Biography of Orianthi
Orianthi Panagaris was born in Adelaide of Greek and Australian descent and was encouraged by her father to learn the acoustic guitar at the age of six. She started playing electric guitar when she was 11-years-old and began playing in bands at the age of 14. She launched her professional career when she was 15 when she was concentrating seriously on her writing.
There is one artist Orianthi misses more than anyone she has ever known and that is the late Michael Jackson. She was handpicked by him to be her lead guitarist on the "This is It Tour" which was due to open at London's O2 Arena shortly after his untimely death.
Jackson had seen her videos on You Tube and liked what he saw. When he selected her she was absolutely stunned.
She said, "I don't exactly know why he picked me. He had the choice of guitar players but I came in and played a solo "Beat It" for him. Afterwards he said he was so happy, he got up and grabbed my arm and started walking up and down the stage area with me".
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