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Title: ?3million guitar Post by: gin hotel on July 25, 2006, 03:35:03 PM http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/tm_objectid=17441489%26method=full%26siteid=94762-name_page.html
THE GUITAR THAT GAVE BIRTH TO ROCK 'N' ROLL.. YOURS FOR ?3M By Pete Samson THE guitar used by legendary blues singer Robert Johnson is up for sale - at more than ?3million. Johnson, said to have have sold his soul to the devil in exchange for his musical ability, used the Gibson L1 acoustic guitar on his only two recording sessions. The Texas sessions in 1936 and 1937 produced 29 songs that were a huge influenced on future stars such as Eric Clapton, Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan ??" and led Johnson to be dubbed the father of rock 'n' roll. The current owner only realised he had Johnson's guitar when a boxed set of the singer's work was re-released in 1990 complete with a picture of him playing the battered instrument. Advertisement The Gibson L1s were handmade between 1926 and 1930 - and each is unique. Experts who studied both the Johnson picture and the guitar confirm they are identical. The anonymous owner is selling the guitar through memorabilia website Moments In Time for ?3.25million. But famous fans such as Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Jimmy Page and Morgan Freeman could yet start a bidding war. Relatively little is known about Mississippi-born Johnson, apart from the fact he died in 1938 aged just 27 - probably after drinking whisky poisoned by the jealous husband of a lover. Eric Clapton, who released an album of cover versions of the bluesman's songs in 2004 titled Me and Mr Johnson, has called him "the most important blues musician who ever lived". Scores of other modern acts have also covered his songs. Led Zeppelin did Travelling Riverside Blues, The Rolling Stones covered Love in Vain and Stop Breaking Down, and The Red Hot Chili Peppers sang They're Red Hot. Title: Re: ?3million guitar Post by: 2NaFish on July 25, 2006, 07:23:19 PM its a fake. i have the real one in my cupboard. i would play it but its missing a string and i'm too lazy to replace it.
Title: Re: ?3million guitar Post by: AxlsMainMan on July 25, 2006, 07:42:49 PM Wouldn't it be nice to afford all the petty possessions of those we admire, or adore the most.. :-\
Title: Re: ?3million guitar Post by: Bill 213 on July 25, 2006, 08:23:13 PM This is more than a petty possession........this is the fucking holy grail of rock n roll. I think I may take a second.....and 47th mortgage out on my house to buy it.
Title: Re: ?3million guitar Post by: Thorazine Shuffle on July 26, 2006, 12:33:37 PM This is more than a petty possession........this is the fucking holy grail of rock n roll.? I think I may take a second.....and 47th mortgage out on my house to buy it. I would agree with that analogy. To have a guitar with that type of history would be un-matched. Title: Re: ?3million guitar Post by: Axls Locomotive on July 26, 2006, 06:16:31 PM really? a guitar used by a blues guitarist 20 years before rock and roll was created? rock and roll is a combination of a dozen styles, not just blues, and not just robert johnson, to proclaim it as the guitar that gave birth to rock and roll is just laughable... not surprising its by the daily mirror and their love of exaggerated stories
Title: Re: ?3million guitar Post by: gin hotel on July 26, 2006, 06:19:32 PM still its more important than a pair of axls hotpants :hihi:
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