Guitar – Stories in Major Love
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There's no love like the first one, there's no guitar like the first one. In the first chord or in the first kiss, there is something that hits right and stays forever. Or until we fall in love again.
There are guitarists who fell in love with their guitars so much that they gave them names and, like a perfect couple, together they were much more than the sum of their parts.
The most famous case is that of BB King with his Lucille, which was not one, but several guitars. According to legend, in 1949, still on the quest to become king of the blues, BB King was playing in a bar when a fire started. In the middle of the escape, he forgot his guitar and risked his life going back into the burning bar to save it. In the aftermath, it was discovered that the fire started because of an argument between two men over a woman named Lucille.
In the spirit of the blues, BB King decided to name this woman who caused suffering for the guitar he freed from that hell. That guitar was shortly afterwards stolen from the trunk of a car, but BB King always called his guitars Lucille, to remember two things: never argue over a woman, and never commit the stupidity of entering a building again. on fire
Another guitar with an interesting history is Lucy, who “dated” some of the best guitarists ever. Lucy was originally a blonde Gibson born in 1957, but Rick Derringer, one of the classics of American rock, decided to make her a redhead. And their relationship changed: Derringer thought that Lucy was no longer the same and, in 1966, he left her in a guitar shop, very frequented by the great musicians of the time. Here comes Eric Clapton and takes her with him. It was an ephemeral relationship, as Clapton left Lucy with his friend George Harrison, one of the boys in that well-known Liverpool band. The two maintained a special relationship until, in 1973, Lucy was kidnapped (we could say “stolen”, but we are not talking about a mere object). After some time, Lucy was rescued after negotiations with the person who inadvertently acquired her from the criminals. George and Lucy led happy, music-filled lives until Harrison's death in 2001.
As you've already noticed, whether forever, or just for the best times of our lives, there are guitars that leave their mark.
Check out some that you can fall in love with and be warned: they choose us.