A Hong Kong businessman paid $350,000 at a New York auction for that sequined white glove that Michael Jackson used to wear but there was another piece of musical memorabilia on the block that I would have preferred. At that same auction Bo Diddley's trademark rectangular guitar went for a price of what a vague news report said was more than $50,000. That was more than the price paid for guitars that once belonged to Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, Eric Clapton, Prince and James Taylor ...
In its search for quality blogs, Premier Guitar magazine has once again cast its a keen eye across all Internetdom and that keen eye has landed right here. PaLG gets a nice mention in PG's December digital edition, to go along with a citation a while back. And I considered snarky to be a compliment ...
As noted previously, the guitar is itself a subject of songwriting inspiration. Gibson has has composed its own list of guitar songs -- only a couple of which were mentioned here previously.
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I saw Bo Diddley perform live back in the 1970's. He had that Bo Diddley rhythm, on every song. I later talked to local drummer who played that gig and he said it was the most boring show he ever played.
You are getting famous. Congrats, you snarky thing you.
sg
Also, you should have more comments on this here blog if you're that famous. JS.
sg
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