Loved this story, brother. Whenever the classic ribbing of "how many guitars do you need?!"-comes about, I'm always reminded of how every guitar in our lives tells a story. A guitar takes you back to the person you were when you first had it in your hands, it is living history of every adventure you've ever had with it, and it reminds of you who you are now and what you have ahead of you.
I love this so much. For so many reasons. Read the Flood interview last night and thoroughly enjoyed it. But this takes it to a whole new level, brother!! Wowee zowee. 👊🏼
Wonderful....and so cool that they took an interest in your background. I typically just blur mine on video calls since I use my college-age daughter's bedroom for my office.
....also, I think my analogous moment was interviewing Joe Theismann for a Realtor magazine Q&A feature in 2008 and he warmed to my question about Notre Dame changing his last name's pronunciation from "thees-man" to "thighs-man" to help promote his Heisman campaign (eventually won by Jim Plunkett.) Joe said he was nervous about telling his grandmother, but that she was glad to note that "thighs-man" was actually more authentic to their ancestral pronunciation. I might have to dig that clip out, now that you've sparked that memory, Dan! Also, I know all too well those challenges of writing freelance....it's really fee-lance, you slow-paying publications!
Loved this story, brother. Whenever the classic ribbing of "how many guitars do you need?!"-comes about, I'm always reminded of how every guitar in our lives tells a story. A guitar takes you back to the person you were when you first had it in your hands, it is living history of every adventure you've ever had with it, and it reminds of you who you are now and what you have ahead of you.
Well put, my brother!
I love this so much. For so many reasons. Read the Flood interview last night and thoroughly enjoyed it. But this takes it to a whole new level, brother!! Wowee zowee. 👊🏼
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So for this week at least, Paul's comment was The Only One That Matters.
I love the picture of those two guys side by side at the end. Fat and skinny but friends. 🤷🏼♂️
Wonderful....and so cool that they took an interest in your background. I typically just blur mine on video calls since I use my college-age daughter's bedroom for my office.
....also, I think my analogous moment was interviewing Joe Theismann for a Realtor magazine Q&A feature in 2008 and he warmed to my question about Notre Dame changing his last name's pronunciation from "thees-man" to "thighs-man" to help promote his Heisman campaign (eventually won by Jim Plunkett.) Joe said he was nervous about telling his grandmother, but that she was glad to note that "thighs-man" was actually more authentic to their ancestral pronunciation. I might have to dig that clip out, now that you've sparked that memory, Dan! Also, I know all too well those challenges of writing freelance....it's really fee-lance, you slow-paying publications!
Hi, Len! Welcome to Substack! Thanks for the follow….happy Halloween!