Musings

The Green Mill in Chicago is one of the great untouched live music bars in America. It still feels just like it did back in the 1930s or 1940s.

What a gorgeous place! Built in 1953 and retaining much of its original charm, it overlooks the river on a picturesque plateau.

I have to say, the tour is pretty magical! You get on a boat with about sixty other people, and start heading up the river. You see some pretty amazing rock formations.

What’s so special about the Sky Club? It’s where the salad bar was invented in the late 1940s!

Joanie is pretty famous in vintage guitar circles. She bought a custom Gibson doubleneck in 1960 with a guitar neck and a five-string banjo neck.

It’s been a really nice visit with Mimi Roman in Connecticut! Mind-blowing tales of being a groundbreaking female music pioneer in the 1950s.

Today was spent photographing small items and ephemera, such as original 1960s Mosrite bumper stickers, pickup parts, tailpieces, a prototype Mosrite amp, and maybe my favorite thing…

Bob owns the Hallmark guitar brand name, but he also owns the world’s largest collection of original 1960s Hallmark Swept-Wing guitars.

Hey y’all, I’m losing weight, and I’m feeling great! Here’s a funny story about some Japanese rockabilly belts.

We’ve all heard their big hit, their party-rock classic, “Wild Thing,” since we were little kids. The song, sixty years later, is still inescapable.