Few people know that the poor bugger got that name when he had his head stuck at Woodstock. somehow, it stuck, though no one remembers where or how he actually had it stuck.
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Let's spread some musical misinformation
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Few people know that the poor bugger got that name when he had his head stuck at Woodstock. somehow, it stuck, though no one remembers where or how he actually had it stuck.
His head got stuck between the strings when the headstock on his Gibson broke. After his anger had dissipated he decided that the best revenge would be to adopt Gibson Headstock as a stage name. The trade name dispute is still working through the courts and Gibson only tours to pay his lawyers. The next hearing is scheduled for 2027, and tickets are now on sale
When asked if he would consider changing brands, he quipped "Fender? I barely know `er!" Having gotten a few snickers at that response, he tried again but lost the press when they asked if he would play an Ibanez and he replied "That's what she said!"
You don't often see bassists playing red basses anymore. There is a good reason for that. All red basses are made from redwood trees. With the movement to save giant sequoia trees in the US, it is now nearly impossible to find the wood necessary to make a red bass.
And while you could make a red bass out of Jarrah, which would look amazing, you'd need a crane to lift it.
Shame - it could have created a whole new hierarchy.
"My bass is the 1957 model."
"Well the tonewood on mine is from 1243."
That's because red no longer exists. Everyone has their noses in their phones these days that no one sees the world, so colours are being phased out as a waste of effort. Red was the first to be let go. I am surprised you didn't get the memo. Blue will be the last to go, so it's best to future proof and get a blue bass now, or better still a white or black one. Ashdown will even do you an amp in blue. Not red any more, of course.
Does that mean that all the blues bands will now have to fold?
No., it just means you'll have to have grey hair to play in a blues band.
Which actually has been the case for the past few decades.
In 50 years 'blues' will just be a name as no one will remember what the word means. It will render many songs baffling to future generation, and the name of the Dutch band 'Shocking Blue' even more so as the only colour left will be grey. To be fair, blue was actually only invented in 1937 by Disney, as evidenced by all the movies prior to that. As can be seen in British movies in the 1950s, Britain was so poor after WW2 it still couldn't afford colour, and colour wasn't available in Yorkshire until 1968. They'll barely miss it there. It's why the blues revolution of the 1960s was such a late comer to Yorkshire as they didn't know what this mythical 'blue' was, and disbelieved tales of blue things and stones that rolled in London as tall tales brought on by taking 'LDS' as opposed to good, traditional things like Tetley's (tea and/or beer).
Of course, 1968, blue arrived and it was known as the "Summer of by 'eck". When women wore skirts so short you could see their ankles and men and women didn't always have a chaperone when stepping out.
That was the year that brought 'The Yorkshire Mick Jagger', Jake Thackeray to the fore.
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I thought that taking Latter Day Saints was only a small subsection of America and then only around Utah!
