Instruments

Happy Late Night, Sweet Baby,

Wow, so you are selling your piano? It's a classic, just from the "Autre Temps" video alone. It has a very natural sound, too. I'm sure you'll have no trouble finding a buyer, and maybe you've already gotten some calls. You say you will be moving a lot; does that mean you are gonna get your own place? But then it wouldn't be moving a lot, but just moving. So maybe by moving a lot, you mean lugging musical instruments around from place to place.

I remember when I sold my Gibson 335. I think there is a picture of me with it in my "Photos From The Past" album on FB. I bought that guitar from a guy in Hollywood on either May 21 or May 24 1980. I think it was the 21st, though that was a Wednesday and I should have been at work. But I remember it because I am pretty sure we went to see "The Empire Strikes Back" on opening day, and I know I bought the guitar the same day. If it was the 24th, that means we went on a Saturday, a day off.

But yeah, that was when I bought that guitar. I had it for 17 years, and then in 1997 I had to sell it to pay a storage bill. I had all my stuff in storage and was behind on the rent, and they had locked up the unit and were gonna do an auction.........so, 335 to the rescue. Man, I loved that guitar. But by that time, the neck and frets were really worn down, and I was living in an apartment instead of a house and I couldn't play it loud anyway..........so the point is that it really hurt to sell it at first, but then that feeling went away after a few days.

As for "Empire", I have always thought it was the best "Star Wars" movie. I will probably see the new one at some point, maybe even in the theater. I admit I didn't see any of the prequels. For me, the original was a game changer for high-tech sci-fi. I think it was the first time we ever heard of Industrial Light and Magic, the special effects company that a guy named John Dykstra ran out of a Van Nuys werehouse. Then "Empire" took it to a new level, especially with the battle scenes in the desert with those tall "crane"-looking things. I'm not versed enough on the Star Wars world and characters to know what they were called, but you know what I mean. Whatever those things were, they were incredible. So that was my favorite Star Wars movie, and I got my guitar the same day. It sat in the trunk of my car while my pals and I watched the movie at Graumann's Chinese Theater in Hollywood.......then I took it home and played it for years.  :)

So are you going to "The Force Awakens" this weekend? Maybe on opening day? Possibly a dumb question on my part. :)

I will be off from Saturday afternoon for a full week through December 26, so I will catch up on some movies then, and play a little guitar, too.

Sweet Dreams and I will see you in the morning.

I Love You.  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo  :):)