really enjoyed imagining this scene in my head, Kevin!: “Though I bought the guitar in January, I wasn’t able to pick it up until March 3rd, when I attended a house party at Dave’s and he handed it over. It didn’t come with a case and I didn’t have one on me so when I left the party around midnight, drunk and freezing in the subzero temperatures, I held Verlaine’s guitar, suddenly mine, proudly over my shoulder as if wielding a battle axe on my way to cut down a tree.”
Patti Smith’s band covered Marquee Moon at her Horses 50th anniversary show in Seattle—it rivaled any other song they played all night. Jackson Smith, lucky guy!, probably learned to play from Tom himself because he sure as shit sounds just like him on guitar! Was such a treat. I won’t forget that. Loved your story, Kevin.
really enjoyed imagining this scene in my head, Kevin!: “Though I bought the guitar in January, I wasn’t able to pick it up until March 3rd, when I attended a house party at Dave’s and he handed it over. It didn’t come with a case and I didn’t have one on me so when I left the party around midnight, drunk and freezing in the subzero temperatures, I held Verlaine’s guitar, suddenly mine, proudly over my shoulder as if wielding a battle axe on my way to cut down a tree.”
Always nice to see a loved guitar land in the hands of someone who will play it!
Patti Smith’s band covered Marquee Moon at her Horses 50th anniversary show in Seattle—it rivaled any other song they played all night. Jackson Smith, lucky guy!, probably learned to play from Tom himself because he sure as shit sounds just like him on guitar! Was such a treat. I won’t forget that. Loved your story, Kevin.
So cool
I loved this piece! What a great night, strolling around with that bit of history!