1958 in London, is an American singer and guitarist. She emigrated to the United States at a very young age. She started playing guitar at the age of eleven. At 17, she became one of the members of the hard/punk band The Runaways as lead guitarist. Although media attention focused on singer Cherie Currie and guitarist Joan Jett, Ford asserted herself through her skills on the electric guitar. She remained a member of the band until its breakup in 1979. That year, she began a solo career during which her name remained associated with the guitars of luthier Bernardo Chavez Rico, founder of the firm B.C. Rich and creator of aggressive-looking models, such as the Bich double-neck, the Warlock, the Eagle and the Mockingbird.