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May 12, 2021 |
Surfing
One early spring day in 1962, Jan and I were driving to the beach in my newly custom-painted, fuel-injected Corvette.
I had spent months hand-sanding the fiberglass. I had taken off all the chrome. The guy from the Japanese body shop I frequented painted the car with twenty coats of Chinese red lacquer.
The indent on the side of the car that was normally painted white at the factory, I had painted jet black. I removed the fake knock-off hubcaps, painted the rims jet black, and put on small, button Chevy hubcaps.
For Christmas, my now girlfriend Judy had bought me a beautiful handcrafted wooden Nardi steering wheel made in Italy, and she had my name engraved on one of the polished aluminum spokes.
FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA
Van Halen s Sammy Hagar, left, and Eddie Van Halen perform at the United Center on July 19, 2004, in Chicago. (Jose M. Osorio/Chicago Tribune/TNS)
Celebrating guitar heroes from Eddie Van Halen to Bonnie Raitt
Melissa Ruggieri, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, (TNS)
I just made it.
April has been the designated celebration of International Guitar Month since 1987, so before the calendar tiptoes into May, we’re going to hail the instrument most often played in invisible form in front of a mirror or behind a steering wheel (who is that so artfully tearing out the riff – sans instrument – to Aerosmith’s “Walk This Way?” Oh, certainly not I!).
I just made it.
April has been the designated celebration of International Guitar Month since 1987, so before the calendar tiptoes into May, we re going to hail the instrument most often played in invisible form in front of a mirror or behind a steering wheel (who is that so artfully tearing out the riff â sans instrument â to Aerosmith s Walk This Way? Oh, certainly not I!).
Of course, those we re applauding today actually know what to do with strings and a fretboard â something I never managed, so I m sticking with my drums â and ascended to music royalty.
As with any list, this one could number in the hundreds. But before my editors wince at that prospect, I ll reassure you that my deeply pondered roll call of 10 is solely a reflection of some of my favorites.