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re: Weird facts about musicians
Posted on 1/26/17 at 12:34 am to Marco Esquandolas
Posted on 1/26/17 at 12:34 am to Marco Esquandolas
Regarding SRVs number one guitar:
Number One is a “ragged American Stratocaster with 1959 pickups, a ’62 neck, and a ’63 body, reveals upon inspection a brutally worn finish, upside-down tremolo bar, cigarette-burnt headstock”. Vaughan acquired this instrument in 1974 from Ray Hennig’s Heart of Texas Music. When Vaughan took possession of Number One, it was already well worn. What is not as well known is that its previous owner was was another celebrated Texas musician,Christopher Cross. Hennig tells quite a story. As I’ve heard the tale, Cross wanted something “beefier” and traded the Stratocaster for a Les Paul. Stevie had already had a loaner guitar from Hennig, who was pleased to trade it forCross’ guitar since it was in much better condition.
Number One is a “ragged American Stratocaster with 1959 pickups, a ’62 neck, and a ’63 body, reveals upon inspection a brutally worn finish, upside-down tremolo bar, cigarette-burnt headstock”. Vaughan acquired this instrument in 1974 from Ray Hennig’s Heart of Texas Music. When Vaughan took possession of Number One, it was already well worn. What is not as well known is that its previous owner was was another celebrated Texas musician,Christopher Cross. Hennig tells quite a story. As I’ve heard the tale, Cross wanted something “beefier” and traded the Stratocaster for a Les Paul. Stevie had already had a loaner guitar from Hennig, who was pleased to trade it forCross’ guitar since it was in much better condition.
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Posted on 1/26/17 at 3:05 am to Bushmaster
Brian May has a PhD in astrophysics and was chancellor of a university in Liverpool for five years.
Posted on 1/26/17 at 7:55 am to Marco Esquandolas
I used to go to a Bennigans in Atlanta to eat a delicious Monte Cristo as well.
Posted on 1/26/17 at 9:54 am to Broke
benjy davis' favorite beer is abita strawberry
Posted on 1/26/17 at 1:39 pm to TouchedTheAxeIn82
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Brian May has a PhD in astrophysics and was chancellor of a university in Liverpool for five years.
Freddie Mercury had a degree in Fine Arts and Graphic Design; Roger Taylor was pursuing a degree in Dentistry, but ultimately acquired a degree in Biology; John Deacon has a degree in Electrical Design, and he built the "Deacy Amp" that Brian May used to great success with Queen. Deacon was hired because of his playing ability, electrical skills and the fact that he didn't overshadow anyone else on stage.
Posted on 1/26/17 at 2:16 pm to BasilFawlty
Sid Vicious was horrible at remembering recent events.
Posted on 1/26/17 at 3:39 pm to kingbob
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He's a licensed commercial air pilot
Bruce Dickinson is also an avid fencer, even sarting his own fencing equipment company, Duelist.
Posted on 1/26/17 at 3:48 pm to Broke
Neil Young bought the Lionel Train Company in the 90s because it was something he enjoyed doing with one of his sons with cerebral palsy. He even designed a control system that the son could use.
Stephen Stills played percussion on The Bee Gee's "You Should Be Dancing."
Stephen Stills played percussion on The Bee Gee's "You Should Be Dancing."
Posted on 1/26/17 at 4:34 pm to Keep Stirring
quote:including people he'd killed
Sid Vicious was horrible at remembering recent events
Posted on 1/26/17 at 5:13 pm to TouchedTheAxeIn82
Jon Nödtveidt's lucky days were Tuesdays and lucky numbers were: 9, 18, 27, 36, 45, 54, 63 and 72. Orange, Lemon and Yellow were Jon Nödtveidt's lucky colors.
Posted on 1/26/17 at 7:50 pm to Broke
Jimi Hendrix enlisted in the Army in 1961 and was assigned to the 101st Airborne Division, where he was stationed at Fort Campbell in Kentucky. He served until 1962, when he was discharged due to an injury.
Posted on 1/26/17 at 8:33 pm to EA6B
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Jimi Hendrix enlisted in the Army in 1961 and was assigned to the 101st Airborne Division, where he was stationed at Fort Campbell in Kentucky. He served until 1962, when he was discharged due to an injury.
Not quite. He was recommended for discharge for "Behavior problems, required excessive supervision while on duty, little regard for regulations, apprehended masturbating in platoon area while supposed to be detail."
Jimi Hendrix Discharge documents
Posted on 1/26/17 at 10:07 pm to Sal Minella
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Jimi Hendrix Discharge documents
Interesting read, thanks for posting. Highlights for me included Jimi's extremely tall "No" on page 2 and mentions of playing guitar on pages 10 and 11.
Posted on 1/26/17 at 10:21 pm to Sal Minella
So he was discharged for his discharge?
Posted on 1/26/17 at 10:24 pm to BasilFawlty
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John Deacon has a degree in Electrical Design, and he built the "Deacy Amp" that Brian May used to great success with Queen.
Brian May and his father built his famous red special guitar in the early 60s when May was a teenager. He used it - almost exclusively - in bulk of Queen recordings.
Posted on 1/27/17 at 8:53 am to Broke
Posted on 1/27/17 at 9:37 am to MorbidTheClown
Jason Isbell doesn't like 5A bastards that run shallow crosses.
Posted on 1/27/17 at 10:17 am to Broke
Posted on 1/27/17 at 11:33 am to BasilFawlty
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Brian May has a PhD in astrophysics and was chancellor of a university in Liverpool for five years.
Freddie Mercury had a degree in Fine Arts and Graphic Design; Roger Taylor was pursuing a degree in Dentistry, but ultimately acquired a degree in Biology; John Deacon has a degree in Electrical Design, and he built the "Deacy Amp" that Brian May used to great success with Queen. Deacon was hired because of his playing ability, electrical skills and the fact that he didn't overshadow anyone else on stage.
Continuing the education theme with Dexter Holland, lead singer of The Offspring:
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Holland attended Pacifica High School in Garden Grove, California, where he graduated as class valedictorian in 1984. During high school, Holland was the best student in mathematics in his year, and he found it "just as exciting as punk rock".[4] He then attended the University of Southern California, where he earned a BS in biology and an MS in molecular biology, and commenced a PhD in molecular biology.[5] After the success of The Offspring, he suspended his candidature to focus on music. Holland had said in 1995 that, when he turns 40 years of age, he would rather be a professor at a university than play music.[4]
As of 2013, Holland is a doctoral student at the Laboratory of Viral Oncology and Proteomics Research, Keck School of Medicine, where he is supervised by Professor Suraiya Rasheed.[6] In March 2013, Holland and co-authors published a paper in PLoS One regarding microRNA in HIV genomes,[7] titled "Identification of Human MicroRNA-Like Sequences Embedded within the Protein-Encoding Genes of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus".[8] The original academic paper describes the use of computational molecular biological (in silico) approaches to identify microRNA-like sequences in HIV. These sequences are suggested to have evolved to self-regulate survival of the virus in the host by evading its immune responses and thus influence the persistence, replication, and pathogenicity of HIV.
Posted on 1/27/17 at 4:14 pm to Socrates Johnson
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Neil Young bought the Lionel Train Company in the 90s because it was something he enjoyed doing with one of his sons with cerebral palsy. He even designed a control system that the son could use.
He only owned 25%...and only for a few years. He had a group of IT guys help design the CAB-1 TMCC system for controlling layout operations.
...but, yeah, he is a huge train geek (as am I)
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