HAMMETT GREEN, MOORE , DAMMIT AND !
like to kick things off with a word or two about photos, starting with this month’s cover pic by Ross Halfin. When I first saw it — in a Google Drive packed with photos from the February 25 “Mick Fleetwood classic Bluesbreakers albums before inventing Fleetwood Mac; followed by Gary Moore (What more do I need to say about this guy?); followed by Hammett, a key member of one of the most popular and successful bands in the universe. What guitar has a history like that? Eric Clapton’s The Fool? Nope. Marty Stuart’s “Clarence” Tele? Not quite (as much as I’d love to own that guitar). Let’s face it — Greeny is a rarity, a one-of-a-kind. Which brings us to photo No. 2, which can be found on page 55. The original/provided caption described the pic as, “Peter Green playing the Gibson Les Paul guitar he sold to Gary Moore,” as in, Greeny. But we disagree (we don’t think it’s Greeny). If anyone would like to weigh in, please do! And then there’s this photo of my late-Nineties Rickenbacker 360V64-6, which I’m sharing here because, hey, why the hell not? To be honest, this lockdown has me taking photos of a lot of my gear. Most people my age take photos of their children. I take photos of my guitars!
