Musings

At today’s Guitar Safari I visited my friend Bill Bartlett and interviewed him, photographed his instruments, and scanned his old photos for the Mosrite book I’m working on.

RIP Vic Flick, the amazing British session guitarist who played the iconic lick on the James Bond theme (he was the session guitarist on lots of other iconic hits, as well).

Went to a preview tonight at Heritage Auctions in Beverly Hills for an upcoming auction featuring the guitar collection of Skip Maggiora, former owner of Skip’s Music in Sacramento.

I’m sad to report that musician/producer/old-school record man Andy Paley died yesterday of a fast-moving cancer. I got to work with Andy the last couple years on a bunch of recording sessions with Grey DeLisle.

What a great afternoon! We took a side trip to Alba, Texas, to go hang out with 1950s rockabilly legend Sid King! Sid is 88 years old and still doing great.

My commentary on politics is over. There are a lot of things that will change in this country now. None of them are good.

Farewell to Quincy Jones, who passed away yesterday at the age of ninety-one.

A long, long time ago, before the internet, I found a vintage Coricidin pill bottle at a yard sale for a dime. I knew that Duane Allman had famously used one as a slide…

I’m so excited about this new Untamed Youth album! This morning, Tony Andreason of the Trashmen overdubbed a guitar solo on a Trashmen-inspired version of the Jerry Lee Lewis song “I’m on Fire.”

The jury is still out whether this is an actual Frank Gay instrument or a copy. But it’s a really cool and weird bit of hillbilly guitar history.