Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/08/12/this-is-how-you-do-a-mid-song.html
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“I have a guitar strap. Why would I need another one?”
What if you don’t have a servant? Asking for a friend.
Just use one of the four remaining necks.
I don’t want to say it’s always the G string that breaks, but it’s always the G string.
(High E string is close second.)
Obviously that’s his lucky guitar strap.
Ok, I wanted to comment on the OP that I was impressed. Now I am more impressed.
I don’t wanna sound condescending, but musicians? They don’t make them any more like this, do they?
What a high priest of the blues.
Actually both of them, but BB King is just unbelievable.
Rock and Roll pit stop.
For anyone wondering, at 3:46, he replaces the string himself in the middle of the song without missing a beat. Incredible.
Waiting for him to play a few bars of You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille. It was Farm Aid after all. I enjoyed that clip immensely.
came to post this!
Well when you put one thru the paces, eventually they have to give out it’s simple physics.
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All while wearing a suit and tie…
Lovely… the before times.
I remember seeing John Hyatt in the “just a working band” phase,
a guy kept bringing him a tuned guitar. It was
a little disappointing.
The show was great though.
Sonny Landrith was incredible with the ghost notes.
I saw him once at a place that offered dinner.
The audience were in suits and dresses too.