Ariel Posen has been a member of the Juno Award-winning Bros. Landreth and more recently a solo artist, but now the Winnipeg musician is sharing a stage with legends like George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix and Buddy Holly.

Fender, the storied electric guitar manufacturer, has created a signature Stratocaster in his honour, and named it after him.

"I'm just super grateful. It's not an opportunity everybody gets to experience," Posen told CBC Manitoba Information Radio …