Winter's Tale and Gibson Custom Les Paul

Saturday, June 26, 2010 - Stratford, ON

Last day in Stratford. We saw Winter's Tale earlier in the week to finish out our theatre time in Stratford. Today we enjoyed Stratford Blues Festival. They raffled a Gibson Les Paul Black Beauty and though we bought a large number of tickets we unfortunately did not win, but still had a great day of music.

Eric Clapton and Guitar Center

Friday - 2 April 2010 - Miami, FL - 30,801 miles We listened to Eric Clapton's autobiography from Audible.com on our last few drives. It includes a behind-the-scenes history of music world of the past several decades. Clapton's life is a series of peaks and valleys. Recommended.

We spent several hours today playing Taylor, Martin, and Gibson acoustic guitars at the local Guitar Center. Earlier we compared Gibson Les Paul Custom, Paul Reed Smith, and Taylor T5 electric guitars. Each was a beautiful work of art with unique tone. I liked the Gibson Les Paul Custom electric and the Taylor 814 acoustic.

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Both are wonderful guitars. -L

Braille Blues Daddy

Sat, March 13, 2010 - Key West, FL Bryan Lee, a blind blues player from New Orleans called the "Braille Blues Daddy" played his 95 Gibson Les Paul Special and rocked the house at the Green Parrot Bar with his band . We stayed through two sets from 10 pm to 1 am. Brent Johnson played two custom-made Telecasters and slide on a Gibson SG. We danced and watched them play through a history of blues.

He has played the last fourteen years as a regular at the Old Absinthe Bar in the French Quarter, New Orleans, LA. -L

Jamming in Port St. Lucie

Feb 19, 2010 - Port St. Lucie, FL We left Bradenton early to meet 18+ other Prevost owners from POG (Prevost Owners Group) for a week of fun and good conversation. We drove over early and met with Eric, Debbie, and Jay Faires and some of the local POG members that stay at the Port St. Lucie Outdoor Resorts for the winter. This is a lovely motor coach resort and we recommend it highly. We checked out the local guitar shops, while the Eric and family went bus shopping.

A few days letter all the other busses started arriving and we had an impromptu jam session between our busses.

Jay was playing lead on Dan's borrowed Fender. Later in the week Jay brought out his Les Paul Traditional and rocked the house. He is the most musically talented 13 year old I know. Can't wait for him to get introduced to Celtic music this summer.

Joe played steel guitar at the Grande Ole Opry for years and toured with many country bands before retiring. He joined us on steel.

Then Sandy sang while Jay played Ed's bass. -L