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Original Source:http://www.stratcollector.com/newsdesk/archives/000320.html Apart from the weight of its own history, the Strat abides.
Tom Wheeler, page 21, The Stratocaster Chronicles
 I own precisely twenty-nine books. Not much of a library for someone writing a book review. The number, to a book, is twenty-nine because I counted them this morning.
Though an avid reader, three years ago I sold, gave away, or abandoned every book I owned that didn't mean something significant to me. I wanted to travel light when I moved from California to Portugal. Twenty-seven books made the journey. My desert island collection. Now, three years later, I own twenty-nine books. The two additions are both the same book, The Stratocaster Chronicles, by Tom Wheeler. It's the only book of which I have two copies. I keep one at my desk for constant reference and the other in the living room for casual reading (and picture looking).
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Written by Rick Landers and Tom Watson
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Original Source:http://www.stratcollector.com/newsdesk/archives/000323.html “...I don't need a scale. I just need the heart and mind and soul...”
Buddy Guy A week after his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Buddy Guy is back doing what he does best. Playing the blues. Born 1936, Guy migrated from his native Louisiana and the Baton Rouge blues scene to Chicago in 1957/1958, taking with him a flair for showmanship inherited from Louisiana's Guitar Slim. In Chicago, Buddy became a member of the Chicago-blues elite that included Muddy Waters, Otis Rush and Magic Sam. A 21-time winner of the W.C. Handy Blues Award (a record), winner of Billboard's elusive honor, the Century Award (only guitarists to have received it in addition to Guy are George Harrison, Carlos Santana and Chet Atkins), five-time Grammy Award winner, and a Medal of Arts recipient from President Bush in 2003, Buddy Guy continues to reign as the master bluesman of Chicago. In fact, when he's not on the road (rare), you will often find him at his Chicago blues club, Buddy Guy's Legends. Rick Landers chatted with Buddy on March 21, 2005, before his show at the Birchmere in Arlington, Virginia. Buddy, what do you say we have a little fun?
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Original Source:http://www.stratcollector.com/newsdesk/archives/000343.html Introduction (July, 2005) Tragically, guitarist and singer Rory Gallagher (March 2, 1948 - June 14, 1995), was taken from us far too early, and although he left an incredible legacy and body of work, his wonderful and unique presence is sorely missed on the performance circuit everywhere and by countless faithful fans throughout the world. Rory was a shy, simple soul, a man of few words but of amazing depth and integrity. He was a man who would never compromise his musical beliefs, direction, or what he believed to be right. A man who was a far better guitarist and who had a hell of a lot more talent than most of the people that have enjoyed more commercial success. The interview that follows was conducted a year or so before Rory's passing, and its introduction written shortly after my meeting with Rory at a hotel in Chelsea. At the time, I had written a movie about the Fender Stratocaster that would become Curves, Contours and Bodyhorns, and my interview with Rory was to further the research that went into the making of the film. Sadly, a few short years later, in 1996, I would screen the film during my presentation of the Rory Gallagher Memorial Lecture at the University of Cork at the behest of Rory's brother, Dónal.
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Original Source:http://www.stratcollector.com/newsdesk/archives/000344.html A stampede of both music legends and one hit wonders have played hometown gigs within Austin's city limits including Janis Joplin, the 13th Floor Elevators, Stevie Ray Vaughan, John Fred and His Playboy Band, as well as Texas blues brothers Edgar and Johnny Winter. When I heard Eric he was only 16, and I remember wishing that I could have played like that at that age. Johnny Winter Born in Austin in 1954, bright-eyed Eric Johnson emerged on the music scene in the late 1960s with a group called Mariani. The band released a psychedelic record with a limited run of 100 copies. Today, a single copy can fetch up to $3,000 from devoted Johnson fans.
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