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Buddy Guy
By the way I just discovered Buddy Guy radio. It's pretty excellent stuff so far to listen to while surfing.
Home - Buddy Guy Radio Legends
By the way I just discovered Buddy Guy radio. It's pretty excellent stuff so far to listen to while surfing.
Home - Buddy Guy Radio Legends
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I bought my 1951 P bass body at Hughes Music in Norwood, Ohio. That was the very same store Lonnie Mack ordered his 1958 Gibson Flying V, serial #007. Glenn Hughes [owner] was also the guy who took some angle iron he found in the backroom to fashion a bracket to attach the Bigsbly vibrato.
way cool on all points!
I called him on the bar phone at Antone's one evening from Honolulu, knowing he had sets that nite and timing it right and the barkeep being awesome I got a quality 15min from the Memphis Wham! he got a kick out of it too.
Love it!
My band opened for Lonnie in the very late 90's at a bar in Cincy and we were also asked to provide the backline. Wayne Perkins, who auditioned for The Stones to possibly replace Mick Taylor and also provided amazing guitar work on their 1975 Black & Blue album, was playing bass for Lonnie and when they walked on stage I told Wayne he couldn't use my rig unless he signed my CD of Black & Blue.
He was so gracious with his time and I asked what he used on Hand of Fate [one of my favorite Stone's songs] and Wayne said it was a Les Paul Black Beauty thru a Fender Twin. After a few more seconds of small talk we both turned to look at Lonnie who was standing there center stage, arms folded around his legendary Flying V, with a look that suggested we conclude our conversation.
Love it!
My band opened for Lonnie in the very late 90's at a bar in Cincy and we were also asked to provide the backline. Wayne Perkins, who auditioned for The Stones to possibly replace Mick Taylor and also provided amazing guitar work on their 1975 Black & Blue album, was playing bass for Lonnie and when they walked on stage I told Wayne he couldn't use my rig unless he signed my CD of Black & Blue.
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I saw Lonnie at the Southgate House in Newport, KY in the mid 90's and got in line for his autograph and when I got to him I asked which numbers were the two V's he had on stage. He said the one he played was serial #7 and the other was a parts axe with no #. So I said "So you have #1 and #7?" He said "I have #1 THRU #7." Without hesitating I said "Will you take $400 for all of them?" trying to keep a straight face. He cocked his head and looked at me like I was an idiot, I started to grin, and he said "Shhhheeeeeiiiiiitttt" and laughed. True story.
And on a side note, I once had a Travis Bean that got stolen and a few years later the bass player from Blue Lou and the Accusations bought it from Buddy Rogers. Do you know that guy? (I met him at Mansion Hill Tavern and he told me he had bought it.)
Small world, cause that guy was/is me.I saw Lonnie at the Southgate House in Newport, KY in the mid 90's and got in line for his autograph and when I got to him I asked which numbers were the two V's he had on stage. He said the one he played was serial #7 and the other was a parts axe with no #. So I said "So you have #1 and #7?" He said "I have #1 THRU #7." Without hesitating I said "Will you take $400 for all of them?" trying to keep a straight face. He cocked his head and looked at me like I was an idiot, I started to grin, and he said "Shhhheeeeeiiiiiitttt" and laughed. True story.
And on a side note, I once had a Travis Bean that got stolen and a few years later the bass player from Blue Lou and the Accusations bought it from Buddy Rogers. Do you know that guy? (I met him at Mansion Hill Tavern and he told me he had bought it.)
I thought that might be you. We have the same first name. That Bean was one damn heavy bass. My shoulder would hurt after a four set wedding. You still pluckin' that great early 50's Pbass? Is Chris still down in Texas? You guys were a hoot and I enjoyed seeing ya. Hope you are well and maybe we'll cross paths again sometime.
Shalom.
That man could play. Geez. 2023
is already taking some of the best.
That TB was heavy and at the time [early 80's] I was going thru basses of multiple brands. Yep, been playing my 51/55 P bass going on 34 years now. Chris was down in Atlanta for many years and moved back to Cincy a couple years ago but unfortunately hasn't played in a while. It would be great to catch up.
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Thanks for the clarification.
The first time I saw him was on a one-hour Chicago PBS show I watched during the summer of '65. The first 30 minutes was Mississippi John Hurt, alone on stage, sitting on a chair, playing a resonator. That was the blues I was familiar with. The second 30 minutes was a young Buddy Guy playing lightning-fast electric blues. That was new to me. I thought I remembered the announcer saying he was a teenager, so either I misheard/misremembered (likely at my age then/now) or the show was of a performance recorded well before '65.
I lived in Chicago for 26 years after the Army and college ('78-'04), and managed to catch him a couple of times at the Checkerboard Lounge. And lived to tell the story! That dude could play!
Here's what Top 40 radio was playing, this week back in 1976.
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The Hold Steady on their 20th anniversary. Same venue--Music Hall of Willliamsburg --but headlining instead of opening. They got the headliner from last time to open.
Can anyone tell me the bass she is using? These eyes can't make out the name on the headstock.
Cheers!
That's a Harmony bass, not sure of the model number.
