George Harrison's cars-n-guitars

Today marks the 10th Anniversary of George Harrison's passing. At 58, he of course died much too young and it's truly amazing what he accomplished in his life-time, within and without the Fab Four.

His music will always be his primary legacy, but his love of Cars and Guitars was definitely a passion as well. I haven't been able to dig up a comprehensive list of vehicles he owned throughout his life yet. Lots of Mini Coopers, Mercedes Benz, Jags and BMW's no doubt and of course that fabulous McLaren! Wow!

Guitar-wise, we could start with the beautiful Gretsch Duo-Jet, Country Gentleman, Tennessean, Rickenbacker 360-12 string, Ramirez Classical, Gibson SG, Les Paul, J-200 and numerous Strats, Telecasters (etc,etc). Again, Wow!

He loved Formula 1 racing, was best friends with Jackie Stewart, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Dave Edmunds, Paul & Ringo, the cast of Monty Python and had a wonderful sense of humour.

Just thinking of our friend George today.

Cheers,
KB                           (photo by Mike McGear)

My Stratocaster, "Vincent"

The guitar featured on my Cars-n-Guitars.com homepage is none other than my personal favorite Strat, "Vincent". It's named after the famous (or infamously-legendary) Vincent "Black Shadow" motorcycle of the early 1950's. The nick-name "Blackie" was already taken. Much thanks to Jim Dennis, owner of the Carrboro Music Loft in N. Carolina for bring this wonderful instrument to my attention. Does anyone out there share my preference for black Fender Stratocasters? (silly question) More images to come!
KB